One of the best rounds of WGT I've played. Maybe not better than my 31 at St Andrews Front 9 in the Tour Pro tier recently, but pretty close and also arguably more interesting.
It's like trying to fight a bull bare-handed. Crazy idea, but I did it anyway, and I almost won the fight too... got off to a lightning fast start but then the course fought back hard;
And just to prove that I was using starters;
Hole by hole:
1st: Drilled a 3-wood to inside 4 feet for an easy opening birdie.
2nd: Nearly underhit the 11 foot putt after a well-gauged approach, but it just managed to trickle in.
3rd: 3-wood to 11 feet, and again I make the putt to go -3.
4th: 2nd shot ends up in the rough, 3rd shot overshoots the easy pin location, putt from the back fairway is well short but I save the par.
5th: Forced lay-up, not a great wedge shot, bogey.
6th: 3-iron approach, routine par.
7th: See 5th hole.
8th: 3-wood overshoots the pin, 2-putt from the fringe.
9th: Forced lay-up, but this time I manage to save par.
10th: Yet another forced lay-up and yet another bogey.
11th: 3-wood approach shot ends up in the bunker but the 9 foot par putt goes in.
12th: Forced lay-up, saved par.
13th: The 6-iron approach shot on this par 5 comes up short and I have to settle for par.
14th: Conservative 4-iron shot leads to a routine par.
15th: Forced lay-up, unlucky SW approach. It bounced exactly where I wanted it to bounce, but I was left with this;
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Fortunately saved bogey from there by sinking the breaking 6 footer I was left with.
16th: 3-wood comes up 30 yards short of the pin, but a great flop shot gives me a tap-in for par.
17th: Hit 3-wood and hoped for the best. Ball came to rest at the back of the green and I 2-putted from there.
18th: Slightly choked 5-iron approach, ball bounces exactly where I wanted it to, but it rolls further than I'd hoped and ends up in the back fringe. 2-putts from there and I finish +1 for the round.
Not the best round of WGT you'll see or hear about by any means, and there is a huge asterisk on it since I believe it was a no wind tourney, but it felt good to come so close to par over 18 holes, even with the handicap of using starters...