It actually rained today, for all of twenty minutes, but it was so mild that we only required our umbrellas. However, on my return to Stirling to compete in a Texas Scramble I discovered that the competition had been cancelled due to heavy rain. My playing partners were Akira Hasegawa (Craigielaw) and Neil Chalmers (Longniddry/Carrick Vale). Just so you know, Neil is the less colourful one. Two pars and a birdie at the short third were unfortunately followed by bogeys at the 6th, 8th and 9th as I lost the pace of the greens and three putted each of them. However no three putts on the inward nine, and a single putt at the par three 15th for a magic two, saw me return a level par 35, despite a bogey at the 18th, for a gross 73 and net score of 68, which equalled the CSS of the day.