A real pleasure to post today. I am still a bit hyped... and also a bit bummed as I think I could have done even better and could have shot my first score in the 70s. But it was not meant to be.
Starting by myself, I quickly caught up with a foursome of members. And there was a big wait out there today. They invited me to play along with them as one had decided to drop out after playing one hole as a fivesome: Andy, Bob, Hal, Norm and myself. With a good drive and a green in regulation on the rather small green of this par 4 hole 3, I impressed them already ;-). Such a nice crowd and "audience" to play with, I went on to shoot more pars and even two back to back birdies on the front nine for a 37 (my best nine holes ever) where I drove the green of the par 4 hole 9.
After the front nine, we took a break at the clubhouse as it started to rain quite a bit by then and we could hear thunder close by. Andy was so nice to come out with me again to play my back nine. With a dad and their kids out on hole 10, we skipped forward to hole 11. Not such a smooth start on the wet course, but I still managed to shoot a couple pars. On hole 10 however, which I played last, I was alone again and waived through by a foursome. A nice tee shot, then overshot the green to the right side ending up in a very steep hill outside the bunker with only one angle to hit to the green that would leave me with a very long par putt... bogey putt of 6 feet also missed and rolled past on the other side to a 3 footer, which lipped out... arghh, 4 putts and a triple bogey. Added up a 44, which resulted in a 81 (9 pars, 2 birdies with 35 putts). My best round ever! Very happy, but a bit bummed that I rushed and triple bogeyed the last hole... GOLF: the game of could have and would have... if...
This will be one of the most memorable rounds. Great company, sunshine and rain, and even my first sighting of an eagle on hole 18 (a bit blurry in the picture, as I had to zoom in quite a bit).
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| oh look... |
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| ... a real American eagle! |
After the front nine, we took a break at the clubhouse as it started to rain quite a bit by then and we could hear thunder close by. Andy was so nice to come out with me again to play my back nine. With a dad and their kids out on hole 10, we skipped forward to hole 11. Not such a smooth start on the wet course, but I still managed to shoot a couple pars. On hole 10 however, which I played last, I was alone again and waived through by a foursome. A nice tee shot, then overshot the green to the right side ending up in a very steep hill outside the bunker with only one angle to hit to the green that would leave me with a very long par putt... bogey putt of 6 feet also missed and rolled past on the other side to a 3 footer, which lipped out... arghh, 4 putts and a triple bogey. Added up a 44, which resulted in a 81 (9 pars, 2 birdies with 35 putts). My best round ever! Very happy, but a bit bummed that I rushed and triple bogeyed the last hole... GOLF: the game of could have and would have... if...
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