This week I'm playing in a Hooter's Tour event in Auburn, AL. The course we are playing is the Auburn University Golf Course. After playing two and a half practice rounds, here's my take on the course. Overall, it's pretty long in terms of yardage. There is a lot of elevation changes on just about every hole. The majority of the tee shots play somewhat downhill and then back up the hill to the green. On a handful of holes, its sort of a blind shot off the tee so picking out good targets during these practice rounds was crucial. I wouldn't call this course tight because the size of the fairways is very fair, but there isn't much rough and just past that is thick/heavy woods. Some are marked hazards and others are not. That means hitting a drive into an unmarked area is basically like hitting it out-of-bounds because there's a very good chance you're not going to find it. Not only that, the edges of the fairways are sloped towards the woods so a slight miss off the tee could end up kicking hard into the trees. For me, this is what I have to really focus on this week because if anything, that's the part of my game that is the most inconsistent. I plan on hitting a few 3-woods and 2-irons for placement purposes just to make sure I keep it in the fairway. The greens aren't the greatest either. For the second week in a row the greens are rolling quite slow and are very grainy. I feel like I can't hit the uphill putts hard enough and downhill is still a question mark because some roll slower than you would think and others will roll out.
As far as my swing goes, whatever I was doing this past weekend has been hit or miss since. Pretty much the story of my playing career and something I plan on taking the next step towards fixing during the month of August. In the last few days I've hit the ball great at times and poorly the next. Inconsistent would be the best way to put it so it's hard to say what I expect out of this week. My game plan is just to go out there and play...pick a target and swing at it and whatever happens happens. My tee time tomorrow is 8:12 off #1.
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