First 9 I was dreadful, but in my defence, it was played in partly blizzard conditions. I was somewhere in the 50's I think, but I got in a bad mood and got all arsey because of a disastrous 8 on the 3rd hole which effectively wrote off the round. What didn't improve my mood was that my playing partner was absolutely NAILING everthing he hit, and making me look bad.
2nd round was an improvement, but only posted a below average 48 (my record is 37). However, I made some subtle adjustments to my swing over the last 2 or 3 holes which seemed to pay dividends, and I started catching it an absolute treat. The damage was already done today, but I'm very, very confident for Sunday now.
Missus is absolutely none the wiser, bless her. What a top day though. Nearly died, played golf, went down the pub, then saw the Albion win 3-0. Marvellous scenes.
(As for Artois predictions....I'll wake her up later and see how it goes).