I was able to walk on to the New Course at St Andrews yesterday. I got paired with three other singles. One local guy, one Canadian, one American.
I rented clubs, all Ai Smoke plus an Odyssey putter. I hit the driver well. I tried the 3 wood once and only once. Used the 3 hybrid a lot because of long par 3s and 4s.
I shot 87 with two 7s and a birdie. 29 putts. I was good on the greens. Maybe I should buy the putter. 🤓
The round was almost five hours and I got the full Scottish links golf experience. Sun, rain, 30 mph winds. Lost a ball in gorse. Hit into 3 pot bunkers, got out of all of them.
I’m not going to lie, it was tough playing rental clubs, with skinny little regular grips. I got more used to it as it went along.