Joey's Golf Bag

Yesterday, John and I played a quick nine holes at Coyote Ridge, going off just before 11AM and finishing in about 2 hours, after we caught up with a foursome and had to wait for the green to clear on a couple of holes. The weather was sunny and cool, with a 1-2 club breeze from the south.

My score:

*Hit green in regulation.

My round:

• First hole. I hit a hybrid left into the rough, on an upslope. I should have used less loft to account for the upslope, but I didn’t and came up short of the green. My chip was long, and I two-putted for bogey.
• Second hole. I hit a really nice drive onto the right side of the fairway, but my 5-iron layup was hit fat and left in front of the bunker. I hit a hooking approach wedge pin-high but nearly 60 feet left of the pin. My first putt was well-short and I lipped out my second and tapped in for bogey.
• Third hole. The pin was well up near the front edge and I had only 150 yds. With a two-club breeze behind me, I decided on a 7-iron, but came up short just below the green when the wind decided to die down just as I hit it. I hit a really nice SW chip to about 6″ and tapped in for par.
• Fourth hole. I popped up a 3-wood left into the rough on an upslope. I absolutely pounded a hybrid, unfortunately, into the pond. I managed to retrieve my ball (scaring a couple of snakes in the process), took a drop and hit an iron into the bunker just left of the green. Lying four in the bunker, I hit thin all the way to the other side of the green and two-putted from there for double.
• Fifth hole. My streak of going left off the tee ended as I pounded a driver right of the fairway but with a clear shot at the green. My approach with a 7-iron was left and short, just below the grass bunker on an upslope. I tried to hit a high pitch, but instead hit it thin and over the green. My chip from deep rough was just short of the green, my second chip was long and I two-putted for triple. 🙁
• Sixth hole. I hit a very nice drive into the wind, but unfortunately didn’t clear the last fairway bunker. My 7-iron from the bunker was fat. My approach from there was short and I managed to three-putt for double. YEECH!
• Seventh hole. The wind was really blowing by this time, and I underclubbed. The ball hit about a foot below the green and rolled, slowly, agonizingly into the pond. I took a drop from where I crossed the hazard, pitched to about 15 ft and two-putted for bogey.
• Eighth hole. I popped up a drive into the middle of the fairway. I hit a hybrid thin to just in front of the hole. My chip was pin-high but about 12 ft below the hole, the flag on the far right hand side of the green. My putt was perfect speed but I over-read the break and tapped in for bogey.
• Ninth hole. I always play this hole very difficult hole very conservatively. I hit a hybrid into the left side of the fairway, then a second hybrid into the right rough well short of the hole. My third to the green was about 20 ft below the pin. I two-putted from there.

A very mediocre nine holes, but then I’m working on swing changes and that definitely affected my game. The potential of the improved swing is certainly there, but much work remains.