July 31st Golf Round Review
The 52 I scored on July 24th was only my second round in the 50’s, matching a 52 I had recorded way back on May 29th. Both of these 52’s were on the par 37 back nine, the tougher nine when compared to the par 35 front nine. So this round’s 51 on the front nine felt very much like my worst round of the year.
You will go through times of bad golf so I’m taking all this in stride and hoping this is the bottom.
It’s hard to put up a decent score with three three putts, three penalty strokes, and three triple bogeys. I’ve said this before, but I feel that this is my worst golf, that this is the highest I can score. I can only score lower.
I pull hooked my driver off the 1st tee into the woods. Not the start I wanted. I hit a great punch shot out with my 4 iron which ended up in the fairway 150 yards from the center of the green. Too be honest I got a bit lucky as I missed a tree that was ten feet in front of me by 3-4 inches. The 7 iron for my third shot ended up just short of the green. I chipped it to a foot and a half with my gap wedge and sank the putt for a par. It felt great to get a par after my errant drive!
On the 2nd hole, worried that I was going to pull hook another driver, which is no good, I blocked it to the right. My ball ended up in some tall grass guarding the 7th green. I never found it and had to drop. I chose a 4 iron that got through the trees and into the fairway. I hit a pitching wedge up the hill from about 100 yards and unto the green. My first putt was way short and I took two more putts to get in for a triple bogey. A penalty shot and three putt on the same hole will always lead to a big score.
The 99 yard downhill par 3 3rd hole is the toughest little hole in golf. Or at least it is in my opinion. LOL. I hit a gap wedge long left of the green, pitched on and two putted for a bogey.
I used 7 wood off the 4th tee hoping to clear the first pond, something I’ve failed at twice this year with my 4 iron. I chunked my 7 wood and the ball ended up just past the 1st pond. For some reason they clear cut all the weeds around the pond so I was able to find my plugged ball in the semi-dry mud. I actually hit a good 7 iron out of the plugged lie but it bounced into the 2nd pond. I took a drop and bladed a gap wedge over the green for my 4th shot. I then chipped back over the green with my gap wedge, putted on and then one putted for another triple bogey. My second triple bogey in 3 holes. Too many poor shots!
It was deja vu on the 5th hole. I pull hooked another driver ending up on side of the hill. My ball was on the hard dirt and I hit a poor shot, blading another one into the woods left of the green for the second time in a row on this hole. Yet another drop. I pitched my 4th shot on the green and two putted for a double bogey.
I hit my 4 iron light off the toe on the 6th hole, but it ended up in the fairway just over 150 yards out. Uphill, I clubbed up to a 5 iron and hit it on the back of the green. I hit my first putt way past the hole, missed the putt coming back, and three putted for a bogey. It felt like I wasted my only green in regulation.
I slightly pulled my 5 iron on the 7th tee left of the green, pitched on and two putted for a bogey.
I absolutely crushed my driver on the 8th hole and had 90 yards left to the center of the green. I chunked a gap wedge short of the green and pitched on for my third stroke, and I pulled my first putt way left and missed my second putt. Another three putt for a double bogey.
For some reason I tried to swing faster with my driver on the 9th hole. I pulled hooked my drive in the woods. I dropped and hit a 4 iron to about 70 yards from the green and then chunked my gap wedge. Pitched on for my 5th stroke and two putted for a triple bogey.
I started off with a nice par on the first hole and then preceded to do nothing. I’m hitting errand shots in every part of my game from driving to putting. Finishing the last two hole five over par is disheartening. But again, I truly feel this is the absolutely worst I can golf. I’m going through a valley with my golf but it will turn around.