We went out on our second to last round in my league tonight. My team is way out of the running for anything, so the last two weeks for us are all about shooting a decent round (the points don't matter).
I get off the first tee box badly, make two more horrible swings on the opening par 5. I come up with a good Rescue 3-5W-PW combo and 1 putt for 7. Yuk!
I hit a low screamer of the next tee that holds the fairway. A beautiful Rescue 5 has me on the green in regulation and I 2-putt for par.
The next is a reachable par-5. I get a good swing off the tee with my 3W, and an average Rescue 5 leaves me 50 out. I run the wedge long, but I come recover with the 60 degree and 2 putt for bogey.
I par the next par-3. On the par-4 13th, I hit my tee shot into the woods, and a couple of blown irons later I have a 7.
I hit a big slice off the tee on the next par-4, recover from the tall grass, get on the green in 3 and 3-putt for 6. So far this is an ugly round!
On 7 and 8, I putt up back to back 4's. So I hit the 9th tee box looking at a par 4 with a chance to shoot 45 (which is my target score for the round). I get away with a hook off the tee, recover to 140yds out in the fairway. I open the face on the 8I and put it in the trap just below the green. Two wedges later I am in the rough just outside of the trap, a wedge and 2 putts and the 45 is now a 49!
The clubs start flying here (yes - I am embarassed to say it). I grind the round to work off the 7's and after doing it, I blow the round with the 8 on the 9th hole.
Having thrown up 3 pars in the round I know I am capable of swinging better. I also know that I will hit bad shots. It just eats me up inside when all I tried to do was really put up a 5 on the hole (46 would have been fine with me) and I implode.
Does this happen to you guys/gals? What do you do to keep your composure on the golf course?
I get off the first tee box badly, make two more horrible swings on the opening par 5. I come up with a good Rescue 3-5W-PW combo and 1 putt for 7. Yuk!
I hit a low screamer of the next tee that holds the fairway. A beautiful Rescue 5 has me on the green in regulation and I 2-putt for par.
The next is a reachable par-5. I get a good swing off the tee with my 3W, and an average Rescue 5 leaves me 50 out. I run the wedge long, but I come recover with the 60 degree and 2 putt for bogey.
I par the next par-3. On the par-4 13th, I hit my tee shot into the woods, and a couple of blown irons later I have a 7.
I hit a big slice off the tee on the next par-4, recover from the tall grass, get on the green in 3 and 3-putt for 6. So far this is an ugly round!
On 7 and 8, I putt up back to back 4's. So I hit the 9th tee box looking at a par 4 with a chance to shoot 45 (which is my target score for the round). I get away with a hook off the tee, recover to 140yds out in the fairway. I open the face on the 8I and put it in the trap just below the green. Two wedges later I am in the rough just outside of the trap, a wedge and 2 putts and the 45 is now a 49!
The clubs start flying here (yes - I am embarassed to say it). I grind the round to work off the 7's and after doing it, I blow the round with the 8 on the 9th hole.
Having thrown up 3 pars in the round I know I am capable of swinging better. I also know that I will hit bad shots. It just eats me up inside when all I tried to do was really put up a 5 on the hole (46 would have been fine with me) and I implode.
Does this happen to you guys/gals? What do you do to keep your composure on the golf course?