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98 at Fairfax National on Saturday; 50 on the Wilderness 9, then 48 on the Bull Run 9.
I am pulling everything lately. I have always had some draw on the ball on many of my shots, but now even the shots that go straight are just dead pulls to the left. Anyone got any ideas?
-McGee
43-49=92 on the same course today. 30 putts -- one three-putt, five one-putts, and one chip in (for par, after my sand shot rolled over the green).
A couple of bad holes on the back really ruined my round. On ten, a 467-yard par five (I think that was the distance), I pulled my three-wood approach pin high but left of the green, and was faced with a tricky decision: make the safe play and chip to the left of a large tree, leaving myself with a very long birdie putt, or try to squeeze the ball in between the tree and the trap on the right hand side. Somehow, I managed to go right AT the tree with my third shot, resulting in a one-putt bogey six when the dust cleared.
My three-putt resulted in a bogey, and was thanks to the worst lag putt I have ever hit in my entire life.
I also tripled one hole where I managed to hit my drive BACKWARD: My five-wood off the tee on this short par-four went screaming off the toe and hit a tree like 10 yards away to the right. The ball flew backwards and landed in the woods to the left of the tee box. Played the hole okay once I re-teed (bogey).
Made some good putts today, and am experimenting with a driver off the tee. I am hitting it okay and it's giving me a few extra yards, but I'm still not hitting it very far (230 at the most). Any time I really concentrate on shifting my weight and bringing the clubhead through quickly, I end up with a snap hook.
Playing
Blue Mash tomorrow.
-McGee