Today I played Penmar with my pal as a tune up for the round tomorrow.
I wanted to focus on my swing tempo and the Colin Montgomerie notion of (1) thinking about the shot you want to hit, (2) taking that practice swing and then (3) hitting the ball with the same swing.
I started of hitting the ball well - hit the fairway with a nice swing with my first shot. I was left with a SW in and overshot the green, chipped to about 7 feet, missed the putt and tapped in for bogey.
Same thing happened on Hole #2 and Hole #3.
I can not continue to make bogeys from the fairway.
Hole #4 - hit a 6-iron to the middle of the fairway, hit the green with my PW and two-putted for par.
Hole #5 (hardest hole on the course - Par 3, 185 yards) - hit a beautiful 5-iron shot to about 185 yards which left me about 15 feet from the cup. I rolled in the putt for a birdie. I believe this is the only time I have ever birdied this hole.
Hole #6 - Hit my drive well in the fairway. Was left with a 9-iron to the green. Two-putted for par.
Hole #7 - Hit driver to right rough - deep, thick, clover rough. Was left with 195 to the pin. Hit a 3-iron on the screws and left it on the left side of the green. Chipped to the green, missed an 8-footer and tapped in for a bogey.
Hole #8 - 145 yard par-3 - flew a 9-iron passed the pin and ended up two-putting for par.
Hole #9 - Tried to draw my driver and ended up pushing the ball right. Had about 160 yards in from the rough and hit a 7-iron that came up a bit short and fluffy. Chipped on and 1-putted for par.
So all in all, I was 3 over for the round - 1 birdie, 4 pars and 4 bogeys - not too shabby. I really like the Colin Montgomerie mental approach in the pre-shot routine. I will use that in my round tomorrow. Moreover, I was most impressed with the birdie on the beast of a par-3 Hole #5 - really incredible to get down in 2 on that hole.
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