Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, I played nine at the Executive Course at Lake Park in Lewisville. The weather was heavily overcast, barely any wind, and a light rain fell throughout the round. I walked up to the first tee, stretched a little and started playing.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

• First hole, par 3, 160 yds. Hit a towering draw with a 5-iron pin high about 10 ft left of the green. Hit a very poor chip with the lob wedge and two putt from there for bogey.
• Second hole, par 3, 108 yds. Hit a pitching wedge to 21 ft and just missed the birdie putt and tapped in for par.
• Third hole, par 3, 150 yds. Hit a 6-iron fat and short of the green. Hit a lob wedge pitch clear over the green. Second lob wedge from there was 25 ft past the hole. Two putt from there for double.
• Fourth hole, par 4, 326 yds. Hooked the drive into the rough left of the cart path on a mound, leaving about 140 yds to the hole. Pushed a 7-iron well right and then missed long (again) with the lob wedge. Next lob wedge went long again. Two putt for double.
• Fifth hole, par 4, 343 yds. Snap hooked with the driver into the out-of-bounds bank, but got a lucky bounce back into the rough just clear of the out-of-bounds stakes. I had 210 yds to the hole (that’s a really crappy drive), so I layed up with a 9-iron over a tree to 85 yds and hit a sand wedge from there to 12 ft just below the hole. Left the par putt short and tapped in for bogey.
• Sixth hole, par 3, 148 yds. Hit a 6-iron off the toe and the ball landed about 30 ft short of the green. Hit a lob wedge well over the hole (again!) and lagged a beautiful putt from 25 ft to 4″ and tapped in for bogey.
• Seventh hole, par 3, 150 yds. Hit a 6-iron directly at the flag to about 30 ft short. Hit the birdie putt short, the par putt long and tapped in for bogey. 😥
• Eighth hole, par 3, 118. Hit a 9-iron 18 ft over the flag. Lagged a putt close and tapped in for par.
• Ninth hole, par 3, 142 yds. Hit a 7-iron about 30 ft short of the hole, ran the birdie putt 8 ft past the hole, then ran the par putt 6 ft long and then hit that putt for bogey. 😳

Themes:

• Driving. Poor, both snap hooks. I should have left the big stick in the bag and played the hybrid off the par 4 holes.
• Irons. Good iron play today, hitting four greens in regulation. My distance control was pretty good, as I played very conservatively on distance today, taking an extra club on any hole even slightly longer than my usual distance. Also had a nice layup 9-iron from the rough and a very good full sand wedge, with the ball well above my feet, to give me an opportunity to make par on the fifth hole.
• Short game. Pathetic is the only word to describe my short game today. The lob wedge has been my go-to club, and every shot with it today was long, very long. I don’t know what happened; I can’t remember playing that poorly with the lob wedge before. Much practice is prescribed for this week.
• Putting. When I finally got on the green, my putting was good on all but two holes, both of which were bad three-putts. After my stellar practice session working on speed control yesterday, I was very disappointed with my putting today.

Despite the rain and my poor short game, I had a lot of fun today.