23rd Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship - Round 2

Round 2 was played off a combination of both White and Blue Tees. This day the alien have been kept at bay and I became myself again and played like myself. Loads of excuses but still we never run of our excuses when we have a bad day. Ask John Daly last week after his shot 63 only to shoot 86 the next day. So if pros can do it, what can't I? Navy Course Hole 1 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball again near right bunker of green. A magnet seems to have been placed at that spot. Shot 3 ball on green. Shot 4 ball kissed the lip of the hole to miss par. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 2 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on left of buggy track. Shot 2 ball short of green. Shot 3 chipped to green. 2 putted for bogey. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 3 Par 3 Shot 1 ball on right side of fairway. Shot 2 chipped near to pin. Putted in for Par. Yay! Shot 3 for par. Hole 4 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball overshot green to right. Shot 3 chipped ball to about 12'. Shot 4 putted and missed to right. Shot 5 putted in for bogey. Improvement of 2 shots over Round 1. Hole 5 Par 5 Shot 1 pulled shot to left bunker. Shot 2 tried to be smart and used 5w to hit from bunker and topped ball but it's ok as it's on left fairway. Shot 3 beautiful shot that I thought was towards right side of left bunker 100m from hole. Then found ball in bunker, again. Damned. Shot 4 ball again in bunker fronting the green yet again. In this hole alone, my ball visited every conceivable bunkers it finds. Double damned. Make it triple. Shot 5 ball on green. 2 putted for double bogey. Shot 7 for double bogey. Hole 6 Par 3 Shot 1 ball about 20 m short of green. Shot 2 ball on green. Ho hum. 2 putted for bogey. Shot 4 for bogey. Hole 7 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway centre. Shot 2 ball short of green. Shot 3 ball on green. 2 putted for bogey. Big improvement of 5 shots over Round 1. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 8 Par 4 Shot 1 ball in left rough. Shot 2 ball short of green. Shot 3 ball on green. 2 putted for bogey. Another improvement of 5 shots over Round 1. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 9 Par 5 Shot 1 ball in rough of left bunker. Shot 2 hit the equator of the ball but it's still safe on fairway. Shot 3 laid up before water hazard. Shot 4 ball went back left of green. Shot 5 ball on green. 2 putted for double bogey, again. Shot 7 for double bogey. Army Course Hole 1 Par 5 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 duffed it, again. Shot 3 ball short of green. Shot 4 ball on green. 1 putted for Par. An improvement of 3 shots over Round 1. Shot 5 for par. Hole 2 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball on left of green. Shot 3 ball on green. 2 putted for bogey. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 3 Par 3 Shot 1 ball on green. Elated. 3 putted for bogey. Damned. Shot 4 for bogey. Hole 4 Par 5 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball on left side of fairway, again. Shot 3 ball short of green. Shot 4 ball on green. 3 putted for double. Damned. Shot 7 for double bogey. Hole 5 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball short of green on left. Shot 3 ball on green. 2 putted for bogey. This hole is Index 2 so I am a happy man. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 6 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball went right of green. Shot 3 ball on green. 2 putted for bogey. Shot 5 for bogey. Hole 7 Par 3 Shot 1 ball in bunker protecting the green. Shot 2 hit an amazing shot. Ball nearly went into hole and slide just 6" of hole. 1 putted for Par. Huge relieve over Round 1. Shot 3 for par. Hole 8 Par 4 Shot 1 duffed the ball. Shot 2 duffed once again but ball now on fairway. Shot 3 laid up before water hazard in front. Shot 4 topped ball into water hazard in front. Took penalty drop. Shot 6 ball on fairway. Shot 7 ball on green. 2 putted for triple birdie. Damned, worst than Round 1. Shot 9 for 5 over or quintuple. Is the alien returning to possess me? Hole 9 Par 4 Shot 1 ball on fairway. Shot 2 ball short of green. Shot 3 hit ball on equator but on green about 26' away. 2 putted for bogey. Shot 5 for bogey. End of game and managed to keep alien at bay. But it's not enough to see me through Round 3, the final round. And I lied right at the bottom of the table. First time in all the tournaments I took part in that I am in this position. I hope I will not repeat it again in the upcoming tournament at OCC from 21 to 23 Nov'12, the Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship.