Joey's Golf Bag

Yesterday, I played 18 at Pecan Hollow in Plano. The day was warm and sunny, with a light breeze that had little effect on golf shots. We went off at 12:30PM and finished just after 5PM. The golf course was playing firm and fast. Conditions were not great, some of the greens were a little bumpy and there were some bare spots on the fairways. Very playable, though.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

Themes:

• Off the tee. I was really pleased with my new Wishon Golf 919THI driver. I hit 8 of 12 fairways with it (hitting 1 of 2 fairways with my Wishon Golf 949MC 7-wood). I also hit one of the par-3 holes in regulation off the tee, so I’m happy to see my long game is getting better (finally).
• Approach shots. I hit six greens in regulation. My main issue today was hitting the ball a bit thin (the fairways were very hard) and short.
• Wedges. My lob wedge really let me down today. I either hit the ball thin or fat. I can really only remember one really good approach wedge and one really good half swing with the lob wedge, otherwise I didn’t do well.
• Chipping. Lately, I’ve been mostly chipping with the lob wedge, and today I left a lot of chips well short. I then switched back to using the approach wedge, and tended to hit them a bit long. I did manage to get up and down three times, though.
• Sand shots. Hit into two bunkers today, both on the third hole. I hit out of the first bunker thin over the green into the second bunker, then hit that one thin as well, making a triple on that hole. Yeech!
• Putting. I wasn’t particularly pleased with my putting, left a lot of putts well short on the slow greens. I didn’t miss any putts inside 4 feet, so I was pretty happy with that. I missed all five birdie putts, unfortunately, and had a total of 37 putts.

My short game and putting let me down, but I was happy with the way I played today, and particularly happy with my new driver. I still need to figure out the best swingweight, but it’s definitely kicked the 525GRT out of my bag.