8/29/10

[Dad-2-3]

Forgettable round today. From the blues (6816 yards 71.9/127) a 90 43/47. 4 FW and 6 GIR, 36 putts for a 16.1 differential, which X .96 = my handicap. FW and GIR stats are a bit misleading because I missed a few FW by 3-5 yards and rolled through at least 3 greens to the fringe or rough. I hit the ball decently, but it didn't matter if I missed the green by 2 feet or 50 yards because my short game absolutely sucked, especially my putting. I did save par one time by chipping in, but that was the only bright spot of the short game.

The greens are becoming hard and baked, even brown and cracking in places. If I had over 150 yards into the green I played it links style and bounced it up because anything over an 8i isn't sticking. A couple of times the inconsistant fairways in front of the greens gave me funny bounces to the right or left, but overall I was successful in playing like this. I can't believe with as much water is on this course they can't keep the greens from baking out. Last week I played a practice round with a couple of prov1x's to maybe hold some more greens with 5i-7i, but all it did was give me more sidespin off the tee which isn't a good thing for my game. I'm back to playing my two piece rock balls. Yesterday it was Noodle long and soft.

More thoughts later on my new clicgear 3.0 push cart and keeping the concentration level up in 90 degree heat.