Porkkala, the roller coaster of Peuramaa

Snow before 1st green

The third round of the year was played at Porkkala course on Peuramaa Golf.

I do like the challenging course and it showed toughness yet again. The slight hang over from the night before did not have anything to do with the result. The course was in good condition, at some locations there were still snow to be seen and the ground was still quite hard just underneath the surface. Cannot complain about the weather, the sun was shining and there were almost no wind at all.

Greens were to some extension sanded and holed, so that made the putting bit difficult, a few putts less would have given a better result. The first 9 holes included typical action and some unfortunate putts.

The 11th hole, first of the nightmare ones, started well. The drive on the left side close to the water hazard and from there a safe shot to around 80 meters to the middle of the fairway, "just"  over the ditch to the green. Topped that shot and of course the dropped one landing two balls on the same hole to the water... Well done...

13th green with snow-
hazrd in bunker

The next drive costed also a ball. Opening bit left and the ball went swimming. The same story on the 15th as well :) A total of four lost balls is a few too many, but yet quite normal for Porkkala. Without penalties the score do look totally different. I used to have a playing right at Peuramaa, so through out the years few balls have been left behind.

Number of lost balls: 4

In total 104 shots.

Season best in Porkkala: 104 shots