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Alot of you probably saw my post about another nightmare round on friday, but today, my first ever round of 18 was a breakthrough!

I played with 2 friends, one similar to me and one 10 handicapper

Everything just seemed to go well today, i do have a confession however, i used my driver on the par 5s to give myself a chance to be on the green in two, and out of the 2 par 5s i did it once :P Cracking drive, worked from left back into the fairway, left me the perfect distance for my hybrid, BANG, smashed it straight at the green rolled on and 2 putt for a birdie, my first ever!!

Then the next hole, 164 yards, pulled an 8 iron, lands 5 feet from the pin and 1 putt for 2 birdies in a row!

My rhythm went a bit on holes 3, 8 and 13 but i was still able to gind out the points on all bar 13 where i went for the green in 1 with the 3 wood, hooked it and found the water, got a blob but managed to sort it out on the next hole anyway :P

Overall i scored 40 Points! (20 out, 20 in) Which i thought wasnt half bad for my first round of 18 and with the weather conditions

The 10 handicapper scored 40 aswell while the other high handicapper scored 30

It has definitely re-sparked my love for the game, just relax and enjoy it and the rest came easy, i was also a good experience havin the low handicapper so i could see how the better players approach the green, i think he missed the green 2 or 3 times i was like :O he is so accurate with irons its unreal, if he had my distance he would be untouchable in our group of players

I need to practice more with my 52* wedge as i was uncomfortable hitting full shots with it today for some reason

EDIT: Also my putting was pretty good today, 3 putted on a couple of holes where i had landed an bad part of the green but other than that all was good