It was a very fresh morning at Henbury Golf Club when I rolled up to play in the Bristol City Golf Day, at 9.00am in the morning! Team mates Dave Fear, Mike Holt and Willie were already on site and ready to tee off at 9.30 from the 11th tee. It's a funny old game golf, let me explain. The 11th hole is par 3 and we all missed the green, I chipped on poorly but holed a twenty foot putt for my par. Mike Holt had already been put off by having to play with a pink ball as part of the Charity Day. He didn't score on this first hole. Dave made a 4 with a shot so we walked off with 4 points and no damage done. I missed the green on the 12th hole and only made 5, not a great start to the round. But all was to change rather suddenly on the 13th. Another par 3 playing about 135 yards into a cold head on breeze. With only one team mate on the target, and being last to tee off, there was a need for me to get this on the green. Anyway a little easy 8 iron shot suited the eye and sure enough it looked good in the air, getting better as it dropped out of the sky, even better when it landed close to the flag, and better still when it disappeared from view. Quietly I thought it had gone in for a hole in one but I wasn't a 100% sure, neither were any of my playing partners but we all thought it could be very close. Mike Holt was first onto the green and soon confirmed that yes it was in the bottom of the cup, my third hole in one and 4 points for the team. We had just had our team photo back on the tee and the photographer and his media assistant had walked down to the green with us. A compulsory photo taken picking the ball out of the hole and then a quick interview on video for the Club website. The interviewer came out with a comment which made me think that maybe he didn't play a lot of golf. He said 'congratulations on the first hole in one of the day' !!!! He must have thought that it was a pretty regular occurrence and was pretty non plused at all the excitement. That's life and that is golf I suppose. Anyway that was the highlight of our round of golf on our third hole of the Bristol City FC Golf Day, and thank you Henbury Golf Club for your hospitality today, and the cheap bottle of Famous Grouse.
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AuthorRussell Osman is a former England & Ipswich Footballer, 4 Handicap Golfer and Father of 3. Archives
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