Shot a "ho-hum" 84 yesterday in the heat. I think I drank 2-3 liters of water and a 32 oz Gatorade just to keep from dying.
I was burning the edges with the putter again. Must've missed 2 or 3 that just snuck barely by. Had two back to back triples that killed the score. One was a hooked 3wd resulting in a lost ball that I assume was buried in a pine tree and the other was just a pushed 5wd off the tee on a short (290ish) yard par 4 that ended up in an awful spot by the base of a tree. Probably should have declared it unplayable and dropped it straight back about 20 yards to get over the tree. Still probably would have had only about 130 to the pin. Hindsight is 20/20, I guess.
Still yet, I bogey'd the last 3. One was a tough 3 putt that I just left myself too far from the hole get realistically get it close. The other two were 2 putt "routine" bogies. I'm not too upset actually with the one on 18. That's the hole on this course that has cooked my goose more times than one. I hooked a drive and had about 188 left. Hit a perfect layup GW to about 104, then hit my GW again to pin high, but about 15' right. Just missed the putt.
All in all, a decent day. I can live with 84's for a while. I know if I keep playing like this, then one day I'm gonna settle down, play a little smarter, make better decisions (declare unplayable when it's in my best interest), and get some putts to drop and get one more 70's round.
