Club Championship lol Report, playing from the tips:
Saturday: 44-40 = 84
Sunday: 48-40 = 88
I don't even know anymore. I can recognize certain things related to course management, but when it comes down to it, I think I just need to practice and gain more consistency. I hit a LOT of really good shots, and feel more confident in my swing than I have in a long, long time, but my mishits really get me into trouble.
Brief "highlights":
- I played the back nine better than my score both days. Saturday included a double bogey with a FOUR PUTT. A fluke with a poor choice: I tried to jam a downhill 4-footer, burned the edge, and ended up with a 15-footer. Multiple edge-burners for bogey for tap in pars. Overall I putted well.
- On Sunday I had TWO quads. Lol. The first was very frustrating, as I was 3 over through eight holes (my handicap from the tips is 11) and despite a bad round Saturday, thought I could sneak into the money for net (scores were not great). I was 50 yards out on a short par 4, usually my money zone, and caught the wedge right in the teeth, sailing it over the green, down a steep steep hill, and into the heavy stuff. In hindsight I should have taken an unplayable, but should have been able to get to it. Just an ugh.
- Second quad was on the hole I dreaded the most, and the dread came to fruition. Picture of the hole in question below. My usual game I tee off from the yellow x. For this tournament, we teed off from the red x (the true tips, as far back as it can go). Turning a 325 yard par 4 into a 475 yard par 4 is one thing, but that angle....I don't have a draw with my driver. No way, no how. Because of a very large tree on the left side of the tee box, the red line is the straightest line to the fairway. It's about a 210 yard fly, which is fine, but there is only about 15 yards from the landing area into the water, and the shorter you fly, the shorter that landing area gets.
On Saturday I was so worried about not slicing it into the water that I dead pulled it. RIGHT into the tree. It somehow managed to skip forward and avoid the water, but I was still 400 yards away hitting out of the rough. Double bogey. Sunday, first drive fades just a little bit and into the water. I did the smart thing and dropped in front of the tee box (so about 50-60 yards forward) and hit three wood. But the absolute worst three wood ever. Water.
Just lol.