I have good rounds and bad rounds all the time. Last weekend was an unusual one. It was a hybrid round. Lots of good. Lots of bad. And the weird part was that it didn't come in streaks - in other words it wasn't six good holes followed by six bad ones. They were all mixed together.
I got out of the gate solidly (ha!) on the always difficult 430 yard Par 4 1st. A pull-hooked drive. A blocked hybrid. A punch through the trees and over the green. An indifferent chip to 15 feet, a charged bogey putt, a half-assed effort on the comebacker, and voila!! Instant triple.
After an indifferent bogey on #2 and a weak drive on #3, I turned it on, going +1 on these holes, with very good approaches into 3, 4, and 6. Then I hit an indefensible over-swung snap hook into the shittage on #7. I block the provisional into the other shittage and make a smooth triple. +8 thru 7 holes. Two triples.
I hit good approaches into both #8 and #9, power lip the birdie on 9 and polish off a smooth 44. Well done, sir.
Hole #10 summed up the entire day. I *tattooed* 3-wood off the tee, leaving myself with about 105 to the middle, probably 110 to the flag, but to a pin spot where you cannot hit it past the hole. So I choke down on gap wedge but remain aggressive through the swing. And I *pure* it. It flies to the back fringe, hops into the rough, and the chip takes off on me.
On #11, I hit a solid but ever-so-slightly blocked hybrid into the bunker, hit it 8 feet past and miss. Then I barf all over the easy 12th hole, including a punch-out recovery that went into the trees on the other side. Once I punch out of there, I completely block a 6-iron into the greenside trap. Routine double.
#13 is an indifferent bogey. #14 is a perfectly solid par. #15 is a horrendous double with a fat hooked tee shot, a missed green from 40 yards, and a 20 foot chip that scoots 10 feet by.
On 16, I get flat on a wedge into the green, fry it in the bunker and make bogey. Then on #17, with the only thought being to *not* hit it left into the arborvitaes of doom, I hit it there anyway. I recover to make a decent bogey with an unplayable, highlighted by a great wedge into the green.
Then to wrap it up, after flailing a drive right on 18, I hit hybrid to 20 feet, leave it short (of course) and make par to shoot Nat Moore (89).
One-for-ten from around the green, with the one being a meager "two putt" from the fringe from 20 feet. I never made a putt outside of four feet. Perhaps it's time to reintroduce the claw to the bag. Or the B60i.
Just an odd round with the good being so interspersed with the bad.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Buick Thoughts
Some thoughts on the finish that was the Buick Open:
- How the heck did Woody play so well at the President's Cup? I mean, OK...he didn't finish well at the Zurich Classic earlier this year. He had to make birdie to tie and didn't do it. This happens all the time. But my God, that was a complete meltdown on #17 & #18. 3 poor putts and a really poor 8 iron on #18. He essentially handed the tournament to K. Perry who made two bogies himself on the back nine coming in. More thanks to Dudley Hart also who played the last 6 holes in +2 or +3.
- Kenny HAS TO play the British Open instead of Milwaukee now. I haven't seen the latest Ryder Cup point list, but with the top 9 positions now on the team with Tiger out and Kenny with two wins, he is a lock. Milwaukee is now basically a Nationwide Tour event. You are top 20 in the world now and you just have to go to Birkdale. If he doesn't, I am going to have to sadly say he is being weak.
- I think Daniel Choke-ra just wrote his ticket off Captain Nick's Ryder Cup team. 75 on that track with a 2-shot lead on Sunday? The coverage came on with the leaders on #7 or so and Chopra had about 2 shots covered the entire telecast and it was likely only because he was playing with Bubba Watson, who almost got it done on Sunday.
- Perry said he was playing in events that suit his game. And with 2 wins and a couple other top 10's, you can't argue with his goals and his outcomes.
- Lucas Glover's 67 on Sunday has to be his low on Tour over the last 2 years. No one plays the back nine on Sunday in 40 like LG lately
- And finally...AT&T National at Congressional. Great track, but where are all the players? No Phil, No Ernie, No Adam Scott, No Sergio....wow. Oh, and no VJ or Sabbatini, but that's no surprise in Tiger's event.
- How the heck did Woody play so well at the President's Cup? I mean, OK...he didn't finish well at the Zurich Classic earlier this year. He had to make birdie to tie and didn't do it. This happens all the time. But my God, that was a complete meltdown on #17 & #18. 3 poor putts and a really poor 8 iron on #18. He essentially handed the tournament to K. Perry who made two bogies himself on the back nine coming in. More thanks to Dudley Hart also who played the last 6 holes in +2 or +3.
- Kenny HAS TO play the British Open instead of Milwaukee now. I haven't seen the latest Ryder Cup point list, but with the top 9 positions now on the team with Tiger out and Kenny with two wins, he is a lock. Milwaukee is now basically a Nationwide Tour event. You are top 20 in the world now and you just have to go to Birkdale. If he doesn't, I am going to have to sadly say he is being weak.
- I think Daniel Choke-ra just wrote his ticket off Captain Nick's Ryder Cup team. 75 on that track with a 2-shot lead on Sunday? The coverage came on with the leaders on #7 or so and Chopra had about 2 shots covered the entire telecast and it was likely only because he was playing with Bubba Watson, who almost got it done on Sunday.
- Perry said he was playing in events that suit his game. And with 2 wins and a couple other top 10's, you can't argue with his goals and his outcomes.
- Lucas Glover's 67 on Sunday has to be his low on Tour over the last 2 years. No one plays the back nine on Sunday in 40 like LG lately
- And finally...AT&T National at Congressional. Great track, but where are all the players? No Phil, No Ernie, No Adam Scott, No Sergio....wow. Oh, and no VJ or Sabbatini, but that's no surprise in Tiger's event.
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