To do this, the 29-year-old from Pencaitland might want to discover a spark from his putter after a four-over-par opening spherical of 74 which leaves him nicely down the sector after day one at The Renaissance Membership close to North Berwick.
It’s a course he is aware of just like the again of his hand, however native data was of little assistance on a irritating day on the greens for the previous Scottish Beginner champion. However, he can take loads of encouragement from his efficiency with the massive stick.
“I didn’t play practically as badly as I scored,” he mentioned. “It’s difficult. I had a number of dodgy lies within the tough, the place it’s arduous to manage your distance. My quick recreation and placing wasn’t sharp sufficient to avoid wasting me.
“It’s powerful to get it shut on the market due to the place the pins are and the breeze. In the event you’re not on the green, and even in case you are, generally it’s arduous to get it shut, so you’re counting on making some lengthy putts. However it’s the greatest I’ve pushed the ball for a very long time, so I’ll take that into tomorrow and hopefully get my scoring boots on.”
Distance off the tee has by no means been a problem for Forrest and when he connects along with his driver it’s a sight to behold.
The draw back it that it doesn’t take a lot to seek out bother when the ball is travelling to this point and when he began to leak a number of of drives proper on his inward 9, he was compelled to scramble to maintain his head above water.
He began steadily sufficient with 4 straight pars, however after a bogey on 14 – his fifth – he bought into bother along with his second shot on the par 5 sixteenth after opting to hit his driver from the deck. Squirting it proper, he landed on an influence cable within the tough behind a scoreboard and wanted referee recommendation to get reduction. He stayed calm and composed sufficient to avoid wasting his par with a stable six-footer, however his slight slice would come again to hang-out him later.
He turned two over par however collected his first birdie on the 600-yard third gap – his twelfth – after a monster drive, clear strategy and really well-judged 30-foot putt over a ridge to arrange a six footer. He drained it, a lot to the delight of household and pals who had been following him spherical.
Forrest mentioned earlier than this Rolex Collection occasion that was in search of a “spark” to recapture his type after a quiet 12 months to this point. Simply when he thought he had discovered it, although, his trusted driver let him down.
Two pushed tee pictures into the tough yielded consecutive bogeys. Forrest slammed his membership into the turf within the first seen signal of frustration and spilled one other shot on the final when three-putting from the perimeter to complete on a low.
To his credit score, Forrest has been cautious to handle expectations this week and isn’t placing an excessive amount of stress on himself. “You all the time wish to do nicely in entrance of everybody and you are feeling it’s best to carry out,” he mirrored. “Nevertheless it’s completely different if you find yourself beneath the gun and it’s a top-class discipline this week. I’m simply getting my head down and getting on with the job.”
