2-under again?

[Ben]

Well, another tournament round, another score of 2-under par. Got seem to kick the trend. I'll take 2-under all day long, but lets get deeper!

Played at The Crossings in Carlsbad. The TaylorMade and Callaway factories are about a block anyway. Some people have called it "MickeyMouse" or "tricked up". I did get to play 15 holes yesterday in a practice round and I tried to clear those thoughts from my head and play the course for what it was both yesterday and today. Granted it was most certainly demanding off the tee in spots, definitely demanding into the greens, and once on the greens two putts pars were not guaranteed if you aren't in the right spot. If you watched the WGC event last week, you'd know what putting on these greens today were like. Large greens, lots of different sections of greens, marked by some seriously extreme tiers. Thankfully I managed my way around nicely.

I managed the front nine quite nicely. Just one bogey offset by three birdies. Took advantage and birdied both the par 5s. Hit a really solid shot to a tucked pin on the par-3 8th and made the putt from 6 feet.

The back nine, quite frankly could have gone MUCH better. I was stripping tee shots and hitting my approach shots tight. Holes 12, 13, 14 and 15 I had birdie putts from no longer then 6 feet. How many did I make? None! hahaha. But, did roll in a nice 8 foot birdie putt on the par-5 16th. Then followed that up with a bogey. One of those "wrong part of the green" putts I'd mentioned earlier.

Shot of the day. 6 iron from 160y on the 18th holes. You should have seen where this pin was. Back left on a green that was divided into four with crazy tiers. And this tier was about 10 paces front to back, and side to side. Anyhow, 6 iron from 16y. Wind in the face and slightly from the left. Just a laser of a punch shot to about 10 feet. Really used my visualization well. Kinda dorked the putt, but I was super stoked to have hit that great of a shot on the last hole to save a stroke and get a legit look at birdie.

Updated stats: 72.15 Scoring Avg, 36 birdies, 34 bogeys, 9 others


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[James_Black]

I'd take 2 under any day!

Just seems like the putter is holding you back, looks like your doing really well.
Good luck in future tournaments.