Popping (My Cherry) Hills

[Outfoxed]

Played Poppy Hills for the first time. It was so much fun that my brain is still trying to process it all.

I planned to get to the course early, about an hour, which was rewarded with clearing fog and the beautiful practice range surface. So often the practice ranges are like hitting off the dirt with a patch or two of grass. At Poppy, it was the first insight I got to the beauty that was about to be revealed.

The first hole started with a typical drive for me, a 240 yd shot with about 30 yards of "fade", which dropped my ball in the center/left fairway about 135 from the green. After leaving my approach a little short on a upfront pin, I chipped up and tapped in a 3 footer for par. PAR??? On the #1 handicap hole?????

"I must be dreaming" was soon followed by "Uhh Ohh, I just played my best shots." Thankfully, luck was on my side. The round continued with descent ball contact. Even if the ball happened to find the many beaches, I was still able to make the play back into the fairway or green. Man, I love these new Nike Irons and wedges.

Then on the 5th, a 505 yd par 5, it went D, 3W, to on the green??? I had an eagle putt? Sure it was 35 ft. up a tier. But it was an eagle putt, none the less.

After taping in for bird, I got the feeling that my playing partners were doubting my 17 hdcp. But by the end of the round, I'm sure they were clear that I was having a great round. This opens a new topic that will have to be forummed, do people play better on the better courses?

I know I will be back to Poppy Hills in the near future. Unfortunately, the reality is that I will never get that 1st round again. Guess I'll have to try some 1st rounds at more courses.

Today, I shot a 91, at Poppy Hills!!!!!!!!

[Fairway_CY]

Outstanding! I love playing new courses... especially GOOD courses. Sounds like you had a great day out there. I look forward to my visit (sometime in the distant future, I'm sure) to the west coast for some golf.

CY