I just don't get it...

[cougar978]

Here's a summary of my round today, if anyone cares:

1) A 300 yard bomb down the middle of the fairway, fat lob wedge to front of green, par.

2) Another 300 yard bomb down the middle, lob wedge to 5 feet, lip-out.

3) Flush 9-iron on a 155 yd par 3, hits 3 ft from the hole, backs up 10 ft, lip-out.

4) Snap-hooked a 4-wood trying to cut a dogleg, ball into creek, chunk 3rd shot from drop area, chip on, two putts for double.

5) Snap-hooked driver off OB fence, ball came back in bounds, tree trunk up my ass, scooted a 7-iron about a foot off the ground on the front fringe, 2-putt par.

6) Trying to correct snap-hook on par 5, hit driver about 130 yards long, and 100 yards in the air. Hit a flush 4-wood over a stand of pine trees to about 130 yards, wedge to 12 feet, lip-out, par.

7) Doing everything in my power not to shank my tee shot onto Interstate 64, flush-pull a 4-iron into the group in front of us, yell 'fore', almost kill one of the teaching pros at Northampton Driving Range. Hit a miracle lob wedge to 3 feet, par.

8) Being an idiot, trying to drive 8 green, hit a pull hook about 50 yards left of my target. I hit it so far left of target, it carried the pond on the left hand side of the hole, onto the 9th hole (par 3). Hit a gap wedge to 8 feet, curled it in for birdie.

9) 160-yd par 3, downwind, 9-iron to 2 ft, plunk, birdie, skin ($$$).

10) Short par 5 (490 yds), decided to hit 3W because I was hitting the driver so poorly, hooked the 3W into the trees. Tried a 'slapshot' 2-iron (anyone else would call it a stinger), got it too high, banked off a tree, into the fairway, about 120 yds in, pulled gap wedge to the left fringe. About 35 ft for birdie. Plunk. -1 on the day.

11) Par 4, tried to cut the dogleg with a 3W, came up short, had about 100 yds over a tree, opened the face on my gap wedge and played a 'long flop' shot, ball ends up 5 ft from the pin. I skank the birdie putt, tap-in par.

12) 135 yd par 3, flush pitching wedge, ball hits 2 ft from the pin, sucks back 15 ft off the green, have the birdie putt dead to rights, but leave it a foot short. Easy par.

13) Short par 4 (370 yds), hit a flush 2-iron to about 125, pull the sh*t out of my gap wedge, run birdie putt 7 ft past, roll the par back in.

14) Par 3, about 135 to pin, FAT pitching wedge, about 40 yds short. Hit lob wedge to 20 ft, dead center, par.

15) Short par 5 (~450 yds), but it shortens to about 410 if you can clear the crap on the right (dogleg right). Hit another mammoth hook into the 6th fairway, about 50 yds left of target, 4-wood goes flying. Had about 220 to the pin, calculated by doing a trig equation in my head to extend the radius of the 200 yard marker on the hole. Push a 2-iron onto the 16th tee, yell 'fore', almost kill another guy in the group ahead of us. Hit a lob wedge fat, then run a chip 6 ft past, and miss the putt coming back, bogey.

16) 160 yd par 3. Shankapotmous comes out, hit a hosel rocket about 40 yds short/right. Hit another miracle lob wedge to 4 ft, par.

17) 340 yd par 4, another sky-ball off the tee into deep cabbage, hack a gap wedge to the back of the green, leave birdie putt 5 ft short, roll par putt in.

18) 400 yd par 4, OB tight left, pond right, too afraid to hit driver, hit a fat 2-iron about 180 yards. Have about 220 in, but worried about snapping the 2 OB, so go with a hard 4, leave the hard 4 short of the bunker, about 30 yards to the pin, another lob wedge to 3 ft, par.

Even par 69, and played like total dog shit, save three holes. I just don't get this game.

[c4m]

you bragging or complaining?
haha, atleast you score well when you play like shit

[Dave H]

I realize all things are relative but I would love to score as you do. I really can't tell if your post if positive or negative

[woodzie264]

  cougar978 said:

Here's a summary of my round today, if anyone cares:

bit of advice: don"t lose you lob wedge

[TheJuice]

Yah, I was about to say - you played out of your socks with that short game and shots 100 and in, well done.

[Shorty]

The term is "damning someone with faint praise"
You have changed it to "praising yourself with faint damning"

[MurphDurph]

I get a shit score when I play great. hahahahahahaha

[TheLauncher]

  Shorty said:

The term is "damning someone with faint praise"

Ha! Well said.

OP, what is there not to get? You played out of your ass in the short game to save a mediocre game form the tees and make a good score. That's golf. Had you hit more fairways you still may not have averaged closer approach shots. Sounds like you could have made a few more putts, especially early, but at my stage of the game I'll take a tap in par every time.

[enis750]

scramble percentage = 100
nice work bro ;)

[Dr_Fu_Manchu]

Sure Cougar...whatever, like you can really hit 300 yard bombs

[Orange]

You made up for your mistakes... I did that too on my best round. My drives weren't the greatest, but my irons were straight as an arrow.