Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, Jarvis and I played nine at the Lake Park Executive Course in Lewisville. The day was warm, with a soft breeze from the southeast. We chipped and putted and then hit the course.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

Themes:

• Tee shots. Pretty good off the tee today, hitting two greens in regulation and one of two fairways. My irons were typically just left of the green; I’m drawing them a bit too much, but every tee shot but one was about pin-high (the exception was a pitching wedge on the 2nd hole, which I hit thin over the green). The one fairway hit was a perfect 3i hybrid down the middle; the second fairway was missed when I pushed the drive well right.
• Approach shots. On the fourth hole, I hit a 6-iron a bit thin but pin-high just left of the green. On the fifth hole, I had a shot at the green, but since I was well right, I would be hitting over the sixth green, and players were on that green, so I used a 9-iron to lay up. Unfortunately, someone yelled from the road at the moment I hit it and it went long into the rough.
• Wedges. Just atrocious. On the fifth hole, hit a sand wedge fat from the rough, then hit a lob wedge over the green. A second lob wedge sailed 45 ft from the hole, and I three-putt from there for a snowman.
• Chipping. Chipping was pretty poor today, none closer than about 6 ft. This in spite of 2 days of chipping practice in my back yard. My feel for chipping and putting is just awful lately.
• Putting. Awful, just awful. Only a single 1-putt green, the second, where I hit a 6 ft putt for par. On both three-putts, I hit the first putt well short and the second well past the hole. A total of 19 putts. 😡

I was very frustrated with my short game today, but pretty pleased off the tee. I was drawing the ball very consistently today, but not compensating for it in my stance, thus, the ball was just left of the green on just about every hole.

Beats working, I guess.