Coyote Ridge kicks my a$$, again
This morning, I played 18 at Coyote Ridge Golf Club. We went off at 8AM with threatening skies and thunder in the distance, but that soon cleared off and became hot, hot, hot.
My score:
| Hole | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | Out |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Score | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4* | 6 | 6 | 7 | 52 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Score | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4* | 51 | 103 |
* Hit green in regulation.
Themes:
- Off the tee. I’ve never been so good, and so bad, on any day. First, the good. I hit 8 fairways, using a variety of clubs, from driver, thriver, 5-wood and 5-iron. Next, the bad. I had four penalties off the tee, a 4-hybrid sliced into the water on the 3rd hole, a 7-iron into the water on the 7th hole, a driver out of bounds onto the range on the 9th, and a 4-hybrid out of bounds on the 12th. I had nearly all the faults today, hooks, slices, pushes, tops.
- Approach shots. Perhaps my worst day ever. I hit two, count ’em, two, greens in regulation, both par-4 holes. I had all the faults above, plus a fattie or two left short.
- Wedges. Hit a lot of wedges, and left a lot of them short. Not good.
- Chipping. Pretty poor chipping today, as I only got up and down three times, and only once for par.
- Sand shots. I hit into two greenside bunkers. On the first, made a nice out. On the second, barely got it out of a deep greenside bunker. I didn’t get up and down either time.
- Putting. My putting wasn’t very good, but at least I cut my three-putts to only two. I didn’t hit a single putt longer than 4 feet today, and missed both birdie putts, though just barely. I had a total of 35 putts today.
I was pretty disappointed with my play today, as I hit 8 fairways and only made par twice from the fairway. That’s really pathetic. On the other hand, we were playing from the blue tees, and I really don’t belong on the blue tees.