mddubya
Hybrid convert
- Nov 6, 2007
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Normally a 42 would thrill me, but today was my best chance at breaking 40 to date.
I started out, bogey, par, par, par, 2 putting each of the 1st 4 holes. Then on the 5th hole I roped my 4 wood to the dog leg left turn. Hit a perfect 56º to within 3 feet of the pin and drained the putt for a bird.
6th hole is a longish par 3, (185 today), with water all down the left side, and OB down the right. Today they had a sucker pin placement, left side of the green to close to the water to suit me. So I decided to play it safe and aim for the right side of the green, at worst I have a long putt for bird, and hopefully a easy 2nd putt for par. Wrong, I push my 5 iron to the right, it hits dry ground, bounces once, hits the cart path and bounds up and towards the OB markers. I get up there and can't find my ball anywhere. Finally I drop 2, hit 3 from where I think my ball went out at. Pi$$ed off, I flub my chip and leave it still short of the green. 4th shot hits short of the pin, releases and races past the hole. My 5th shot/putt stops 1 inch short of the hole, tap in for a triple.
7th hole, narrow fairway, OB ditch on the left, woods on the right, Ok I tell myself, shift into damage control mode. I pull out my 2 hybrid, the fairway finding machine and proceed to yank it into the ditch on the left. Drop 2, hit 3, a perfect 5 iron that comes up just short of the green. I over swing on my chip and send it 20 feet past the flag. Ok, I'm not going to leave this putt short, and I don't, race it past the hole 5 feet for a knee knocker come back putt, thank goodness I drained it, Double bogey. In 2 holes I've given back 5 strokes.
8th hole I hit a perfect drive that trickles through the fairway into the rough, which looks like they are planning on hosting a PGA Major they've left it so deep. A easy 6 irons shot catches too much grass and comes up just short of the green. Chip shot snuggles up close for a easy par putt. Ok, the bleeding is over now. I refuse to look at my score, I know I'm close to shooting a 40, maybe even below it for the 1st time. (BTW, my all time best score is two 41's for a 82 on this course.)
9th hole, I crush my drive, fairway and only 125 to the front of the green. But the flag is mid green, and its uphill. So I grab my 8 iron and pure it. The ball is tracking straight at the pin, nice high trajectory. Oh no, "a little gust from the Gods Romeo", the ball comes up 10 feet short of the green. Its still up hill to the green, so I decide to pitch it on, comes up 20 feet short of the pin. Race the putt past about 8 feet, lip out the come backer, tap in for another double bogey.
Add up my score, a 42, 7 over, after being even par after 5, :faintthud
I started out, bogey, par, par, par, 2 putting each of the 1st 4 holes. Then on the 5th hole I roped my 4 wood to the dog leg left turn. Hit a perfect 56º to within 3 feet of the pin and drained the putt for a bird.
6th hole is a longish par 3, (185 today), with water all down the left side, and OB down the right. Today they had a sucker pin placement, left side of the green to close to the water to suit me. So I decided to play it safe and aim for the right side of the green, at worst I have a long putt for bird, and hopefully a easy 2nd putt for par. Wrong, I push my 5 iron to the right, it hits dry ground, bounces once, hits the cart path and bounds up and towards the OB markers. I get up there and can't find my ball anywhere. Finally I drop 2, hit 3 from where I think my ball went out at. Pi$$ed off, I flub my chip and leave it still short of the green. 4th shot hits short of the pin, releases and races past the hole. My 5th shot/putt stops 1 inch short of the hole, tap in for a triple.
7th hole, narrow fairway, OB ditch on the left, woods on the right, Ok I tell myself, shift into damage control mode. I pull out my 2 hybrid, the fairway finding machine and proceed to yank it into the ditch on the left. Drop 2, hit 3, a perfect 5 iron that comes up just short of the green. I over swing on my chip and send it 20 feet past the flag. Ok, I'm not going to leave this putt short, and I don't, race it past the hole 5 feet for a knee knocker come back putt, thank goodness I drained it, Double bogey. In 2 holes I've given back 5 strokes.
8th hole I hit a perfect drive that trickles through the fairway into the rough, which looks like they are planning on hosting a PGA Major they've left it so deep. A easy 6 irons shot catches too much grass and comes up just short of the green. Chip shot snuggles up close for a easy par putt. Ok, the bleeding is over now. I refuse to look at my score, I know I'm close to shooting a 40, maybe even below it for the 1st time. (BTW, my all time best score is two 41's for a 82 on this course.)
9th hole, I crush my drive, fairway and only 125 to the front of the green. But the flag is mid green, and its uphill. So I grab my 8 iron and pure it. The ball is tracking straight at the pin, nice high trajectory. Oh no, "a little gust from the Gods Romeo", the ball comes up 10 feet short of the green. Its still up hill to the green, so I decide to pitch it on, comes up 20 feet short of the pin. Race the putt past about 8 feet, lip out the come backer, tap in for another double bogey.
Add up my score, a 42, 7 over, after being even par after 5, :faintthud