The most bittersweet birthday round ever.

[ryohazuki222]

So basically, today is my year anniversary with golf (honestly, a year and a week or two)... and it's also my birthday.

I planned from the beginning to play seriously for 9 and goof off on the back. I felt sore... tired... it was 105 degrees and I was walking. Let's get started!

Slope of the course is 122 -- it's my home course -- and about 3300+ yards on the front.

I hit 7/9 GIR. I felt invincible. I only took myself out of one hole where a GIR was impossible. Definitely a sweet feeling.

Here's the catch.... I hit 20 freakin putts! Actually putting is the only thing keeping my score up nowadays... so it's fine. But I marked the holes.... I had exactly 4 putts more than I should have had. 4 putts that had absolutely so business taking up numbers on my scorecard. If you take that 4 off magically... I have a round of 36 -- even par..... My lofty, and pretty unrealistic goal set to myself last year when I started.

Anyway. It was fun. I enjoyed it. Definitely bittersweet. Definitely an awesome round.

[kfeen29]

Nice. Today I shot a 79, my first sub 80 round of the year, 2nd lifetime. Eagled a par 5, and only hit 27 putts but my driver failed me in an unbelievable way. On 5 holes my drives were less than 50 yards. I made bogey, par, bogey, bogey (off a tree 25 yards and in the adjacent fairway), and birdie. Those are drives that didn't even reach the fairway. Imagine if i could hit my driver...