After two consecutive 89s against a PB of 87, at last a new PB - without striking the ball particularly well and only by one shot but at 86 a PB nonetheless. I seem to be settling down in the 80s now, thanks again to all for the help and encouragement.

Stiil leaving shots out there (31 putts and a "3 off the tee") but the next move down will be either mental or course management or a mixture of both. Ignoring what you might call ordinary high cap standard shots there must have been 2 or 3 occasions where I threw away shots when ego overcame commonsense and I went for it instead of laying up and accepting a bogey (or a par if single putting) resulting in a double or triple.

I'm sure that a little more thought as I go round could see me in the low 80's without really improving my game technically at all.

My target now and for the next few months is to get into the habit of engaging brain before picking up club.

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