Joey's Golf Bag

This morning, I played with the Shriners at The Trails of Frisco Golf Club in Frisco, TX. The weather was a bit chilly when we teed off around 9AM, but quickly warmed up to around 80F by the time we finished. The day was sunny and pretty calm to start, but a 1-2 club breeze kicked in at the turn. The course was in very good condition, except for the bunkers, which had not yet dried out from 4 days of heavy rain that ended last Saturday. We took free drops out the bunkers due to their condition.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

Themes:

• Off the tee. I did pretty well of the tee, hitting 8 fairways and three of the five par-3 holes in regulation. I did have one penalty off the tee on the par-5 7th hole, but otherwise kept myself out of trouble off the tee. My best tee shot was a 5-iron to 10 feet on the third hole.
• Approach shots. I didn’t do very well on approach, hitting only two greens in regulation. I didn’t have any penalties off approach shots, though I did have a penalty on my second shot on the par-5 10th hole. I had a very difficult lie and pulled the shot left into the creek (I did manage to recover the ball, so I didn’t lose a ball all day).
• Wedges and chips. I wasn’t particularly pleased with my wedges or chipping today, as I only managed to get up-and-down three times all day.
• Putting. My putting was very mixed. On the par-4 fourth hole, I hit the green in regulation, only to putt off the green, hit a poor chip and two-putt for double. My only other bad putting hole was on the par-4 17th hole, where I three-putted. Otherwise, not too bad. I had a total of 34 putts.

I was pretty happy with how I played today. 91 is my best score so far this year. I wish I’d putted better (especially the one I putted off the green — I would have broken 90 if I’d two-putted that green). A very enjoyable round of golf.