It was busy around the 1st tee, so I headed to the 10th after some putting practise. The hole played out something along the lines of: great drive just down the right of the fairway; duffed the second shot with a 5 iron; over-cooked the third shot beyond the green with 9 iron; half decent pitch back using 60 degree; poor first putt; in the hole with the second putt. This pattern continued for several holes, until I reached the 15th (my 6th) where the three-ball in front waved me to play through as they were struggling to find a ball. I hate having to play through! It isn't so much the nerves as people watch me play, but the fact that I have to then rush my shots. My drive was the best of the day, straight down the middle and with some decent distance. As this was an uphill hole however, when reaching my ball I was slightly out of breathe, put felt pressured to hit my second without the usual stop for water, several practise swings, check distance to flag etc. Within two shots I had hit my best and worst, as the ball trickled 25 yards along the ground. The third was a little better, but still left me short of the par 4 green. Rather than duffing a pitch - and taking up more time - I grabbed my putter and putted up past the hole, then proceeded to three-putt for the first time during the round. I played out until the 18th (my 9th) and called it a day.
At home later on, I was twitching at birds at the rear of our house when a bat flitted past the window. As it was still reasonably light, I grabbed my camera and went out into the back yard keen to grab a semi-plausable shot. They are quick little buggers, but I did manage to capture the image below, not the best, but not the worst given my level of expertise in bat photography!
An early evening flight
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