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Shot at the local course up here.  Not a bad course, but not fantastic either.  Was pretty happy with my front nine.  I shot a 50 on a par 36 and actually had two par holes.  I even had a birdie putt from 4 feet that I missed and turned it into one of my pars.  I was planning on leaving after 9, but when I came back around (there are only nine holes on the course) a guy at the first tee asked if I wanted to go another round.  So I played another nine and it all went to hell.

I shot 55 through 7 holes, then it got too dark to finish.  Started slicing my drive all over the course, losing balls, etc.  I do think that the second round was probably a better indication of my actual ability right now though.  I got a lot of lucky rolls on my first nine.  Although I didn't have anywhere near as many penalty strokes either.

All in all I was fairly happy with it.  Shot better than I thought I would the first go round and got a chance to play a round with someone I'd never met before who turned out to be a great guy.  I'm sure we'll play quite a few rounds together this year.  That to me was probably worth more than how I shot.


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... Started slicing my drive all over the course, losing balls, etc.  I do think that the second round was probably a better indication of my actual ability right now though.  I got a lot of lucky rolls on my first nine.  Although I didn't have anywhere near as many penalty strokes either.

Are you hitting your driver? If so, try clubbing down... there's no rule that says you must hit a driver off the tee. Play the course and hit the clubs you're confident with.

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Yeah, I was hitting my driver.  I hit my irons really well and played a decent short game.  I just don't know what happened between round one and round two where I started slicing off the tee.


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Yeah, I was hitting my driver.  I hit my irons really well and played a decent short game.  I just don't know what happened between round one and round two where I started slicing off the tee.

Fatigue?

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