I want to say this is probably the third time in my life where I've pulled up to a golf course I thought I was seeing for the first time and realized that I'd played there before. As I drove into the parking lot today, the driving range looked all too familiar and then it hit me...the one Adam's Tour Winter Series (then the Tight Lies Tour) I played in in 2006 was at this golf course. I couldn't recall any of the holes right away, but every time I stood on the tee, it would slowly come back to me. By the time I finished, I felt like I'd played the course a hundred times before and felt comfortable with the game plan for this week.
The weather today was certainly not the greatest. The temperature never got out of the 50's, there was a constant mist in the air the entire round and the wind was blowing a steady 20mph. Exactly the type of conditions that can make a 6,700 yard course play more like 7,000+. I feel like I hit a 3-iron at some point on every hole. Whether it was teeing off on a short par-4, a second shot into a par-5 or a tee shot into one of the 5 par-3's over 200 yards, the long irons got a workout today. Now, I know a lot of that was due to the weather today, but the forecast for the next two days is basically the same so in my mind, controlling the long irons is the key to success this week. None of the holes would be considered long, but every hole has out-of-bounds, water or both and keeping the ball in play is priority #1. Priority #2 - Putting! The greens are in good shape, but most of them are big so lag putting and 5-footers will be important.
The final field size for this tournament is 29 guys so that's about what I expected for the first winter event of the year. My tee time tomorrow is 9:00 off #1. I'm excited to get back into competition again. Here's to the beginning of a great winter series.
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