I shot a 4 over thru 11 holes at Westlake Country Club after work.
I played from the blue tees on the back 9 and got in holes #1 and #2 on the front before it got too dark. It is a very short course – allowing me to hit hybrid-wedge on many of the holes. I still am hitting the ball to the right and it is driving me nuts.
I could definitely play this shot by aiming to the left, but I don't want to. I want to aim at the target and hit it at the target.
The wind was blowing pretty hard. Something I heard from Tom Watson was that he believed many amateurs hit too much club going downwind and not enough club going into the wind. I definitely found this to be the case going into the wind. I had about 142 going dead into the wind and hit my 8-iron (150-155 yards) and came up about 5 yards short of the green. I should have hit a 7-iron which is hard to think about hitting a 7-iron into a green 142 yards out. Going down wind, this would be a PW; however going into the wind, it would be a 7-iron - that's a 4 club swing.
I wish I had more to report about these 11 holes. I hit no amazing shots, nor did anything backfire - it was pretty steady and pretty easy going.
The wind was blowing pretty hard. Something I heard from Tom Watson was that he believed many amateurs hit too much club going downwind and not enough club going into the wind. I definitely found this to be the case going into the wind. I had about 142 going dead into the wind and hit my 8-iron (150-155 yards) and came up about 5 yards short of the green. I should have hit a 7-iron which is hard to think about hitting a 7-iron into a green 142 yards out. Going down wind, this would be a PW; however going into the wind, it would be a 7-iron - that's a 4 club swing.
I wish I had more to report about these 11 holes. I hit no amazing shots, nor did anything backfire - it was pretty steady and pretty easy going.
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