Ahh, the drive alone to Muriwai beach taking some winding back roads through the country side is breathtaking. Ric takes me to the scenic view point (with the golf course in the back ground) before we head of for a rather late tee time (as my car was not ready before noon for pick-up and we only made it here by 2pm).
There are strong winds down here and on the course they come into play a lot. Facing the wind does not allow for any side-spin, as your ball will just go half the distance with a really pronounced hook or slice (so happened to me on the 5th hole par five, where my second shot with a 5 iron just sliced to the right into the heather. But, with a really sweet 6 iron shot, I still made the green in regulation, missed my 12 footer by about a foot to the right and shot par). With a course rating of 74.7 and a slope of 126, this is a challenging course for a first timer. But, Ric (two time club champion here) showed me around the course so well, that I finished with a 95 (and 6 missed birdie putts...grr... off to putting practice tomorrow).
We got up to hole 16 until the sunlight really was nowhere to be seen anymore and we played the last 2 holes practically blind. Just feeling the shots and guessing where they would be.
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