but you walked 18 holes in the throes of peak michigan november weather
jealous

Gotta be last round of the season. Back at the same place today, although we played the back tees last time which adds maybe 250 yards. By myself today. All the tee markers are gone, so I just played the USGA markings. 6,035 yards 36/35/71 (69.1/121). +16 (90=47/43). 36 putts. 5/12 fairways. 4/18 greens. 4 3-putts (2 for bogeys....infuriating), 4 1-putts (2 were up-and-down pars so I guess it evens out). One hole into the sun, I hit my drive and never, ever saw it. It felt left, but who knows. So, I hit another one. Made par on that ball, but took double cuz I lost that first ball. Made triple on the last hole. Annoying.

Round perfectly encapsulates who I am as a golfer at this point; capable of making some very good moves at it, but very inconsistent. Bad with the chipping and bleh with the putter. I'd peg myself as about a 23 handicap. I can live with that. Hope to be sub-15 by the end of 2025.

Should be +19. (Math is hard.) Was +16 going into the final hole, which was tied with my best result of the season. A tee shot into the woods ended any hopes to tie my best round of the year.

Sun City Riverview - Par 72. 69.8\119 only 6336 yards
40-34 - 74

What a weird round. Short, pretty easy course where the only real challenge is on the greens. And boy did they kick my ass early in the round. I was +5 thru 7 with only 1 missed green. 3-putts on #1, #3, #4, & #7(after missing the green), but then the fun started. A 90yd SW to 3' on #8 led to my first birdie, then a 115yd AW to 5' gave me a chance for back to backs but I lipped it out. After a routine par on #10, it was back to back birdies on #11(just off the green in two on a par 5) & #12(8 iron on a par 3 to 4'). A par on #13 was followed by another birdie on #14, getting me to -3 on the side. Parred #15 before a bogey on #16 stopped my run at -4 thru an 8 hole stretch. Pars on #17 and #18 put a nice little bow on a -2 back 9 and +2 overall.