Bad Golf on a Gorgeous Day
This afternoon, Jarvis and I walked 18 at Tenison Highlands golf course in Dallas. We went off at 2:30PM and finished just before dark, on a gorgeous, sunny day. The course was pretty backed up all day; we waited to tee off on most of the holes. The course was playing firm and fast, but the greens were bumpy and most lies were hardpan with barely any base of dormant bermuda.
My score:
| Hole | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | Out |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Score | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 55 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Score | 6 | 6 | 4* | 4* | 4 | 7 | 5* | 4 | 6 | 46 | 101 |
* Hit green in regulation.
Themes:
- Off the tee. I hit 7 of 14 fairways in regulation. Most of my misses were pushes to the right. I hit only one of 4 par-3 holes in regulation. I continue to drive the ball pretty well.
- Approach shots. Pretty poor, although I did hit two greens in regulation. I was in the middle of the fairway several times with a pitching wedge or 9-iron in my hand, and failed to hit the green. My biggest difficulty all day was hitting fairway woods very thin, especially on 2nd shots on par-5 holes.
- Wedges. My wedges were terrible on the front nine, but they got a little better on the back. I got up and down only twice. My main miss was thin over the green.
- Chipping. I had very few chips, the best one was to about 4 ft.
- Sand shots. I hit into only one bunker, a fairway bunker. I tried to hit a 9-iron out, but hit the lip and the ball went about 40 yds.
- Putting. My putting sucked all day, the vast majority of putts I left short. I had five 3-putts and 39 putts total. This was my worst putting day in years.
Well, my play stunk today. Only my driver was hit decently today, the rest of the clubs basically sucked. Still, it was fun getting out in the great weather.