First Post/Match vs East Granby

[adamgoodman]

Hey everyone, I'm real excited to finally be able to starting blogging here at The Sand Trap.

My name is Adam Goodman and I'm a sixteen-year-old sophomore at Somers High School. I'm currently playing the number one position for the Somers High School Golf Team. As a freshman, I was a surprise letterman for the team playing mostly the fifth position on a team full of seniors. With all of my teammates graduating, the reigns of the team were placed in my tender hands.

Today we had a match against East Granby High School at Fox Run at Copper Hill. Fox Run had an interesting set up, but the course was in pretty poor conditions with blotchy greens, clover fairways, gnarly rough, and a whole slew of other lovely things.

I started off decently with up and down pars on one and three with a bogey in between. The ball buried in some thick green-side rough made it real tough to get it close on the second hole. A solid par on four left me one over coming into a short par four. Instead of playing aggressive and risking the water 240 yards out and slightly to the right, I played a three iron off the tee and hooked it into the woods, forcing me to scramble to get just a bogey.

The next two holes went bogey on a tough par three and a solid par on a par four. With two holes to go I had a small lead on my opponent, and I needed to go even to break 40. I was able to fend off my match-up, but unfortunately I finished weakly with two bogeys thanks to problems in the thick rough.

I finished with an okay 41. Not enough greens in reg hit due to wind knocking down my overly high ball trajectory. But thanks to no three putts and pretty good flopping and chipping performance, I salvaged a decent score.

My 41 was good enough to medal on a day that was not for scoring, which is my first medaling this year, but the team didn't come away with the win. In fact, we are yet to win a single match this year. But to put things lightly, it's a "rebuilding year."

See you all next time.

Adam Goodman