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Golf! It really is a 4 letter word

Today was the first day of the Long Beach Men's City Golf Championship, and I have never been so disappointed in a round of golf, than I was today.

I started out quite good, shooting 7 bogeys and 2 pars for a 43 for the first 9, which included a par on #18 (I started on the back 9), which is one of the more difficult holes, and one I seldom par.

But on the very next hole, that good game came to an abrupt end.

I hit an OK drive, but it ended up behind a tree in some standing water, but I still had a shot to the green. I just had to keep the ball below the branches of the tree. So I took a drop from the standing water, and hit what I thought was a perfect shot.

Unfortunately I hit the ball a little too hard, as it ran through the green, and out of bounds.

Unbelievable!

So I dropped another ball, and hit the same shot again. This time, I hit the ball into the sand trap in front of the green. I didn't have a bad lie, but I was so upset by the previous shot, I hit the sand shot over the green, and as you might guess, out of bounds again.

I ended up with a 9 on the hole, 5 over par. I was just devastated. I was playing so good, but it only takes one shot to screw everything up. I did manage a few good shots after that, but just couldn't recover, shooting a 51 on that 9, for a total score of 94.

And that was on a course which I typically always break 90. It's just not that tough a course.

On the bright side though, I'm only 4 strokes off the cut line (Flight F), and tomorrow's course is more difficult. So a lot of things can change.

I just have to try and put todays round out of my mind, and focus on tomorrow round, something that's a lot easier said than done.

Golf, it may not be the most physically demanding of sports, but it sure does test a persons character.
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Becky said…
Well, I'm sorry to hear you had a bad day. Isn't golf like fishing? Any day at golf is a good day or something like that?

You have to retrieve your ball from the water? You should get a labrador to be your caddy
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