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Hurrah! I actually managed to win a game! I even ended up with a score of 28, compared to the -8, -12 and -14 of the opponents. I’m quite amazed at myself.

With the Mushroom doubles out of the way, all that was left for me to do was the Mushroom Singles. Needless to say, I won. With a staggering -12 score. Credits roll, Game Over!

With a bit more practicing out of the way, and my players bumped up a few notches, I tried the Doubles Mushroom tournament. And it’s hard. You see, you sometimes have to hit “Play Panels” by landing on them, which in turn alter the layout of the hole. Of course, you can ignore them, but then you also make birdies near impossible. I wasn’t looking forward to bailing Neil out as well as defeating some difficult players on some hard …

Something clicked today, and I not only managed to place highly on both the Challenge and Time Attack mode score tables, but I then went on to smash the highest scores already there. So, that’s it then. OK, I can go back and try for higher scores, but I have “beaten” the challenges set out. Technically then, I’ve completed it. I got 103 in the “hidden” bubble bursting game too. Shame there’s no high score table for that too.

Went and did some more training sessions to take my golfers up a few levels, mainly so that Neil stops being an idiot. Sadly, he still is, but my attempt at the Links Doubles was successful! I see that the Mushroom Tournament is now unlocked. Well, it was unlocked after the Singles, but I didn’t go and have a look.

Further attempts at getting anywhere near the top of the score tables for Challenge and Time Attack modes ended in failure today. I’m 5th on Challenge, and nowhere at all on Time Attack. The latter is plainly not possible and I put it to Nintendo that they are trying to drive us gamesplayers mad on purpose.

Finished off all of the Club Slots events first of all, and then did some of the Links training thingies. After that, it was onto the Links Singles proper, and it’s hard. Much harder than any of the previous tourneys, mainly due to the horrendous wind conditions. It took two attempts to best it. Had a go on the Doubles for it then, but Neil was playing his worst so gave up.

After some more practice sessions in the Palms and Dunes training areas, I entered the Palms Tournament. Tried Singles first, and once again trounced the opposition. I hope this game gets a bit more challenging soon. Well, it did in Doubles, as Neil is now even more retarded than previously. Stupid, stupid boy keeps aiming correctly, but then only swinging for 75% of the shot making every single shot fall short. And, invariably, into a water hazard or bunker. Or …

Been playing this for most of the day, and have finally managed to get to the top of the scoreboards on both Score Attack and Marathon modes. That means Challenge and Time Attack modes are open for me. And are clearly impossible. I realised today what the point of the dropping-to-the-ground first section is – you build up points, and then the more points you get for that section, the better the Yoshi you land on. Different coloured Yoshis have …

I am KING for I got 280 on Score Attack. The thing is, I know I can get at least 320, as I managed 120 on the first section, before messing it up, on an earlier attempt, and on my 280 go, I only got 81 on that bit. Actually, 280 isn’t really very high. I’m just hoping you don’t realise that. And now I’ve ruined it. Bah.

Another few goes at this, on Score Attack mode, and I’ve managed to up my high score to a measly 230. I seem to have misreported my previous high score, which was 210, not 260. Me == Rubbish.

I don’t normally list web based games that I play from time to time on here. Nor do I mention emulated games often, either. This web based game will break that trend though. Grid Game, for want of a full proper name, is addictive. It’s simple. It is a click once, then wait game. You need no skill to play. But play it you must. My current high score is 2097. For I am best.

Entered the Palms Singles tournament, and won it with relative ease – I even managed my first hole in one! Once again, I was losing to start with, but soon overtook everyone. I realised why too – it’s because the other players had played more holes. I though it was odd that “Nate Dog” went from 0 to -5 after a Par 3 hole… Then I practiced on the Marion putting green, learned about Approach Shots, and had a go …

Hurrah! New game day! I’ve been waiting for this to arrive from DVDSoon for what seems like ten million years. Played Score Attack a few times, figuring out the controls (who reads manuals?), and scoring 260 on my best attempt. I then had a couple of goes at Marathon mode, reaching 2260m. What a truly bizarre game it is to control, but it’s intuitive, and that makes it all OK. No singing Yoshis yet though.

Went and did some drive and approach practice on the Palms practice area. Was crap at the former, and acebest at the latter. Whilst I was in the area, I decided to have a go at the Palms Doubles tournament. It started off much harder than the Marion one, in part because my partner has become a retard for some reason. He actually aims for trees and bunkers. Idiot boy. After three holes, I was on +5 and the leader …