Should probably go in detail since this was my lowest round ever and probably last of the season but I've smoked too many doobers in my life to remember all my shots today.
Shott me an 80 thooooo, 8 scores lower than my next best I believe!
Coarse was Charleston Springs South NJ. From the whites that only played 5900 yards..Haven't played in weeks so I didn't feel like trying to crush it off the tee and **** my body up like I have in the past.
Too bad I shot solo, and when I texted my playing partner he called bull****..oh well what are you gona do.
Watching golf academy on Golf Channel really payed off the last few days.
Went +1, par, +1, par, par, birdie, +1, par, par for my first ever 38.
I had an epiphany during those holes I think and realized that this whole time I've been butchering my scores because of chipping.
I always chunk, or always chip too short or pick the wrong club right outside the green.
Today I said **** it, even from 25 yards, if I had a good amount of fairway, or if I had a chunk of grass infront then fringe, green.. **** it. PUTTT IT.
So I just putted everything I should have chipped.. and my score showed, it worked like crazy. Not 1 three putt on the front 9.
It felt so right, Id just look at the target, take out the ol belly putter..take some practice swings and get my speed. get over the ball, let her rip..left hand toward the pin and bamm. 5 feet every time. I'd never be able to do that chipping, ever.
So back 9 comes around. And heres where I usually doomswitch and suck it up.
Rip a drive on ten that slices on a dogleg right right next to the 11th tee box.
I'm still in pretty good shape here, only 100 yards in some manageable rough but my ball is on a hill so I'm half golf swing, half baseball swinging.
For some reason I am really good at hitting the ball when it's above my feet, bc I swing this 50 degree and my ball flies straight up..does some knuckle ball action but keeps straight for the most part right towards the pin. Lands 5 feet and I'm so amped.. I leave my bag and everything at tee 11 and run with my putter. Miss the 5 footer short by 2 inches..damn, par.
I'm in the zone at this point, when I play alone I start sprinting toward my shots but I kinda had to today bc it was like 3:20 and only had an hour and there was no way I didn't wana finish, not when I'm 2 over after 10 and average in the 90s.
So the 11th tee is a really short par 3. 100 yards. It's only 130 on the blues, but 100 on the whites with a bunker right infront of the green. Slightly uphill with a green that slopes downhill toward the bunker. Pin looks back pretty far. So since I love my 50 and just had a great shot with it I figure I'll use it again.
I tee up a little to add some loft, and rip a sweet one right at the pin.. This bad boys going right at it.. It lands just over top of it, on the top of the green, takes a big splat and starts backspinning toward the hole. I'm looking at this thing and I'm like holy ****.. its ****ing going... GO!!!!
It stops ****in 6 inches short from the hole.. I was not even siked bc that was my shot at a hole in one.. Actually, I was amped and couldn't believe it. Longest backspin on a ball I ever had..
Bogie 12. And check my clock..**** 3:45..gota be done by 4:20 and I feel like there's no way I'm finishin now.
So 13 is a 442 Par 5. I tee up and drive one left, hit's cartpath into the tall grass. I go full sprint and try to find it.. I looked for like 10 minutes, such a stupid idea.. Couldn't find it so I dropped one where I thought I lost it. Hit my 3 hybrid about 20 yards from the hole on the fairway. Take out my putter, and lag one 3 inches from the hole fairway to green. Screw chipping. Save Par.
14. Drive a slice into the tall grass.. (Told myself on 13 I'm not gona **** this round up with my driver and should just go with the irons off the tee or somthing but I like letting the big dog eat) Sprint to the tall grass, find my ball. 0 Practice swings. Hack thru the tall grass. Awful shot, luckily pin was only 100 away and I'm still 25 yards from the hole in the fairway. Take my putter out again, feel the distance with some practice swings, eyes over the ball..let her rip. 4 feet from hole..nice. Run up to the ball, practice swing, putt..miss. ****. Bogie.
Run to 15. Tee up, hit a 4i dead straight but the fairway goes left then right and I'm in the light rough next to a pond. Run to my ball, 160 away, take 6i, 0 practice swings, let her rip. Dead left, ball gone. ****. Drop one. Hit it again. Chunk. It goes about 140. So I'm left on the fairway with 20 yards to go. Decide not to putt this time and go with a 7iron chip.. I thought I was good at those. So I chip it, hit it too hard into the rough fringe. Shoulda putted. Chip the 56 to 4 ft from there. Make Putt. First double of the day.
Getting dark at this point and I'm pissed off bc I just went bogie, par, bogie, double and I decide to stop running. My knees are killing me and my golf bag was raddling so much on my back it was giving me a headache. Plus I hadn't drinken water the whole round and finally at 16 I saw a jug to fill up my empty container. It's like 4:10 at this point and I get to 16 and relax for a few seconds, drink water and tee it up. Realize this is probably it, not trying to finish and I'll call it quits before I get all pissed and wreck the good vibes I have left going into next year.
16. Tee up, hit a 4iron straight into fairway. Nice.. Light jog it to the ball. Whip out the 3w, only swung it once before so gota give it some love. Hit a nice fade that lands on fairway. I'm like 60 yards from the hole and I whip out my Pwedge. Not a huge fan of the PW but I like to get my moneys worth with all my clubs I guess. I hit it, chunk, ball goes 20. Leave my bag there, bc 17s green is next to it and I bring my 9,8,7,PW, Putter with me. I decide to putt this 20 yarder where there is so much fairway left no1 in there right mind would putt. But thats my style today and I'm stickin to it. I rip a putt and it goes wayy to far. Stays on the green but I leave myself with like a 45 foot left to right breaking putt. Putting was a bad choice. So I run up all pissed and **** and eye out my break.. Make a few practice swings and putt away. What a ****ing putt, perfect speed, perfect half ass read.. goes straight in the hole, pin still in and all. SAVE PAR. OHH Yea, this round aint over yet.
Run to 17. Par 3, 145. Hit my 9i, I slice it a little to front fringe. Run up, lag putt to about 5 foot. Save par.
Grab my **** and run to 18. About 4:20 now, time really felt like it slowed down bc it wasn't even that dark yet. Whip out the 3w, perfect fade on the fairway. About 145 to the pin. I take out my PW again, swing away and thin the **** out of it. Goes dead straight at the pin but super low, hits the back green and luckily stops right in the rough just after the fringe. So now I have a downhill green and easy chip for the normal golfer.. What I want to do is putt over this rough bc I can't chip.. I go against my gut and chip anyway with my 50.. Leave it super short, but at least I didn't chunk. 2 putt for bogie.
Finish with a 42 on the back and an 80 on the round...
From the wise words of Arnold Palmer to Jack Nicklaus, If you can putt..putt!!!
Last edited by Royle Bluntson; 12-14-2011 at 10:44 PM.
Reason: oh and I doubt any of this jibberish makes sense, I'm in a huge rush and can't begin to try to revise this