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Late Double Birdies @ Kau Sai Chau, Hong Kong
120409 Kau Sai Chau, South #6 (Par 4)
Playing on the South course at the Kau Sai Chau Easter Trophy, a better ball Stableford tournament, we started on the back nine and on the Par 4 #6 (our 15th hole) our drive started way left, but fortunately managed to fade back into the left edge of the fairway leaving 90 yards to the back pin. Hitting the trusty 52° wedge got me 18 feet below the hole. Putting slightly uphill with a right to left break, we got our first Birdie of the day.
120409 Kau Sai Chau, South #8 (Par 4)
Two holes later, on #8, a Par 4, our drive again started left and managed to just land left of the cart path. Took a free drop and got a bit closer to the fairway. Using a 56° wedge, we failed to hit down on our shot and topped it a bit. Fortunately I was still going in the right direction and landed seven feet from the pin. Hitting a firm putt for a downhiller took some of the right to left break out and dropped right into the center of the cup.
Double Birdie @ Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
120404 Discovery Bay, Ruby #5 (Par 4)
A good drive left us 90 yards to the pin. A well struck 52° got me to nine feet for a downhill left to right putt. Our opponent chipped in for Birdie and thought he’d won the hole. But our confident stroke tracked right into the hole for a half!
120404 Discovery Bay, Ruby #7 (Par 4)
Strong headwinds left our perfect drive with 180 yards to the back pin. We didn’t hit our 24° hybrid flush and ended up with a big low cut. But it miraculously landed perfectly on the back tier of the green within nine feet. A fairly straight putt, aimed at the inside left edge went straight in the center of the cup.
Match Play Birdie @ HK Golf Club, Hong Kong
120321 HK Golf Club, New Course #2 (Par 3)
R was a bit under the weather and we were playing a better ball match play tournament against the Duffers on the New Course at the Hong Kong Golf Club. The virus didn’t really kick in until the back nine, so we got off to a good start with a Birdie on the Par 3 2nd. Playing 138 yards, we took a bit more club to make sure we got on the green and chose the 7-iron. A well struck tee shot got me to within eight feet for a slight downhill left to right putt. That was kind of the highlight of the day. It was sort of downhill from then and we ended up losing 3&2.
Birdie @ Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan, China
120305 Mission Hills Haikou, Stone Quarry 17 (Par 3)
We almost couldn’t make it to the Stone Quarry Course at Mission Hills Resort in Haikou (Hainan, China). We were here to be the official starter for the inaugural World Ladies Championship (won by Feng Shan Shan). Last night was the Players’ Party hosted by Mission Hills and R was totally wasted. He could hardly get out of bed.
Anyway, we managed to take the 20 minute bus ride to the Stone Quarry Course (Number 7) and started playing. At least tried to…triple bogey on the first hole! So we didn’t expect anything. We played on our own but was backed up on almost every hole on the back nine. Then on the Par 3 17th, another single player suggested we play our last two holes together to speed things up. Don’t know if it was the presence of someone that got us more focused, or whether the alcohol was finally wearing off, but our 8-iron went straight at the flag. I landed 12 feet below the hole for a right to left breaker for Birdie. The greens were really slow, so R gave me a good whack. Bang, right in the center of the cup. And we parred the last hole too. The guy must have thought we were really good 
Finally, a Birdie @ Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
120218 Discovery Bay, Jade 7 (Par 5)
Our game has been up and down lately. Mostly down. Then on Jade 7 at Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, our drive finally went straight and hugged the right side of the fairway on this Par 5. Using a 24° hybrid, we laid up to 140 yards to the flag. An 8-iron got me on the green but 27 feet from the hole. Luckily our fellow competitor showed us the right to left break and we knew where to aim. Perfect pace got me in the hole.
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