Post by Richie3Jack on Mar 10, 2012 21:12:02 GMT -5
Course: Tierra Del Sol
Ball: Srixon Z-Star
Stimp: 7-7.5
Went up to The Villages to play golf with my dad. Winds were blowing 30+ mph today and it was about 65-70* out. Course in good shape. A friend of ours who wasn't playing set the pin placements and of course, made them ridiculous.
#10 - This is a ridiculously tight par-4, so I decided to hit driver and just think of it as a par-5. And I took a terrible swing and cut it into the woods. Punched out. Little long on the pitch to the green and 2-putted for bogey (+1)
#11 - Nice 9-iron to 15-feet. Just missed the putt and made par (+1)
#12 - This is a really goofy par-4 and I hit it over the trees and not bad. Then I had to hit a decent sized draw into a 30 mph slice wind. I almost pulled it off and just missed the green. Decent pitch and then made a good putt for birdie (E)
#13 - Caught a driver a little off the toe and it hit the fairway bunker, but bounced out. Good PW off a tough lie to 12 feet and just miessed the birdie (E)
#14 - Here I bombed a driver. In fact, if I knew I was going to hit it that far, I would have taken a 3-wood off the tee since I flirted with Danger. Hit a good SW to 10-feet. Just missed this birdie putt (E)
#15 - 197 yards hole directly into the teeth of the wind. Hit my 2-hybrid over the green. I then pitched on and saved par (E)
#16 - 480 yard par-4 into the win. The wind was blowing so hard that my drive only went 230 yards. Hit a so-so 3-wood that found a bunker. Blasted on and 2-putted for bogey. (+1)
#17 - Yikes, 195 yard par-3 surrounded by water and into the wind. Smoked hybrid that found the green. Didn't play enough break on the first putt and 2-putted for par (+1)
#18 - 570 yard par-5 into the wind. Decent driver into the left rough followed by a decent 3-wood from a tough lie. Pivot stall hook with a punch 9-iron that missed left. Poor pitch and 2-putted for bogey (+2)
#1 - Hit a driver well, but found the fairway bunker. Worried too much about the lip and caught it fat. This pin position was ridiculous. So much that I hit a nice pitch that didn't get within 15 feet of the cup. I missed my first putt that broke about 4 feet and I missed my next putt long of the cup, but it rolled back in...on a 7.5 stimp green. E-freaking-gads. (+3)
#2 - Smoked a driver perfectly over the bunkers perfectly. Hit a PW onto the green and 2-putted for par (+3)
#3 - Flushed a 4-iron onto the green. Another crazy putt and made par (+3)
#4 - Cut a driver onto the cart path. Dropped. Ugly hybrid up by the green. Poor pitch. Not enough break on the putt and made bogey (+4)
#5 - Cut a 3-iron right of the green. Hit a decent pitch, but left myself with a downhill putt. left the putt hanging on the edge and took a bogey (+5)
#6 - Decent driver that rolled a ton and was down the middle. Poor hybrid right of the green from a tough lie. Hit a good pitch to 10-feet. Didn't play enough break and made par (+5)
#7 - This is a tough hole and I made it ugly with an awful tee shot. I think my problems with shots that I have to aim left is that I have the ball position too far forward on those shots. Anyway, fired a 3-iron onto the green. First putt well short, but I made a nice 4-footer for par (+5)
#8 - Big 320 yard driver down the right side. Pushed a 3-iron after having to wait 10 minutes while apparently the group ahead of us was playing the US Open. I thought it was at Olympic Club this year
Anyway, of all the rotten luck I short side myself and I plan on landing short of the green and letting it roll onto the green. anyway, my ball lands on a molehill and just splats. Chipped on and made par (+5)
#9 - H-U-G-E drive in the fairway. Hit this 330 yards but it was in a cross-wind. this was a drive I had to aim left and I moved the ball position back and just drilled this one. I then hit a Sw to 12 feet and made the birdie (+4)
THOUGHTS: Rough day out there when you can't make putts. Hit a lot of good shots, but still too many bad ones. Still working the kinks out.
38-37=75 (+4)
7/13 fwy
10/18 GIR
32 putts
3 impeded shots
3JACK
Ball: Srixon Z-Star
Stimp: 7-7.5
Went up to The Villages to play golf with my dad. Winds were blowing 30+ mph today and it was about 65-70* out. Course in good shape. A friend of ours who wasn't playing set the pin placements and of course, made them ridiculous.
#10 - This is a ridiculously tight par-4, so I decided to hit driver and just think of it as a par-5. And I took a terrible swing and cut it into the woods. Punched out. Little long on the pitch to the green and 2-putted for bogey (+1)
#11 - Nice 9-iron to 15-feet. Just missed the putt and made par (+1)
#12 - This is a really goofy par-4 and I hit it over the trees and not bad. Then I had to hit a decent sized draw into a 30 mph slice wind. I almost pulled it off and just missed the green. Decent pitch and then made a good putt for birdie (E)
#13 - Caught a driver a little off the toe and it hit the fairway bunker, but bounced out. Good PW off a tough lie to 12 feet and just miessed the birdie (E)
#14 - Here I bombed a driver. In fact, if I knew I was going to hit it that far, I would have taken a 3-wood off the tee since I flirted with Danger. Hit a good SW to 10-feet. Just missed this birdie putt (E)
#15 - 197 yards hole directly into the teeth of the wind. Hit my 2-hybrid over the green. I then pitched on and saved par (E)
#16 - 480 yard par-4 into the win. The wind was blowing so hard that my drive only went 230 yards. Hit a so-so 3-wood that found a bunker. Blasted on and 2-putted for bogey. (+1)
#17 - Yikes, 195 yard par-3 surrounded by water and into the wind. Smoked hybrid that found the green. Didn't play enough break on the first putt and 2-putted for par (+1)
#18 - 570 yard par-5 into the wind. Decent driver into the left rough followed by a decent 3-wood from a tough lie. Pivot stall hook with a punch 9-iron that missed left. Poor pitch and 2-putted for bogey (+2)
#1 - Hit a driver well, but found the fairway bunker. Worried too much about the lip and caught it fat. This pin position was ridiculous. So much that I hit a nice pitch that didn't get within 15 feet of the cup. I missed my first putt that broke about 4 feet and I missed my next putt long of the cup, but it rolled back in...on a 7.5 stimp green. E-freaking-gads. (+3)
#2 - Smoked a driver perfectly over the bunkers perfectly. Hit a PW onto the green and 2-putted for par (+3)
#3 - Flushed a 4-iron onto the green. Another crazy putt and made par (+3)
#4 - Cut a driver onto the cart path. Dropped. Ugly hybrid up by the green. Poor pitch. Not enough break on the putt and made bogey (+4)
#5 - Cut a 3-iron right of the green. Hit a decent pitch, but left myself with a downhill putt. left the putt hanging on the edge and took a bogey (+5)
#6 - Decent driver that rolled a ton and was down the middle. Poor hybrid right of the green from a tough lie. Hit a good pitch to 10-feet. Didn't play enough break and made par (+5)
#7 - This is a tough hole and I made it ugly with an awful tee shot. I think my problems with shots that I have to aim left is that I have the ball position too far forward on those shots. Anyway, fired a 3-iron onto the green. First putt well short, but I made a nice 4-footer for par (+5)
#8 - Big 320 yard driver down the right side. Pushed a 3-iron after having to wait 10 minutes while apparently the group ahead of us was playing the US Open. I thought it was at Olympic Club this year
Anyway, of all the rotten luck I short side myself and I plan on landing short of the green and letting it roll onto the green. anyway, my ball lands on a molehill and just splats. Chipped on and made par (+5)
#9 - H-U-G-E drive in the fairway. Hit this 330 yards but it was in a cross-wind. this was a drive I had to aim left and I moved the ball position back and just drilled this one. I then hit a Sw to 12 feet and made the birdie (+4)
THOUGHTS: Rough day out there when you can't make putts. Hit a lot of good shots, but still too many bad ones. Still working the kinks out.
38-37=75 (+4)
7/13 fwy
10/18 GIR
32 putts
3 impeded shots
3JACK