Date: 26 July 2024

Venue: West Wilts Golf Club

A game of two halves (or, a game of two 9’s…). I came into this Open really happy with my game from the previous day (at Marlborough) and, even though I hadn’t played this course before, I was really looking forward to it!

First things first, what a great setting for a golf club! The views are amazing! I think this is an ‘inland links’ course as the fairways were really ‘hilly’ and that was really fun to play on!

I couldn’t have asked for a better start with two birdies in the first four holes!! Unfortunately, I couldn’t keep that up but still managed to card 39 on the front 9… not bad! Then the back 9… the 10^th hole is something I’ve never seen before with the green much, much higher than the tee box so you had to get LOTS of air to reach the top of the hill… then you have to follow your ball!! Fortunately I had a battery powered trolley as I’m not sure I’d have made it up otherwise!!

I found the back 9 really tough but really proud that I carried on and eventually shot an 83.

Not the kind of score I wanted to post but I’m taking the positive that I had never been to that course before, so was only seeing each hole for the first time when tee’ing off, and I’ll definitely be back next year to try again!!

A massive thank you to West Wilts Golf Club for hosting (I’ll definitely be visiting again for some GP rounds) and, as always, a massive shoutout to all the junior golfers taking part (especially my playing partners)!