My first round at a larger course

My first time I played a round was out in Aurora, CO. it was just a little 9-hole 3par course but it was nice and I was playing the double par rule, I didnt do too bad for a newb and I beat the other guy I was with.. I only used my #6-#9 irons, PW and Putter for the course since everything was short..

anyway so yesterday I played my first larger course its still 9-holes but its well spread out (454yd was longest hole) so I got to use my drivers a bit as well.. Granted the course sucks because it had waist-high weeds EVERYWHERE and it was a bad windy day (it always is in south dakota anyway) i lost about 10 balls in the weeds.. (a great scam from the course I feel) anyway.. I did pretty bad but occasionally I hit it right down the center and right up on the green, not too bad i guess..

Im still trying to get used to the various distances per Iron, and wood and the Driver.. and granted Im using a cheap-o set of clubs (Aspire XD2 - yeah try to even look them up lol) I guess I cant really learn much on a high wind day except how to compensate my angle for the wind... I played double par rule on this as well and still scored a LOUSY 66 in the end..

Keep at it.....it will get better.

You'll improve.

Yep, definitely keep at it. I like the 'beginner' posts because I'm playing with my wife, a 2nd year player, on a regular basis. Watching her improve, which leads to great enjoyment and excitement, shows me another side of golf long since forgotten.

This might help you in some small way. She has a couple of 'go-to' clubs. She drives the ball pretty well off the tee so we'll call her driver first choice 'go-to' clubs. The others are a #5 hybrid, sandwedge and putter.

That's pretty much it for her game. Drive ball off tee, hit hybrid to SW range and try to get up and down in three from SW range--whether 50 yards out or greenside.

Using basically those 4 clubs, she's gone from shooting 150 to around 110 in her 2nd season. She plays all the good tracks in the area and we don't do par-3s or 'excutive' courses either. Obviously, she plays from the womens' tees also.

Driver into play, 'go-to' club to get yourself into SW range and learn how to get down in 3 from there and you'll see a lot of improvement scoring-wise in your game.

dave

thanks dave, yeah once I get close to the green I usually try to pitch it up there. I rarely use any irons unless its a par-3 course, Ill use a wood or hybrid