- 35/37. Almost shot my age (again).
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Cool, breezy, and soft today. 78 with 30 putts. No 3 putts. 7 GIRs, no birdies, one double. Our team got skunked. In fact none of the four of us made a birdie.
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Played a scramble event yesterday at Whirlwind golf course. Team went 29-33. Good enough for a T5. This was one of my favorite scrambles I have ever played. No mulligans and no absurd charity booths asking for $100 to hit the ball on the green or have a pro hit your shot. Just straight up golf as a team. Front nine was 3 pars, 5 birds and an eagle. We could only muster 3 birds on the back nine. Everyone on our team contributed. 5th out of 36 teams wasn't bad for not having a ringer. Bonus of the day was being in group 1A!
82 at The Eagles Forest Course. No bridies. Hit a couple real squirrely shots early on, but hit some nice shots after that. The greens are Bermuda and not in great shape. Kind of bumpy.
Only two of us this morning. We teed off at 7:04 and were done at 10:13. Nice morning, a little breezy but nice. We used our free round that we got with our new winter Paradise Golf package.
Shot 52/42 this morning. The first 6 holes were so bad it was almost comical. I was pretty happy with the back 9 where I had 4 GIRs. No birdies, though, and I missed a par save on #18 after flopping a shot over a sand trap to 3 feet.
Played a course yesterday in Tucson called Quarry Pines. Shot a 44-43 on one of the tightest courses I have seen in AZ. Front nine Played flat and through a neighborhood. Fairways were probably averaging 20 yards wide. Back nine Played around a reclaimed rock quarry and was even less forgiving. I had 7 unplayable lies and 6 were from the tee. My iron and wedge play were decent and I only had 28 putts. This is a course I need to play again now that I know the layout. My driver will not make as many appearances next time I play the course.
42/37 for 79. I was 7 over after 5 holes, and played the rest of the round in even par. One triple and two birdies. Both of the birdies were net eagles in the money game. 8 GIR and 30 putts. I missed some sweet birdie looks inside 15 feet. The steel shafted STi irons are really working great. I feel very confident now when I have a 7 iron or less into a green. Especially the wedges. I'm starting to get good at knocking them down, taking more club and hitting a softer shot, etc. Those shots were impossible for me with the 65 gram graphites.
Our team did pretty well, which was a surprise to all four of us.
Just got back from the Ocean City MD golf trip. We played Baywood Greens on the way down, then Lighthouse Sound, Rum Pointe and Heritage Shores. All very nice courses, the only negatives were that 2 had recently aerated the greens and it was crazy windy (which also made it really cold) every day.
I shot a lousy 93 every round and finished 1st, 2nd, 1st and 1st in our daily matches lol. I felt like I should have shot 83 every day, but just couldn't do it.....luckily for me everyone struggled as much or worse. I also lucked out partner-wise each day as my partners had their best rounds with me. Some great zigging and zagging too as I was pretty consistently making a par and then a double, but the pars were at the right times.
I had fun, but I may pass on the trip next year. I was wearing winter mittens with hand warmers in between every shot and a winter knit hat most of the time. The cold winds off the water were just brutal for someone with Raynauds and 4 rounds in the same conditions were uncomfortable. I have definitely become a fair weather golfer in my old age.
- Didn't shoot my age, but I did shoot the temperature.
