Mr Smith said the closure programme comes just as the Army is attempting to transform its make-up, laying off 20, 000 full-time soldiers, but engaging in an unprecedented recruitment campaign for the Army reserve, which they intend to double in size, to 30, 000, by 2020.
But then he bogeyed 14, double-bogeyed 15 (even after laying up short of the lake on the par-five with his second shot) and finished the round with a bogey and a double-bogey for a 76 and one-under-par total.