I managed to get a new partner to play Haigh Hall with me. Tony Hall from work agreed ( how stupid of him) to play a round. We met in the car park and off we went. Never playing this course
before I was quite nervous, also I was worried we would hold some other golfers up. Thankfully I was worrying in haste, my first shot was good and soared down the fairway.

Tony gets ready to play off

Tony who hasn't played for quite some time managed to shake of the rust and play a good drive. We managed to play OK on most holes but to be honest we where just finding our feet and getting used to the course. As we started late we knew we would only get in a partial round but we drove on with some unusual hazards. On the fifth the green was impeded by geese, not just them but their droppings. They waddled off eventually and made their way over to the sixth hole. I joked that I would hit one of them and I am sorry to say that I did, but only after the ball had landed from the drive and it glanced it on the bounce, shame really as I might have got another ten yards.

Geese form a barrier on the fairway

Another hazard with playing late is frogs, I managed to notice one just by my ball and it managed to have a lucky escape, other wise it might have been raining frogs and balls.

We played till the dark arrived and managed to play 15 holes in just over two and a half hours.

Twilght arrives

Score card below. Reasonably happy with mine, but I wish I had of played better.

Cheers
Mike

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