Today was the first league day
These pictures are of me and the three ladies I played with. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them. In the first picture are: Ruth Toler, Claudia Speer, and Doris Thompson. The next picture is me (in the blue), Claudia and Doris. Doris is our Club President this year. Claudia and I are both passed Presidents. Ruth drives bus for link, so she hasn't played with us a lot in the passed but she's hoping she can get Thursday as her day off so she can play regularly. Anyway, they're a fun bunch to play with which is why I go... score be darned!
We kept individual scores, but the game today was for low team best ball, which means we took the low net score of the group on each hole. We had a team net 60, which turned out not to put us among the winners. Oh well.
My score today was an 85, which computes to a net par (with my 13 handicap). Not bad for the first day I guess. Despite the decent score, it didn't seem like I hit the ball particularly well today.
My putter was really working well, with just 30 putts for the round. My King Cobra driver was working good most of the time, but the fairway woods and long irons were not that great. I wasn't getting on the green in regulation or my score would have been far better, considering how hot the putter was. I made several long one putts.
My goal this year is to be more consistent. I almost always score in the 80's, with some games in the high 70's. These usually come in the middle of the season. I want to totally avoid the 90's and, hopefully, limit the high 80's games. In order to do this I must hit more greens in "regulation". In general, I am a good (long) driver and a good putter... so getting to the green in regulation is where I need to really focus my efforts for improvement.
For those of you who don't know golf lingo here are some individual hole scoring terms:
Eagle - 2 under par
Birdie - 1 under par
Par - even
Bogey- 1 over par
Double bogey - 2 over par
Triple bogey - 3 over par
"Hitting the greens in regulation" means getting on the green allowing 2 putts to save par. This means on a par 5, I need to be on the green with my third shot then 2 putt for par. If I one-putt then I score a birdie. If I three-putt I score a bogey.
As an amateur with a 13 handicap, eagles are fabulous (and rare), birdies are great, pars are good, and several bogeys in a round is expected (but try to be avoided as much as possible). Double bogeys are bad and Triple bogeys are totally disgusting.
Nothing else stands out about my game today, except that the weather was fabulous. There wasn't a speck of wind and the temperature was very pleasant for a shirt and sleevless vest.
I have a game scheduled for Sunday at11:30 with my friend Karen Madison. Work schedule willing, I'll play again next Tuesday.
By-the-way... I promised Claudia I would let everyone know she outdrove me on #13. She also had a beautiful second shot which out-distanced mine.
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