We had a 1 day medal event at my club yesterday and the wind was a steady 25-30 with gusts to 45 mph. There were times the ball wouldn’t stay still on some of the exposed greens (ocean side golf course). I shot a 84 which was tied for 6th out of 40 golfers. 79 played off for the win. There were lots of good golfers in the field including a quarter finalist in the State Am. It was hard but I had a lot of fun. I did have 3 3 putts and a couple of times when I I didn’t get up and down from green front where the wind got in my head. Frankly it was probably the worst I could have shot on the day.
I hit some very different shots. I hit a couple of knock down 8 irons from inside 110 yards into the wind and an 8i downwind from 170 yards. On one of the long par 3s I thought my tee shot was destined for a green side bunker left and a big gust of wind knocked it back to the right away from the trap. On our 17th hole which played dead into the wind I hit a poor drive left and had to play out short of a creek and had 135 yards up hill into the wind and couldn’t get a 5i there. I hit a bump and run 6i from about 25 yards to 2 feet. The creativity was a lot of fun.
Today the wind was only 15-20 mph and I shot a super solid 76. I hit a lot of controlled knock downs to stay out of the wind.
The creativity makes it a lot of fun but it does wear you out.
I hit some very different shots. I hit a couple of knock down 8 irons from inside 110 yards into the wind and an 8i downwind from 170 yards. On one of the long par 3s I thought my tee shot was destined for a green side bunker left and a big gust of wind knocked it back to the right away from the trap. On our 17th hole which played dead into the wind I hit a poor drive left and had to play out short of a creek and had 135 yards up hill into the wind and couldn’t get a 5i there. I hit a bump and run 6i from about 25 yards to 2 feet. The creativity was a lot of fun.
Today the wind was only 15-20 mph and I shot a super solid 76. I hit a lot of controlled knock downs to stay out of the wind.
The creativity makes it a lot of fun but it does wear you out.