Joey's Golf Bag

This morning, I played the first day of the Grapevine Golf Association Tournament at Grapevine Golf Club. I went off at 11:30 and finished at 4:05. We played from the blue tees and went off on Mockingbird followed by Pecan. The day was very warm and sunny, not much wind, and the temperature was above 90F by the time we finished.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

Themes:

• Tee shots. Oh, boy, how bad can it get? I had 5 penalties, and three of them were off the tee. I hit only 4 fairways, although I did hit two of the par-3 holes in regulation (in fact, I played the par-3 holes at +1).
• Approach shots. If tee shots were bad, approach shots were worse. I didn’t hit any greens in regulation. I had two penalties off approach shots.
• Wedges. My full wedges were poor, but my pitching with the wedges was pretty darn good. I managed to get up-and-down six times (some of these were chipping), though not usually for par.
• Chipping. My chipping was pretty good today. I hit the pin on one chip and had two others within 3 ft.
• Sand shots. From one fairway bunker, it took me three shots to get out. I played the wrong type of shot trying to get out. I won’t make that mistake again. I got out cleanly on all greenside bunkers, but none were close enough to get up-and-down.
• Putting. Other than two three-putts, my putting was good today. I had a total of 32 putts. The Odyssey 3-ball putter is proving its worth (at Coyote Ridge last week had 31 putts).

Not my best day, but if I had been able to not three-putt twice and not hit so many poor drives, I would have had a good day.

Update: My score was good enough for 4th place (gross); I tied the 3rd place player, but he got me on tiebreakers.