2.27.10 Round

[Richie3Jack]

This was a day that you felt like you were going thru menopause because of the wind. On some holes when the wind was being blocked by the hills it was fine. On others, it was just brutal. Shotgun start...so we started on #11, the very long par-3.

#11 - Hybrid a little off the toe but wound up on the green to 50-feet. Made a nice 2 putt from there (E)

#12 - Hit the driver hard, but it faded on me. I was still in the frost on my second shot and blocked a pitiful 5-iron. Got on and 2-putted from 15 feet. (+1)

#13 - Perhaps my best driver all day long. Killed it and took an agressive line. Probably the best position I ever had off the tee on this hole. Hit a PW that the wind just took and the green was still thawing out so I wound up 30 feet away. 2-putted (+1)

#14 - Toe hooked a driver into the left fairway bunker. Hit the weirdest shot you'll see as I hit a 5-iron well, but it hit the bunker and skipped off the lip almost like nothing happened and landed with overspin to about 135 yards. Hit PW to 15 feet, missed the birdie (+1)

#15 - Good drive into the teeth of the wind. Hit 7-iron safe and to the right section of the green. 2-putted from 25 feet. (+1)

#16 - Pretty decent drive a little bit down the right side and then hit a great hyrbrid with the ball well above my feet to 30 feet. 2-putted (+1)

#17 - Hit a 7-iron that landed a foot from the cup and went 6 feet by. Made the birdie (E)

#18 - Hit a very good driver into the teeth of the wind . Hit a 3-wood, but bailed out on it. Good thing I did, otherwise would've found the bunker. Thought I hit a perfect sand shot, but it checked up on me and I 2-putted for par from 15 feet out (E)

#1 - This hole was playing LONG today. Often times I can have an 8-iron into the green. Today I didn't quite catch my drive, but I had 3-wood into the green. Lousy 3-wood swing, but wound up safe. Then made a lousy pitch and 2-putted for bogey (+1)

#2 - Caught a 2-iron thin on a hole that's usually about a 5-iron. Probably should've used my hybrid anyway. Nice chip to 5 feet, but missed the par save (+2)

#3 - Hit a good drive right down the middle. Hit a so-so 3-wood to about 60 yards. Hit a pitch exactly where I wanted to...terrible pin placement left me 15 feet by. Lipped out the birdie (+2)

#4 - Hooked a 3-wood off the tee O.B. Should've it hybrid and made double from there (+4)

#5 - Hit a 6-iron very well but pushed it a bit and missed the green. Decent lob shot to 7 feet and made the 7-footer for par (+4)

#6 - Bad swing with a hybrid off the tee but got away with it. Hit 8-iron to 30 feet (wind caught the ball). 2-putted from there. (+5)

#7 - Hit a 7-iron okay but missed the green slightly to the right. Got a bad bounce on my chip and then lipped out a 10 footer for the par save (+5)

#8 - Probably my 2nd best drive of the day as far as swing and contact goes. Unfortunately it took a god awful bounce into the woods. Still had a shot and knocked my 8-iron onto the green and 2-putted from 20 feet (+5)

#9 - Hit a good drive again that took a wicked bounce and went into the bunker. Hit a 8-iron to get out of the bunker and then hit a beautiful 5-iron onto the green to 30 feet. 2-putted for par (+5)

#10 - This was almost like Sean Landeta whiffing on the punt in the playoff game between the Bears and Giants in 1986. As I was transitioning into my downswing, a gigantic gust of wind came up and almost knocked me over. My playing partners couldn't believe it and I wound up hitting it low and we thought it would be in trouble. So I re-teed and almost drove the green. We then found my first one which was lieing straight up in the deep rough. Knocked it on with the SW to 20 feet and made the 20-footer for birdie (+4)

Score: 40-35=75 (+4)
Fwy: 7/13
GIR: 12/18
Putts: 33
Scramble: 1/5





3JACK

[riduffer]

3jack who do you normally play with? Obviously I wouldn't know the people, but I'm just curious what your group is usually like.

[Richie3Jack]

On Saturdays I usually play with my old man and a few other of his friends. We get a group of 8. On Tuesdays and sometimes Thursdays I play with a group of 16-20 guys. The leader of the group is a retired detective from the Bronx and met me one day as he saw a unique Yankees headcover I had. Most of the group is from the NY area although we have some really geat guys from Georgia who are very outgoing. That's usually not the case in the past when I've met Georgia natives...very clique-ish and very anti-social. But these guys are great.

All sorts of guys too. From retired FDNY guys (they retired right before 9/11), some retired cops, some retired power company workers, a retired principal, country music writer, retired football coach, etc.

On the Tuesday and Thursday group, we usually play 4 man teams and play 1 best ball with handicap and bonuses (if two or more people get birdie or better, it's added to the score). We put $11 a man in and then give money out to the low team, low individual, greenies and skins. It's good fun and at the very worst, you're only out $11.




3JACK