So close to shooting low 40s on 9 this morning...

[tailStrike]

And blew up on the 9th par 5. Pared first two holes, followed by double, 3 bogies (result of 2 3 putts and failure to get up and down), another par, bogie (3 putt), then the evil blow up whole that was basically me using my sand wedge to play "keep-away" with the green.

Shot a 46. If I would have pared the 9th, I would have shot a 41. Hit my driver great. Short game needs some work - had four three-putts and just had trouble getting up and down, although I nearly holed out the 185 yard par 3 on a 20 yard chip. Hit the stick and I had sworn it had gone in (I was below the hole), but it had just bounced out to leave an 18" putt.

Just keeping my confidence up a la "Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect" is doing wonders for my game. That and not thinking a lick about mechanics - just looking a the target then swinging.

 

[Eracer]

Just keeping my confidence up a la "Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect" is doing wonders for my game. That and not thinking a lick about mechanics - just looking a the target then swinging.

This pretty much says it all. Well done.

 

[twogreen]

I feel your pain, tailStrike. Last week I walked off of #8 at 34 strokes. All that remained was the par 4 ninth hole. Our #9 is the toughest ranked hole on the course; but I usually can count on nothing higher than a double bogey on it. Well, I shot a nine for a total of 43. I usually shoot better on the back nine; but it was not to be that day. I went on to finish with a rousing 51 on the back nine for an eighteen hole score of 94. The 43 on the front and the 94 total were both new personal bests for me; but not nearly as satisfying as what could have been.

 

[swingsmooth]

Short game needs some work - had four three-putts and just had trouble getting up and down.

That sentence says it all. I've been there, done that tooooo many times. Keep swingin'.