Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, I played at Indian Creek on the Lakes course. The day was very warm and sunny for the first day of October, over 90F, and a little breezy. We went off at 2:40 PM and finished at 7:10 PM, so it took us 4-1/2 hours to get around the course. We were waiting on the group in front of us most of the day.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

Themes:

• Tee shots. I had a pretty good day off the tee, hitting six fairways and two par-3 holes in regulation. Six seems pretty poor, but most of the ones that missed were just off the fairway (and one went long into a fairway bunker). I had only two poor tee shots, one a slice that splashed into the pond on the 7th hole and another slice that went clear over into the next fairway on the 8th. Not one hook at all, my usual fault.
• Approach shots. Here’s where things got ugly. I hit only one, count ’em, one green in regulation that wasn’t a par 3. Terrible shots. Couldn’t hit the hybrid to save my life. Hit irons long, hit them short, hit them right, hit them left, seemingly everywhere but on the green. 😥
• Wedges. Awful, just awful. When I wasn’t leaving them short, I was hitting them long. My short game just deserted me today; I got up and down only twice.
• Chipping. Didn’t chip very often, had one good chip to two feet, but the rest weren’t close.
• Sand shots. Hit into only one bunker, a fairway bunker on the 12th hole. I hit a clean shot out, but should have used one more club, so the ball got wet.
• Putting. Pathetic. Four 3-putts. I left most long putts well short, in spite of my hard work over the last few weeks. On the practice green, I’m a monster; on the course, I’m a kitten. No insult to kittens, you understand.

The only good thing in my game today was the driver. The rest of my game was a disaster.

Still had fun, though. 😯