Friday, June 15, 2012

first round after the lesson

Played 9 at Legends before work.  There was only one car in the parkinglot when I got there a little before 7 AM.  Kind of creepy.  Ground crew was spraying hole 7.  He waved at me as I walked out to the first hole a little before 7 AM.  Awesome day.  A slight breeze and a little humid but great time of year to play.

Turned in a 37 with 3 pars and only one penalty.
I picked a spot 12"-18" ahead of my ball on the tee and used that as my target for setting me up at address.  Ultimately the GIR for this round was 44% and last round was 55%.  I felt more accurate but a swing of 1 hole out of 9 in GIR isn't statistically significant.

I used my GW 4X, the new 5W 2X, the 5i 1x, and the SW 2x.  I think I skulled both SW shots onto the green anyway.  Kind of funny.

Putting was 1.9 for the round.  I'm trying to pick a target ahead of the ball to aim my putt but I just can't bring it together yet.  Still, my goal is 2 putts per hole and for this year.  So far I am at 2.16 putts per hole, the same score as last year.

I did find quite a number of lost balls.  They more than offset the couple I lost playing with the new 5W.  I think the flex is a bit stiff for me.  I pushed the ball right.  But I hit the club cold out of the bag without any time on the range. 

Saw a group of 5 playing on hole 3 as I finished hole 7 and headed for 8.  They were in 3 carts and all had jeans on.  Heard a bunch of bad words from them.  I feld sorry for the pair behind them...unless they were part of the fun too.

I did get to try the Wishon 5W on the course.  I ordered a 5W, 3W and Hybrid from EBAY.  They have stiff shafts that may prove to be too stiff for me but I will try them out a bit more.

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