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Originally Posted by Precept24
1st round coming up tomorrow morning. 9:12 at a course I posted a 79 at last July after a shoulder separation in March/April.
119/68.8
So it's the perfect difficulty for my first outing.
I busted out the hitting mat a few times in the past week. Hit some full 7-P foam balls and did a bunch of chipping with real balls.
Goal: Break 85.
Turns out the course is a Par 70. I shot an 81, so I reached my goal.
1 year ago, I had an arm in a sling from a freak rollerblading injury while riding with my dog who tripped me. 6 months ago, I couldn't skate on ice due to back issues. So, it felt good to walk 18 and complete it.
I did some variable things today. It was kinda chilly (48 and breezy to start and about 58 and nice to finish). Greens were firm, a little baked out, and wind affected putts (downhill downwind especially).
-Popped up my 1st tee shot.
-Lawn Bowled on a couple of holes.
-Drove a Par 4 and only 2-putted for birdie.
-Hit driver really well.
-Wedge play was quite poor.
-Pretty good speed on greens.
-1 3-Putt
-Sank a 35-footer on the Par 3 17th.
-Bogeyed #4-9 and had a sweet up-and-down to save par on 10 to end the bogey train.
All in all, it was a good experience.