mike3216
Bogey Member
I've been playing for about two years (for those who don't know me, I'm 52, so I'm a late convert to the Church of DG). Up until today, I just played casual rounds with my sons, and although we kept score, it was only relative to each other, and we never kept scores for the round as a whole. Well, I got a Grip AX15 in the mail yesterday (my first "real" bag), so to baptize it, I decided to do a full round this morning and actually keep score.
I played on the most popular local course, shared use. It is mostly open. I played from the tips (blue tees). Although I might prefer to play from the shorter tees at this point, the blues are the only tees that all have paver tee boxes, which I much prefer to dirt. Total length is 6875', par 59.
First, the bad:
1. I couldn't get off the tee. I don't know why, I just wasn't feeling it. Out of the 18 holes, I had maybe four tee shots that I really liked.
2. I missed my only three inside the circle birdie putts.
The good:
1. My upshots were really good, somewhat offsetting my bad drives. My GStar Mako3 was smooth like butter.
2. Putting was not great, but was good, and I didn't miss anything inside 15'. Which is saying something, since I almost always have one or two of those misses in my round.
3. I tried my first roller (ever) on the course, using my beat in XT Atlas on a 255' low-ceiling hole that usually gives me fits. It curled up to about 25' from the basket, and I'm sure I had a huge smile on my face walking up the fairway. I honestly didn't expect it to work that well. Yes, I missed the birdie putt.
4. I controlled the damage, scoring no more than a six on any hole. That doesn't sound impressive, I know, but it was always a key for me in ball golf, and I strive to keep my focus when things go sideways.
The results: 10 pars, 4 bogies, 4 doubles, for a total of 71.
I'm not unhappy with the result. It gives me a nice baseline, and I'm only going up from here.........
I played on the most popular local course, shared use. It is mostly open. I played from the tips (blue tees). Although I might prefer to play from the shorter tees at this point, the blues are the only tees that all have paver tee boxes, which I much prefer to dirt. Total length is 6875', par 59.
First, the bad:
1. I couldn't get off the tee. I don't know why, I just wasn't feeling it. Out of the 18 holes, I had maybe four tee shots that I really liked.
2. I missed my only three inside the circle birdie putts.
The good:
1. My upshots were really good, somewhat offsetting my bad drives. My GStar Mako3 was smooth like butter.
2. Putting was not great, but was good, and I didn't miss anything inside 15'. Which is saying something, since I almost always have one or two of those misses in my round.
3. I tried my first roller (ever) on the course, using my beat in XT Atlas on a 255' low-ceiling hole that usually gives me fits. It curled up to about 25' from the basket, and I'm sure I had a huge smile on my face walking up the fairway. I honestly didn't expect it to work that well. Yes, I missed the birdie putt.
4. I controlled the damage, scoring no more than a six on any hole. That doesn't sound impressive, I know, but it was always a key for me in ball golf, and I strive to keep my focus when things go sideways.
The results: 10 pars, 4 bogies, 4 doubles, for a total of 71.
I'm not unhappy with the result. It gives me a nice baseline, and I'm only going up from here.........
