Pre-round practice: Zilch
18 Holes
Excited about a full weekend of golf. I finally found an open weekend to use both Groupon passes I purchased earlier in the year. My Saturday started at the 10th hole of Townsend Ridge CC with nobody else joining me. I was surprised the starter let me out by myself and that the course was fairly empty. Without any warm-ups I felt pretty comfortable with my swing, but slowly I began to feel uncomfortable with everything. I had no "feel" with any iron shots. Soon I began shanking balls often. I'm now on the verge of a complete meltdown. The shank is the absolute worst thing for your mental health; it completely throws you into the gutter of doubt. I began standing over every shot and praying for the ball to go anywhere but right. I spent the entire previous week working on chipping and ball-striking and all of a sudden it appears I've never hit balls before. Then suddenly, I approached an extreme downhill par 3, 167 yds. Completely defeated, I took my 8-iron and gave a it a full hack. The ball came out hot and on a brilliant line. It never left the flagstick. Landed about a foot from the flag on the left-side and rolled by the flag a few feet on the right. I was so close to my first hole-in-one. I jumped for joy like a child and ran to my cart and bombed downhill to the green. Sadly, I missed the birdie and par putt. Whatever, fuck it, it was an incredible shot, I was still pumped. The rest of the round was bumpy until I tee'd off on the 18th hole. It was the purest I've ever hit my 3-wood. It had a beautiful trajectory and flew about 270 yds. I cleaned up on the last hole and looked at my watch and realized I completed the round in under 3 hours. With time to kill I grabbed a bucket of balls and tried to find my feel again with my irons. I hit off shitty mats and I didn't find what I was looking for. A guy behind me interrupted to tell me I was hitting behind the ball. Thanks buddy, I didn't ask for your input but I'll make note of it.
Notable
Putting
Practice
Ball-striking
Ball-striking
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| 15th hole, downhill 167 yd. par 3 |
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| The result! |
