I was so excited to play today.
Much like James Brown, I was feeling good.
(Awesome video - and one question, was James Brown a real person?)
I was ready to see if my practice was about to pay off.
I made par on the first hole after hitting a drive down the middle of the fairway with a straight ball flight. Wow. I hit my approach to about 12 feet and proceeded to miss my birdie putt and tap in for par. This game is so easy. So easy.
I was brought back to normal after I bogeyed the 2nd hole. It was a classic bogey, too. I hit a hybrid to the left side, just off the fairway around 100 yards out, but it was some pretty deep rough. I under-clubbed and left my approach about 15 yards short. I chipped on to the green (not within 3 feet) and 2-putted – classic bogey.
I doubled the 3rd hole thanks to a lost ball (and an awful lost ball at that after I thought I ‘safely’ punched out to the 200-marker).
I will save everyone (mostly myself) from the agonizing details that went in to shooting a 93, but basically I had about 1 bad shot per hole. It might have been a bad approach, or a bad chip, or a weak putt, but it stems down to basically 1 out of 5 shots each hole was what I would call a ‘bad’ shot – that is, the ball did not do what I had conjured up in my mind.
Something that quite surprised me was that I was most consistent off the tee box. I ended up hitting 10 of 15 fairways. It looks like my practice with my driver is starting to pay off. It's either that or the Sniff n' the Tears song I was singing a couple days ago.
Round Stats:
46 Front / 47 Back – 93 Total
Ended with a 4-putt on the 18th hole after being on in regulation.
GIR – 27.78% - 5 of 18 holes
Made 3 medium range putts (7-14 feet)
35 total putts – 1.94 average per hole
Hit 10 of 15 fairways (66.67% - missed 2 to the left and 3 to the right)
6 Pars, 5 bogeys, 6 doubles, 1 quadruple bogey (ouch)
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