Hanks
On the Fringe
What a difference a couple days make. Great round. Would have been stellar if I would have made a putt or 2 more. Basically, I just went after it today. First time out with the i20s I was being a big baby with my stroke which threw my timing off. Ball used was B330 RX all distances lasered. Left the Flip at home as it was really distracting the first time out. Until I settle in with the i20s video will be limited. That aside here's what happened.
1. Hit a 6 iron off the tee to mix things up, straight shot down the middle. Left with 136 to pin. Caught the 9I pretty well, but had a tiny movement right and wound up in the greenside bunker. Technically it was a bunker. Ball was sitting up very high on firm dirt is a better way to describe the result. Got under it with a SW and barely made it on the green. 2 putt bogey.
2. Par 3 144 yards. Hit a solid 7I that was dead on the pin. One of those shots you are talking to the ball holding your finish. I couldn't see what happened until I got closer to the green. Flew the pin by 5 yards. Ball actually spun back below the pin and to the right. I'm not a high spin player so I was shocked to see this. 2 putt par from 10 or so feet.
3. Pulled the 4I a little to the left and it caught some tree branches. Left me with 158 to pin. Used the 6I and made the same move, pull to left that caught some tree branches. Good thing or I was OB. Hit the SW from 40 yards left of the pin. Ball dropped and stopped. 2 putt bogey. I'm terrible on this hole so I'll take bogey every time. Lots of trees.
4. 133 yard par 3. Used a 9I, hit well. Ball flight was great for a 9I. Never got too high. Ball was tracking dead on, wound up behind the pin and slightly right. Spun back about 6 feet and was left with a 4 foot bird putt that went in.
5. Well struck 4I off the tee. Left with 112 to pin. Used the PW, hit it a little inside. Ball flight was perfect. Landed a little short and left about 20 feet to hole. 2 putt par.
6. 5I off tee that leaked a touch right. 89 to pin. This would be the UW's shot, but that club is en route to me. Used PW, choked all the way down and shortened up the backstroke. Ball started left and stayed there. Landed on green and stopped dead. Green is elevated. Another 20 feet or so to hole, 2 putt par.
7. 154 par 3. Hit the 7I, felt good. Started right and stayed there. Ball landed on fringe and spun back on green. Very snaky downhill putt, 15 feet or so. Made it in 2 for par.
8. Teed off with 4I and absolutely chunked it. Was a pitiful shot. Pitiful. Pretty short hole so I only had 152 to pin. Hit a really good 7I that was straight as an arrow. Ball dropped and came back a few feet. Just a little left of center of green. 2 putt par from 12 feet or so.
9. Teed off with 6I on another short par 4. Absolutely smoked it. Hit it dead center of face, powerful controlled ball flight. Feel was incredible on this one and the sound was music to my ears. Left with 68 yards to pin. Used a nice full LW that plopped 5 feet left of pin pin high. Sunk it for bird.
Solid round. Night and day from the 1st round. I was making much better contact that resulted in extremely rewarding shots. Fun factor was way up today. Greens on this course are teeny tiny so it can be demanding to hit lots of GIR. I like it for club testing as it's not busy and the owner doesn't care how many balls I hit.
Two things that stood out today was accuracy and spin. Aside from a couple that drifted a little my shots were very straight. Spin was way better than expected and I didn't have a full shot into the green that didn't come back or stay next to it's divot.
this was really cool to see and read....good stuff Griff!
