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Originally Posted by scottc25
Very nice. My career low was 75 for about 25 years straight at one time. Hopefully much less time for you!
8 days!
35-38 73 today. 2.1 differential (70.7/123) - 7 fairways, 12 greens, 31 putts. NO DOUBLE BOGIES!
Started with a 3-putt bogie on the first hole but then made 6 straight pars with great up-and-downs on the 6th and 7th holes where both were tap-ins. 8th hole downhill par 3 over water into the wind; hit a great 9iron to 12 feet and rolled it in. My best bounce of the day was the drive on 9; hit a block that was also pretty spinny and there was trouble right; hit in the rough and took an unexpected big hop back toward the fairway leaving me just a yard off the fairway instead of in some bushes; hit it to 10 feet and made the putt. Only my second ever 9-holes under par.
Definitely was nervous starting on the 10th tee. Hit the fairway; missed the green from 120 but got it up and in (made a 5 footer on the low-side -*wipes brow*). 11 is a short par 5; front bunker in two but a back pin. Solid bunker shot and left my 15 footer short (likely had it read correctly if I hit it a foot more).
12 I hooked my tee ball and thinned my approach. Didn't get it up and down. Back to even. 13 is a long redan par 3; 6-iron pin high but just miss the 12-ish footer. On 14 hit the fairway; 111 to a back pin. My two playing companions attack the back flag and bounce off the back. I go for the more lofted wedge don't hit it great and end up on the front of the green; 45 feet with a putt that goes hard right to left, up hill first 10 feet and then slightly down the rest of the way. 3 putt bogie (1 over).
15 turns back home - the rest of the holes will be mostly dead into a 2 club wind. Hit solid drive and then hit a running 6 iron to the front of the green; miss the 15 footer straight up the hill. 16 is a medium length par 3; pin in the dead middle and wind hard in and off the right. Hit a great shot to 8 feet; poured it in (even).
17 is a medium length par-5; but the wind is dead in. 510 on the card and I nutted a low piercing drive and had 260 left; so 250 downhill. Solid hybrid left me 60 yard and I had a great angle to the back right flag. Hit a low skipping gap wedge that just rolled out; 12 feet for birdie - missed. Even heading to the 18th.
18 is a beast of a par 4. 425 dog leg left (I hit cuts) with OB left and a lake up the right side. Wind at least 20 mph in the face on the tee. But I hit a really good drive for how nervous I was the the hole/situation. Had 177 to a front flag and opted for the 195 yard shot. Basically top it with some nice hook spin and I'm short-sided in the front left bunker. I'm a terrible sand player so I blasted it out and got on the good side of the variance spectrum and had 15 feet for par and an even par round. Studied it and read it really well; but left it a foot or so short. Tapped it in for 73.
Played with my buddy who is a scratch (I beat him today, though) and he's seen me come from a 12 or so handicap a few seasons ago to a 7 trending down to a 6 and I posted back-to-back rounds with him that tied my best ever and then broke it. Pretty satisfying. Was super nervous the whole back nine; but did my best to keep to my routine and just acknowledge the nerves instead of trying to do too much. Feels great to shoot a good round today with a two-day two-man tournament next weekend and a state match-play qualifier coming up the 3rd of June.