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Birdie!!

Joshua Scotton — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:54:35 +0000

Got my first birdie recently on the 6th hole (par 3) at Brailsford Golf Course.

Here’s a picture:

Golf and Power Cuts

Joshua Scotton — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:30:32 +0000

The power’s just come on after a 4th power cut in the Computer Science building in as many days. There were two on Friday while I was in the building and one just after I left. We’re not sure what the cause is or how many happened over the weekend but my suspicion is that the department is trying to get us geeks to take breaks from sitting in front of our computers 24/7!

This one lasted about 10 minutes and Jonny got stuck in the lift for the duration!

The picture is of my first shot from the 13th hole at Brailsford on the 23rd. Unfortunately my birdie putt stopped short so I could only manage par, however as that’s a rare occurrance at the moment I’m pretty happy with it!

Frozen Golf

Joshua Scotton — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:38:32 +0000

I went golfing today and scored my best score from the white tees so far for the front nine at Brailsford. It was freezing and most of the water on the course was frozen, however my 4 layers + scarf and hat kept me nice and warm.

As everything was rock solid the ball bounced very far and fast which made chipping and putting very interesting. Having said that, I did a huge putt (12ft+ so I think my longest yet) on the ninth hole which was nice to finish off the round.

As it was foggy and overcast I decided to try out some new yellow balls which really worked well. I didn’t lose a single ball . As I generally lose 1-3 balls per round this was an improvement.

Golf and Specimen Exams

Joshua Scotton — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:06:51 +0000

I played the front nine at a very wet Brailsford Golf Course on Wednesday.

The picture is from behind the right bunker on the first hole.

I got my first par score on hole 4 which is a par 3 so I was quite pleased with myself.

Golf is one of those sports where even if you are playing pretty awfully (which I am most of the time) it is still great fun.

I’ve finally come up with a revision plan for my exams in October. I’ve taken the specimen exam this week and as there aren’t any past papers I’m re-reading the 12 textbooks and then taking the specimen again.

Hopefully this will show up the areas which I’ll be needing to work hard on in the last week leading up to the exams.