Played the first day of a 2-day tournament today and hit the ball damn well...except on one hole. Playing from the golds at Boulder Creek in the A flight. 73.1/129, 7300 yards.
Scored a meh 43 on the front with 3 pars, a double, and 3 freakin' 3-putts. But tee to green, not bad.
Vowed to do better on the back! Going into 16 I was +1 for the back nine, thanks to a 16 foot birdie putt on 15. I was even for the lead in my flight. Then...disaster!
16 is a 625 yd. par 5 that's pretty spectacular, with lots of things to consider and different ways to play it. It's also the "longest drive" hole. I'm sure this played into my drive, too!
I pull my drive left into the desert brush, for my first missed drive of the day. Might find it, might be in a bush, you never know. So I hit a provisional - and do the same damn thing! Now I'm pissed and hit my THIRD drive into the same damn spot.
Well, I'm bound to find one of them, so we go down there and we find my first ball!
Only, we're not sure it's my first ball because all three balls were from the same damn sleeve!
So stupid of me.
Anyway, I take the penalties on the first two drives and make a heroic 10.
So then I proceed to double an easy par 3 because I'm rattled, but the make par on the last hole. So now I'm 7 behind the leader.
43-44-87
Can't remember last time I got a 10 on a hole.