On the Panther Trail

I had a lazy Sunday morning. I got a load of washing done and watched a bit of TV. I tried to call Tony to see if he could play golf but didn’t get through, so went to the super market and bought a salad for lunch. I tried Tony again later and he said he wasn’t feeling up to it so I headed off by myself.

This time I played the other course – Panther Trails. It is shorter but a lot trickier. I continue to be impressed with this course. They even provided free range balls for driving practice as well as the balls for the chipping and putting areas. The carts also have a couple of towels and a handful of tees provided.

This course really does need a cart, as there are a number of occasions when the next tee is quite a distance from the last green.

I was supposed to play with someone at 3 pm but he’d already hit off by the time I got there. A father and son pair arrived before I’d hit off so we joined up and we caught the single on the 4^th tee and he joined us as well. Apparently the singles in front of him had all joined up so this slowed everyone down. In the end it took 4 ½ hours for the round.

Robert and Robert Junior were playing of the black tees and I started on the whites but changed to the blues when we caught up to Fred since he was playing from them. I had a 42 going out but a 50 coming home. Again a number of lost or unplayable balls was the problem. I did manage 1 birdie on the par 5, 9^th after hitting the green in 2 with a hybrid 4 from 208 yards out. Mine is the closer of the 2 balls in the photo above.

The final hole seen below has an island green. My shot landed on the slope just short of the green and disappeared into the water not to be found. The side shot shows that you can't even play safe by deliberately playing long and chipping back.

It was hot and humid again today and if you were in a place where there was no wind, eg because of the trees it was quite stifling. I also seem to have got a decent tan over the 2 days refreshing my golfer’s tan lines. Well tanned on the arms to sleeve length except for the left hand due to the glove, and legs between the hem line and the sock line.

Once back at the hotel, I raced out to JC Penney’s to pick up more bras, while they were still on special and the went to TGI Friday’s for dinner. By then my supply of US$ was getting low but I had enough for some spareribs and salad.

I was asleep by about 10 but once again woke in the night, this time I worked on a speed up routine for plotting.