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Hardest short course - Mahogany Run in the US Virgin Islands - a little over 6100/par 70 from the tips but there are 50-100ft elevation changes on at least half the holes and OB/hazards everywhere. Add in the fact that the wind usually blows 15-20mph off the ocean - it makes it a royal PIA. Greens are all small and very fast. Hardest long course - The Tradition at Royal New Kent - right outside Richmond, VA. 7450/par 72 from the tips - I believe the slope rating is somewhere near 78. Every other damn tee shot is blind, and if you're in a bad position, you're looking at double or worse easily. If the wind's blowing, you'll be lucky to shoot under 85. The good thing about RNK is that all the hacks stay away - I usually can get through a round there in 3 hours or less.

At least the small bones in your wrist weren't affected - I had a similar injury 10 years ago, but I had several bones in my wrist crushed as well and required pins and a screw. The screw is still there. My best advice to you is to do as much strength training in your forearms as possible - a wrist injury in golf can be overcome by forearm strength training, as the forearms play a big role in torque absorption during and after contact. Before my injury, I was flirting with a handicap in the +1-+2 range - after the injury I was out for approximately four months. After they took the pins out and I went from a hard cast to a soft brace, I could barely move my wrist without extreme pain, let alone swing a club. I actually tried to take up playing left-handed (that was a joke - I couldn't hit the ball over 50 yards). After I graduated from college, I didn't play much until 2006 when I got my master's degree and finally had some time to rededicate myself to the game (and the fact that a week prior to graduation, I went out and could not break 90 on an easy course). I started practicing again and more importantly, doing strength training with a Weider hand grip, and now I'm back in the low single-digit range, hoping to cross over into the plus again at the end of this year and try to win some tournaments and take a shot at the state amateur. Sorry for the long-winded response, but my best advice to you is once you feel up to it, immediately begin strength training on that wrist - starting off with silly putty or a tennis ball, and working your way up to a hand grip. It's a pretty tough injury to overcome, but if you train the right way, it can be done.

Never played there, I usually play at Deer Run or Eustis - Deer Run is a monster off the black tees if you're ever up on the peninsula.

Where'd you play? There are a lot of courses in Hampton Roads where if you start going the wrong way, things can quickly snowball out of control. My best advice is to get back on the horse that threw you ASAP, just come out with no expectations and concentrate on the little things (keeping balls in play, solid short game, making anything inside 3-4 ft, etc).