In June 2008 I joined my local park land golf club paying reduced sub's for the part year remaining. It's 5 minuets from my door and the pro I had lessons with is based there, that was the clincher really. It's a good course, probably short by modern standards, but with lots of elevation and verity laid out long ago by a distinguished course designer, it's mature with many hazards in the form of trees, water, doglegs and the dreaded out of bounds stakes. Par is 70 comp css is often 69. If you keep it in play it's quite straight forward, if your off line then your gonna find it hard, so it's ideal as a learning ground.
It's down sides are lack of quality practice facilities, old poorly drained greens and it gets very wet in prolonged bad weather.
Still I really enjoy playing the course and with no better course near by it will probably be my home for a long while.
My first round was with my brother who played really well, I on the other hand was just glad to be out there if memory serves I think I may have scored 120 ish.
I soon found that on an evening it was quite deserted and I could go around as a single and just enjoy golf without any pressure.
My memories of that time are of visiting the right of the course a lot and just being frustrated at my inconsistent golf, but enjoying things all the same.
Any way now I was a member the time had come for another lesson. I was determined to be able to break 100 before I entered any competitions, in fact before I even put in for a handicap.
I had to get rid of my slice.
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