Joey's Golf Bag

This morning, I played nine at North Texas Golf. The day was warm, sunny and blustery, with a variable wind from the south or southeast. I warmed up by hitting some pitches, short irons and a few putts, though the putting green had been scalped and was pretty much unputtable.

The wind was blowing pretty hard. In fact, on the 7th hole (with the tees well back), while I was preparing to tee off, I looked back to get my club. My push cart was gone! The wind had taken it and blown it nearly into the pond behind the 7th tee. With the brake on. Yes, the wind was a bit blustery today.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

My round:

• First hole. Hit a poorly struck 7-iron thin and right of the green. I hit a lob wedge to 18 ft and two-putt for bogey.
• Second hole. Pushed an 8-iron well right of the green, leaving me with a difficult pitch with the ball well below my feet. I hit it thin over the green, chipped to 5 ft, missed the putt and tapped in for double.
• Third hole. The wind was howling into me, so I used an 8-iron from pitching wedge distance and was still a 3 ft short of the green. I left my chip well short and two-putt for bogey.
• Fourth hole. Hit a 9-iron straight at the pin, but 30 ft short and two-putt for par.
• Fifth hole. Hit an AW pin-high but 18 ft right of the pin. Left the birdie putt a foot short and tapped in for par.
• Sixth hole. Hit a 9-iron 21 ft left and short of the hole, hit a good putt but misread it, and tapped in for par.
• Seventh hole. Hit a 9-iron over the green, chipped to 6 ft but missed the putt for par and tapped in for bogey.
• Eighth hole. Hit a PW to 21 ft over the pin, ran the birdie putt 4 ft past the hole and made the uphill breaker for par.
• Ninth hole. Hit an 8-iron into a strong wind pin-high but 33 ft left of the pin. Misread the putt, leaving it 6 ft below the hole. Hit the breaking putt right in the center for par.

I was pleased that I hit five greens, but displeased with my short game, as I didn’t get up and down even a single time. Also, none of my birdie putts even scared the hole. Still, hitting five GIR on a blustery day, where I had to club up or down 2 or 3 clubs, was pretty good.