What A Bad Great Day!

So I headed out to the course today to get a club in my hand. Was going to hit the range but saw that the back nine was wide open. Birdie, birdie, bogey, eagle to start. Parred the difficult Par-3 14th, then went birdie, birdie, par, birdie to finish the back (front) at 6under!!

To the front (back). I have 72y into 1 and don't convert. Have 10' for birdie on 2 and don't convert. Knock it in tight on 3 and make birdie. So, now I'm 7under (my career low on my course) with six holes to play... par, par, bogey, par, par, par. 6under at the finish. Great under any other circumstances...

I think I got a little too caught up in my score for my own good. Lesson learned.

Wow! That's some great shooting!! Honestly, my best rounds have come when I am not looking at the scorecard. I think when you get score obsessed you only think of keeping at -6 or -7 or whatever. When you basically throw away the scorecard mentally, you actually free yourself up to keep playing well. I played a links style course for the first time a couple weeks ago. The course, Glen Erin Golf Club (Janesville, WI), is about 6800 yds long. With very, very unforgiving fescue and deep bunkers, the premium is keeping the ball down the middle, and hitting the right tier. After getting hit by a ball (Yes, nailed in the leg!!!!) I went on to make five birdies in a row (I had never even made four straight on my home course!). I was so surprised after getting hit, I really didn't focus on where I was score-wise, and didn't look at the card (68, -3) 'till the end of the round, after which, I had to scramble to work. If there's any point in all of that, it is not to focus on your score, but rather to hit the little white ball and enjoy the walk. The results might surprise you.

I wanted to get to -10 so bad though! But yeah, obviously you are right. Perhaps self-consciously I let myself focus on score too much because I knew it was just a practice round and wanted to see what happens if I put my focus on the score. A nice positive to the day was that I got my round low, and early.

I've got to say, I've never been hit by a ball, I could imagine its not the most pleasant thing. Then to fire off those birdies. Yeah, you're mind was at a different place for sure. Maybe I should deliberately knock my ankle bone with my putter if I start to focus on score to much during a tournament round. That's always a pleasant feeling! hahaaa.

Is this a par3/exec?.....or a champ course. Either way...nice playing!!!

PS

I've been hit twice.........a 1-hopper caught me in the chin....it hurt like a mother-FR......I was also hit in the back of the head behind my right ear.....it left a lump but didn't hurt a bit...LOL...no joke...

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6000 yard par 70? Obviously not a long course, is it tight/tricked up at all?

Hello Ben. thanks for sharing your story... Yeah, day's like that is inevitable... I've had mine several times too..

That's some nice shooting Tex!  Isn't it amazing how no matter what, golf always leaves you thinking you could have done a little better?

"Drop. Your. Sword." Love that movie!

Yeah, there you go.

I might be bluffing, pig.  Then again...

No, not tricked up thankfully. Some brutal par-3s. OB left and right on most holes. Some elevation changes. And everyone's favorite grass, kikuya. Absolutely no roll. Well, 10yards at the most at least.

Well, I did it again. This time I at least finished at my career low. I'll let the scorecard speak for itself. I'm the "B" obviously. "S" is Sam, the kid I wrote about in the US Am Bound thread. "D" and "A" are my golf nemesises Alex and Dustin. Alex and I were playing a two man better ball against Sam and Dustin. 20/20/20 with $2 dots. Lots of dots. Stat of the round, 23 putts. Or maybe it should be the 10 birdies. Perhaps the six birdies in a row...?

How about the 25 birdies for the round?  My God!!

Yeah, everyone kinda caught fire at one point or another yesterday. Except for my partner of course. hahahahaaaa But, like I told him after the round, at least he did his part by not pumping balls OB, or three putting or just blowing up in general.

Yeah, 34/34 what a suckfest!