Finished with 19 front and 18 back at Redcliffe off 12, which was good enough to win our group of 14

3 birdies 6 pars 5 bogies 3 doubles 1 triple

9/14 fairways – apart from holes 14 15 and 16 where it went AWOL and cost me 2 shots the driver was very solid today – a nice gentle fade most of the time which suits Redcliffe. Also dropped a shot from a poor chip out that left me needing another after the bad drive on 15.

6 GIR – a slightly disappointing number given the number of fairways hit but I also had 6 others that were quite close so not too bad. Only real shockers were a 6i on 9 that still left a reasonable chip but should have been better. Only dropped shot from a full swing was a 5i that hit a tree but that was after a bad topped drive and average mini driver on 16 left me trying to thread it between the trees.

6/12 up and downs – 50% isn’t too bad but given 6 of them were Texas wedges it should have been a bit better. Not too bad though.

33 putts – 4 3 putts but also dropped 2 long ones including one for birdie made up a little for it. Should have been 2 better after the first 2 holes if the putter played nicely. Lagged some long ones nice and close which was good but 4 is too many 3 putts even if you have quite a few long ones.

Overall played well and got down to 11.7 which is a 0.6 drop – finally. Redcliffe was is excellent condition especially given the water situation up here. Always enjoy what is a very good layout.

Ocean Shores Back Marker on Friday will be a real test.

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A little – but even for me a 1 footer isn’t too high risk

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Played at Meadowbrook today with Brisbane Fairways – we played 10 to 29

Put my Australian Blade Maxfli irons into the bag – out went the R11s – replacing 5 to gap with 4 to pitching

Started great with my second shot into the par 5 10th with 5i from 185m downhill – my first ever swing in competition with the blades – to 1 ft and dropped my first ever putted eagle! 2 under after 1!

Couldn’t maintain that momentum though as my Texas game was not up to the challenge of slow surrounds and slow greens and I ended up well short every time. Had a run of 10 bogies in a row from 11 to 20 with only 1 GIR for my only 3 putt for the day.

Finished 42 41 for 11 over 43 which was played to my handicap but a low DSR meant a played to 14.4 and a handicap slide of 0 2 from 11.1 to 11.3.

1 eagle 1 birdie 3 pars 12 bogies 1 double

6/14 fairways – drove ok and only dropped a shot off the tee from a toed 4h into a tree

4 GIR – not many but had 7 Texas so wasn’t missing by huge margins a lot of the time. Dropped 3 shots from a poor 4h push and 2 short wedge shots.

4/14 up and down – 9 over short game – 2/8 Texas and 2/5 PW (also 0/1 8i but penalty was the preceding 4h that left me well right under a tree)

31 putts + 8 Texas – 1 3 putt and did drop some good second putts and a long birdie putt. But from off I couldn’t give it the amount of speed that it needed to get through the green grass around the greens

The Australian Blades will be staying in the bag for a bit longer. Hit full shots with all of them except the 8i today and they performed quite well.

Either camping or Redcliffe next weekend – to be determined

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