Nice day for golf - a bit of very light rain and a slight breeze

[sean_miller]

Round number 2 for 2010 had some ups and downs. Tee to green was pretty good, but still fighting to get back on track with the putter. I played with a buddy from indoor golf - that dude putts as good as I don't.

From the blacks, it's 6769 yards. Course rating is 72.0 and the slope is 130. The landing areas are generous (not awkward) so there are some good opportunities to "let out the shaft" and "give it a ride" until you "may have broken the face on your G10 and will be taking it to Golf Town for a checkup".

Hole by hole for posterity - for casual blog readers, you may want to hit the "back" button now - I put a copy of the scorecard I kept for myself below so I don't have to repeat the pars and yardages.

1.) wicked long drive that didn't draw, approach over trees to the front apron. 3 from there. Bogey
2.) EDIT - ~60* dogleg - cut the corner with a 3-wood through the fairway - choked down 9 iron from a mound - thinned over the green onto the number 3 teebox. Lob wedge back on - 2 putts. Bogey.
3.) Over the flag - two putts. Finally a par.
4.) pushed a 5 wood that didn't draw into the trees (fairly open). 7-iron to the right apron. 3 strokes from there. Bogey.
5.) Black and Blues together (huge break distancewise) Monster 5-wood to 120 yards. Gap wedge to ~ 12 feet. @#$@ 3-putt! Bogey
6.) Longest drive of the year - no extra roll, not down wind, just pure contact. Anyway, pumped up, so went down a club (7-iron) and ended up just off the back. Chipped too far (Mizuno faces too hot compared to the Hogans) and the ball picked up speed as it rolled past the pin down to the front edge. Add in a nifty 3-putt for a wasted drive Bogey.
7.) Good 3-wood - put a PW to 8.) Smooth 5-iron to ~12 feet. Par.
9.) Pulled drive into adjacent fairway, hit a 5-iron off the top of a pine and then pured a 6-iron layup (taking medicine) through the landing area, into a lateral hazard. Chopped the ball on from ~ 60 yards and drained a delicate downhill 15 footer with ~ 5 feet of break. WTF? Anyway, PAR.

Out in 41 strokes with potential for so much better.

10.) Pounded a drive into the left rough. From an uneven lie, hit a flyer 5-iron to the front edge. 3-putt PAR.
11.) Not sad to see the blacks moved up to the blues today (~60 yard difference) 3-wood, 9-iron the back right apron - pin high - turn an almost chip-in into a 2-putt BOGEY.
12.) 3-iron through the dog-leg fairway onto a mound. Choked down on a 9-iron and made sure not to skull it - just left and long of the pin. Tricky first putt and a lip out - choked - BOGEY
13.) Standard hole - why not more of these?!?! Forgot to put a check mark for the GIR - PAR
14.) Back bunker off the tee. So close to getting this up and down. BOGEY
15.) Beauty 5-wood, PW to ~ 18 feet. PAR
16.) Markers ~ 10 paces up. 6-iron long - left a par putt on the lip. BOGEY
17.) Crushed the G10. Pushed a 5-wood onto the wrong 1/2 of a double green (stymied). Pitch with an 8-iron landed on the wrong side of the slight ridge and rolled off the green. Hit a 60* wedge to about 10 feet - should have used that on the first shot since I had a perfect lie on the back apron. Overplayed the break. BOGEY
18.) After examining my driver face - on the verge of breaking - I could't get this out of my mind. Toppage just past the ladies tee. Pounded a 3-wood to ~80 yards short - but in the right trees. Punched a 3-iron out, over the green, into the back bunker. From ~ 65 feet, pitched out with a 9-iron to ~ 10 feet long left. 1-putt (woo hoo). BOGEY.

In with a 42 . Tee to green - last hole notwithstanding - was stellar. I'm working on the putting - I may switch to one of my forged blades until the weight/touch returns. Still searching.

[enis750]

decent round dude
very similar to mine again!! haha!
I too put in my second round of the year and came out 81....better considering 1st round was 88

I had 2 birdies though on the back - was 1 over going into 16...par 3, 215 yds
mishit my 5i and came up 4yds short into a 6ft high bunker........let's say I had issues getting out, as i was jammed in the lip
double

proceeded to go 16-double -- 17 birdie -- 18 bogey
back nine was stellar compared to the front
i hear ya on feel and touch - its coming back, but slowly as i only improved my putting by 2 strokes, from 35 to 33
need to bring this down

anyways...im hijacking your BLOG

[sean_miller]

I "improved" by one putt (38 from 39). I was fairly confident before the round, but not draining a short par putt on the first hole, sort of rattled me. I need to work on the mental aspect more than my actual stroke.

A Google search for putting drills turned up a nice article where Jeff Ritter (Director of instruction at the ASU Karsten Golf Academy according to the article) describes 9 distinct drills/tips that seem to be written just for me. I'll try them at the practice range this week and we'll see what happens next time out.

[enis750]

post the link if you dont mind

[sean_miller]

http://www.golftipsmag.com/instructi...ng-drills.html

Spent an hour and half at the practice green last night - progress.