Aug 11
30
Golf – August 30, 2011 Just 4 Bad Holes
Happy Birthday to Me!
Today is my birthday. I know, not a big deal really at my age.
But I did take a half day off and played some golf today with some friends. It is great to have a job with this kind of freedom. I am blessed.
My best friend and golfing buddy just happens to share the same birthday with me. I have known Mike now for some 15 years. We planned this little golf outing for a mutual birthday celebration. Jim and Ed joined us to complete the foursome.
The weather was very nice; sunny and warm with a slight breeze. Absolutely ideal golf weather. It was going to be a great day no matter what.
The round began with a fairway hit and a 5 iron approach shot. Would you know it. My 5 iron broke at the hosel last week and the replacement club had not yet arrived from GigaGolf (I’ll tell you more about them some other time).
So with the wind in my face I chose to choke down on my 4 hybrid. I missed making good contact and the squirted right on me heading across the 9th tee box which is about 20 yards right of the 1st green. But I got lucky, birthday luck lucky, because the ball struck the granite hole map sign for the 9th hole and ricocheted back to the fringe. A chip and a short putt later and I had my first par. Credit the sign with an assist.
Round Score: 84 Front 41 Back 43
I had 2 birdies today as well: Holes 4 & 9. Both are par 5s that I was able to take advantage of with close approach shots.
Here is the 4th green…
And this is the ninth green:
That’s the good so what was the bad?
Had some bad holes. Made triple bogey on the 3rd from the bunker right of the green and again on the 12th. Throw in a double on the 8th and the 17th and you have all the bad. Thinking that I wasted at least 6 shots with those bad holes.
Oh yeah and then there was the missed birdie on the last. A perfect approach shot finished hole high less than 4 ft away. Very makeable for me. Mike even said if it wasn’t for a birdie he would tell me to pick it up. The putt had a little right to left break in it but from 3 ft or so I decided to keep it in the hole, sort of inside right. The putt lipped the hole on low side and stayed out.
Would have loved to have added the third birdie for the day but it just didn’t happen.
Still a good round. Very satisfying.
