Goslings Final Round
7 December 2008
Entering the final round 14 shots behind the leader was a margin that seemed impossible, knowing that 63 was the magic number we turned the front nine at 33 with a bogie on the ninth hole. After birding the holes that were down wind 10, 12 and 13 and narrowly missing a short putt on the 14th for another birdie meant that we had to play the last 4 holes at 1under par. Making a birdie on the 16th made it very difficult to club the down hill 17th ; were the second round we hit a 52 degree wedge 170 yards and the third day a 4 iron 150 yards. Having the tee on the 17th left a very difficult club selection, taking the option of going long of the green we played for the front of the green and came up short drawing an unfortunate plugged lie in the bunker and almost having to hit the ball sideways away from the pin and making a four . Posting a a 65 for the day left me one shot out of a playoff and almost made the impossible Possible!
Brian Morris the retired Head professional used to say with a grin on his face , ” Welcome to Belmont and have a nice day .” I’ve never played a facility that would bring a player to his knees with 100yard par 3’s with 7 different shelfs and slopes, wind blowing into your face at 20 km and out of bounds three feet over the green. The only time you have to relax is after you make the last putt on the 400 yard bowling alley 18th. Belmont is a test like no other !
cheers
dk
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3 Responses to “Goslings Final Round”
December 9th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Hard Luck Danny,
You almost pulled it off. Would have been great to see a three-way playoff into the dark.
Hope to see you again next year.
Simon
Thanks Simon! What a great week
cheers
dk
January 5th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Danny,
I’d love to talk to you about a golfing opportunity. Do you have an email address I can reach you at?
Mine is: jk24_7@hotmail.com
Jeremy
February 25th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Hi Jeremy,
Look forward to hearing from you, I can be reached at dking@magnagolf.com
dk