Pinehurst Trip

[TarDawg]

Ok so I went to Pinehurst this past weekend for a mini golfing trip with my mother. We stayed at the Carolina Hotel and I could almost imagine seeing all of golf's greats walking through the halls it felt that nostalgic. The staff was amazing and I couldn't be more complementary of the service we received.

So we started out with #8. By far and away I enjoyed playing this course more than any of the others I played. I played very well for myself and came away with an 89. Pretty proud of myself. I've only broken 100 a handful of times. I have broken 90 once but on a much easier course. I believe number 8 had a rating of 133 from the blues. So I was extremely proud of myself. I decided to get lessons to get my swing in order before the trip and I truly believe that he shaved 20 strokes off each of my scores in just 3 lessons.

The next day was of course #2... And after starting with a par the front nine brought me back down to earth. But on the back 9 I par'd 6 of the 9 holes... unfortunately the other 3 were doubles but I still had a very respectable 96 on a course that many tour players say is extremely tough. And ended with 9 pars total on the day. Not to shabby if I do say so myself. Unfortunately the course was not in very good conditions just off the fairway as they are preparing it for the 2014 US Opens so there were a lot of bare dirt areas that were not ground under repair. We did get a forecaddy for #2.. not sure if it was totally worth it other than it's cart path only on #2 so it did save some time by him giving me yardages before I got out of the cart.

The final day was #4... This was the course demoralized me and broke my spirit. Maybe it was playing in 95 degree heat for 3 days or something but I had NO swing what so ever. I do believe that this was a much harder course than #2 for me as Mr. Fazio decided to place 188 pot bunkers through out the course... I made sure I played out of the majority of them. However as bad as my round was it netted me the only birdie of the weekend. I will say that of the 3 #4 was the most picturesque of the 3 we played... I would love to play it again as I'm sure I could do better than the 104 I shot for the day.

All in all I can't wait to go back.. especially as I get my swing more refined.

[montru]

Sounds like a great weekend, I am truly jealous lol. great shooting the 89, I would say maybe you were starting to golfed out after three days? I do sometimes when I go to AZ every September, we play four out of five days, the last day is always my worst.

[Ben]

How awesome is #8! That course is ridiculously great. I love the little stretch of holes next to the lake, I think its 4, 5 and 6. So gorgeous.