4.16.10 Round

[Richie3Jack]

This time at the beautiful Cateechee Golf Club. It's a 144 slope. Weather and course conditions were perfect. Greens probably a 12 on the stimp. Used the PC's and the Bettinardi again.

#1 - Decent driver down the middle. Hit a 3-hybrid. Then flushed a 8-iron from a tough lie to 8 feet and made the putt for birdie (-1)

#2 - Hit a 5-iron to about 30 feet or so. The carts there don't have a governor on them and I almost flipped the cart on the steep downhill grade. I was probably more impressed with my ability to get the cart under control than any shot I hit today. I was on two wheels for a time there. And came out without a scratch. Then after that near cardiac arrest, I made the birdie putt (-2)

#3 - Good driver down the right side. Rifled a 3-wood to about 80 yards. Not enough on the SW into the green and just missed the birdie (-2)

#4 - Good driver down the right side. Rifled a 4-iron right at the flagstick, but a little too much. 3-putted from 40-feet (-1)

#5 - Hit a driver hard, but found the right rough. Luckily the ball ball was standing up so much in the rough I just pulled the driver out and whacked it to about 40 yards short of the green. Hit a SW pitch right at the flag and it rolled about 12 feet bye and I made the birdie (-2)

#6 - Caught a 4-iron a little high up on the face and went short of the green. Not a very good pitch and then I missed the 12 foot putt (-1)

#7 - Decent driver down the middle. Hit a nice 6-iron to the back part of the green. 2-putted nicely from 30 feet. (-1)

#8 - Good driver down the middle. Flushed a 9-iron at the flag, but it was too much and went to the back of the green. I then 2-putted from 40 feet (-1)

#9 - Good driver down the middle. Caught a 3-hybrid a little off the toe and just missed the green. Chipped to 7-feet and made the par save (-1)

#10 - Good driver down the middle. this is a pretty awesome hole. Hit a 3-hybrid to 30 feet and 2-putted again...almost made the birdie putt (-1)

#11 - Good driver down the middle. Mediocre swing with a 5-iron and made the green, but left myself with a 50-foot putt. 2-putted from there. (-1)

#12 - Heeled a driver down the right side. Tough lie, but I found the green. But I 3-putted. Really a 'ballstriking' 3-putt instead of a bad flatstick (E)

#13 - 4-iron that I didn't quite catch and found myself short of the green. Pitched to 8-feet and lipped out (+1)

#14 - Good driver down the middle. Didn't quite catch a 6-iron and missed the green. Chipped to a foot and kicked in for par (+1)

#15 - Good driver down the middle. Hit a LW to 8-feet and missed the birdie putt (+1)

#16 - Hit a 5-iron to the middle of the green. Almost an impossible 2-putt. Knocked the first one about 10 feet bye but I did make the comebacker (+1)

#17 - This is a 640 yard par-5. I hit a driver down the middle. Crushed a 3-wood to 140 and then hit a 8-iron into the wind to about 20 feet. Pretty good putt, but had to kick in for par. (+1)

#18 - Great driver down the right side. Then I thinned an 8-iron into the front bunker and hit a bunker shot to 8-feet and burned the edge. (+2)

Got a little tired on the backside as it was a 1 hour and 45 minute drive there. Started out well though. The putting kinda faltered down the stretch, I'll have to work on that more. Lots of good shots though.

36-38=74 (+2)
11/14 fwy
13/18 GIR
33 putts
2/5 scramble






3JACK

[pavaveda]

Rich, you mention that you hit driver from the rough. This might be a dumb question, but I'm still learning so bear with me... Is this because when you hit out of the rough, the ball isn't going to fly as far? Meaning, if you were the same yardage, but in the fairway, you would've hit 3 wood, but since you were in the rough, you decided to hit driver?

Also, I'm noticing a pattern on some of your mid approaches, and that is that you seem to be shooting for the stick, landing it close, but chasing it to the back of the green. Forgive a novice for asking, and believe me, I dream about playing as well as you do, but why aren't you landing it shorter and letting it roll up to the hole?

[gmbtempe]

I bet Richie has a lot of forced carries on those ridiculously difficult courses.

[pavaveda]

That's what I was thinking too, but he didn't mention it so I thought I'd bring it up. We're here to help each other right? And sometimes it can be tough to see the forest through the trees, no?

[Richie3Jack]

The driver was because the lie in the rough basically had the ball teed up for me. Plus, I can hit a driver off the deck pretty well. I'm kind of trying to avoid doing that because the reward isn't enough to outweight the risk usually. But in this case, the lie made it a pretty easy decision if you have any confidence.

Greg has it right. On the courses I play, the often force you to carry. Plus, I've only played Cateechee once before, so I wasn't too confident in the yardages. And playing up in north Georgia is a lot of of hilly terrain and elevated greens.






3JACK

[pavaveda]

OK, thanks for clarifying.

In the cases where you're forced to carry, do you ever try to hit a high, floating cut shot? I'm thinking of the Lynn Blake video series with Colin Neeman where Lynn has Colin hit high, floating fades.

[gmbtempe]

Apr 16, 2010 21:25:00 GMT -5 pavaveda said:

That's what I was thinking too, but he didn't mention it so I thought I'd bring it up. We're here to help each other right? And sometimes it can be tough to see the forest through the trees, no?

definitely...I was just interjection my guess.