Score: 80
Where to begin. Right away you're probably thinking this was a bad day and rightfully so. I shot 80. But, this was by far the worst 80 I've ever shot in my entire life. I literally hit 1 bad shot the whole day. So, how did I shoot such a bad score? Well, my first answer is I had 37 putts. This was easily the worst putting performance I've had since I've been playing. And yall know by now how bad my putting has been. There was a total of 4 3-putts throughout the round. Here's a breakdown of the day.
I started out with a 3-putt on the very first hole. It was kind of a long putt, but it was dead straight and little downhill. +1 over thru 1. I then followed that up with a 3-putt on #2. This one was about 15ft uphill, left-to-right. Two 3-putts on the first two holes and I'm +2 over thru 2. Not the start I was looking for. The third hole is where I hit my one bad shot of the day. I blocked a 4-iron off the tee on the par-3 3rd and was left with an impossible up-and-down. A flop shot, bunker shot and missed 6 footer lead to a double-bogey (5). I was going the wrong way in a hurry and the round really felt like it was getting away from me. What's funny is, from that point on, I played great and never really missed a shot.
I pared #4 and hit a nice wedge shot into the par-5 5th to about 10ft. However, another 3-putt and instead of making birdie, I make bogey. +5 over thru 5. I lipped out from about 12ft on #6 for birdie, and then somehow got about a 25 footer to fall on the par-3 8th for birdie. To be honest, if it hadn't of gone in, who knows how far by it would of ran. Back to +4 over. The 9th hole is a long par-4 dogleg left. There's a bunker positioned perfectly on the right side of the fairway, and the left side is blocked out by trees. I teed it up, aimed right at the bunker trying to draw it off just a little bit and smoked it right at it. My ball came to rest on the right edge lip of the bunker and I was left with a shot from 195 yards to the pin.....into the wind over water. I got one foot in the bunker and one foot out, and here I am trying to hit a semi high cutting 3-iron because there's a branch about 60 yards in front of me that I've got to maneuver around as well. I made double. So, I hit a solid drive and should of just taken my medicine with the lie I got, but I decided to gamble and I lost. I turned at +6 over (42).
On #10, I hit two great shots and had about 15ft up the hill for birdie. The next hole is a 215yard par-3 to a tucked back right pin location. Winds blowing hard left to right and I just striped a 4-iron that never left the flag. It wound up about 20ft past the pin and I 2-putted for par. The 12th hole is a tricky dogleg right par-5. I hit a great drive down the left side to set myself up for a shot to the green. There's a hazard all up along the right side that continues up past the green. So, with the ball just below my feet, I start this 2-iron about 20yards left of the green expecting it to slide to the right. It was more than I needed, but I knew that I couldn't let the ball get right of the flag. My shot ends up going dead straight and now I'm left with another impossible up-and-down. I went for the money maker and lost again. Another bogey and I'm +7 over thru 12. I played the 13th well and missed about another 15footer for birdie. On 14, I hit a 6-iron from 195 that never left the flag, but somehow it hit on the green and ran all the way over the back. I missed about a 5 footer coming back for par so that's another bogey. Another 3-putt on #15 from 20ft and I'm +9 over. Great drive on #16 that lead to a par and the best drive of the day on #17. #17 is 319yard par-4 with water all along the right and bunkers all along the left. It's usually drivable, but today it was into the wind. I hit driver anyway and came up a 3 yards short of the green. From there, I chipped it up to about 2 1/2 feet and missed it. I can't begin to tell you what was going through my mind by this point. I probably hit the two quickest shots of my life in the drive on the par-5 18th and 3-wood into the green. Both were perfect. It was playing 560yards into the wind and I was about 10yards short for my third shot. This time I pitched to about a foot and did manage to get that one in for birdie.
So, there's my novel.....I mean recap.....of today's round. I'm so frustrated that I let this round get away from me after hitting the ball so well the whole day. It would of been a great round to keep it around par under today's cold/windy conditions. I think only 2 people shot under par. If somehow, my putting does a 180 tomorrow and I start making putts, who knows what could happen. I need a low one....that's for sure. I can say this though...this is the first time I've had so much confidence after shooting 80. I know it should of and could of been so much better that I'm not going to let this get me down. I'll tee it up again tomorrow and keep doing what I've been doing. Let's hope the putts fall. My tee time tomorrow is 8:40 off #1.
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