First competition of the year today, and a bit of a strange round - ended up with 76 (which is reasonable for me from the back tees with a bit of breeze), but took an unusual way to get there. The first eight holes were scrappy, but I holed quite a few nice putts to be level par at that point. The 9th to the 15th all run in roughly the same direction (except for the 13th), and that was into the wind today, so these holes played very long - a real challenge for me, as I don't hit the ball all that far. For example, the 10th (410 yards) and 14th (400 yards) both needed very solid drives and 3-woods for me to get to the green (compared to the drive and 23ยฐ hybrid that I had used on the downwind 460-yard 3rd hole earlier). I hit a couple of drives left that cost me shots - I ended up with a double bogey 6 on the 15th after a lost ball (hit a 50-yard pitch for my 5th to about a foot) and wasn't able to save pars on several other holes. It's a little disappointing to finish +8 after being level par for 8 holes, but there was a lot to like about the round today.