by Corona Man » Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:56 pm
Golf this morning at Yarra Bend. Public access course 5-7 kms from the Melbourne CBD.
Weather forecast was for 1-3 mm of rain. Checked the radar before leaving home, looked ok. Boy was I wrong!
Pulled into the car park at 8.20am for a 9.00am tee time. A balmy 9.5 degree ambient temperature. A few dots of rain about, but not too bad. Check in at the pro shop, told we can go off whenever we like. Get my GPS out and it can’t pick up the hole we are on. ****** around with it for a few holes before giving it away. Not sure why it wasn’t working.
A short par 3 to start, I’m in the green side bunker off the tee. Great I thought it will be wet in there. Pleasantly surprised it was not too bad. Flicked it out, 2 putt bogey to start. Get the the 2nd tee, drizzle gets a little heavier. By the 4th holes it’s bucketing down. Trying to keep clubs dry is a nightmare.
Overall I was impressed with the presentation of the course, and as the round went on, there are some very good holes on this course.
Par 5’ were pretty short though. On one of them I pulled driver a bit left, hit the top of the trees and dropped straight down. Took at least 100 m off it. I hit hybrid in from 200 ish albeit downhill for a look at Eagle. I missed.
By about the 8th we were soaked. Grips wet, towels soaked, not much fun really. I pulled a 3 wood second shot on one of the par 5’s left…. A ******* long way left. Not sure, but I think it ended up in the Yarra!
We considered seeking shelter after 9, but the slow group of 4 in front called us through… so bugger it we kept going.
Can’t say my golf was all that good, my mate played pretty well though, an improvement on his form last Sunday.
So 2 weeks to the golf trip. Would like another practice round next weekend… but be ****** if I’m playing in the rain. That sucks balls.
However, for those coming to Melbourne if your looking for a hit, and can’t get onto a private course, you can do worse than Yarra Bend.
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