Golf League Update + Tournamlent

I have played 4 weeks so far and haven't played bad yet, really. I have two 38's and two 36's...have won $77 in skin money, almost a fifth of what I paid to get into league. Unfortunately, our team record is 2-2. I was right on the handicap situation. Having to give a lot of strokes each week is coming back to bite us. Oh well though, as long as I keep playing well, I will be happy.

I played in a tournament yesterday, but didn't fare too well. My dad and I struggled to get anything going, getting our first birdie on hole #15. When we left, we were in third place, but I don't think we ended up there. There were a few teams still out, and I know who some of the players are and they probably finished better.

Big golf outing this weekend. Winner of this 4-person scramble gets a golf trip to Myrtle Beach for 3 days and 2 nights. Each player also gets 2 18-hole rounds of golf for free. I won this two years ago, so hopefully I can again!

I'll update after this week's activities.

2009 Golf League

So this year's league starts next week and I have a different partner this year. I honestly think we have the best team in the league, but since it is handicapped, I have a funny feeling that we are going to get beat due to the number of strokes we will have to give the other teams.

Anyhow...I thought I would write since I haven't in a while.

Winner Winner

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! That is what I have been saying the last couple days of golf. On Friday, I won a raffle (after playing in the WEBN Frog Open at Walden Ponds) that gave me 2 tickets to each of the last 4 UC football games this year. Then, on Saturday, I won a golf outing that gave me a round trip airline ticket to anywhere in the continental US. I can't wait for the next event!

Golf Round

I have been struggling for a while now. I just can't get the club to point at the target consistently at the top of the backswing. It is laid off always.

The first 9-holes was an absolute nightmare. I didn't have any pars and shot 45. Something must have clicked on #17 though. I made birdie on that hole and started to turn things around.

The second 9-holes was much better. I had 3 birdies and a bogey, shooting 34 for a total of 79. If someone would have told me I was going to shoot 79 today like that, I probably would have laughed at them. It was just such and up and down day.

Club Championship

So the Club Championship is this weekend and I am hitting the ball like garbage. I am going to have to get some work in beforehand just so I don't embarrass myself. Hopefully I will play well enough to win something this time. The last three years, I haven't won any prizes. I'll update after the day one (Saturday).

The Men's Met

The last two days were not so good, especially yesterday. I played Terrace Park Country Club in Milford, Ohio and just absolutely hit the ball everywhere. I mainly had a few bad holes, but I just couldn't get anything together and ended up shooting a horrible 87. The first three holes there I went, par, double bogey and quadruple bogey (5-6-8). Starting out 6 over par in the first three holes never helps the occasion. I thought I might have a chance to get some birdies, but just left everything short on the greens, which seems to be a re-occurring theme over the past week.

Today at The Ridge Club near Montgomery Road in Cincinnati, I hit the ball much better, but missed a few greens on the back 9 and the ones I did hit, I seemed to be in the wrong position on the green (above the hole). The greens were really quick and I just couldn't get the ball to stop around the hole on the downhill putts. Even though my score was 78, I felt I played much better than that indicates. Hopefully next year will be better...

US Public Links Qualifier

So today wasn't that good. I struggled all day and it didn't help that I got off to a very slow start bogeying the first 5 holes. I didn't have a par on the first 9 holes and shot 39. I just don't know what to say other than hopefully my next tournament will go better. I ended up shooting 81-79 and finished T-36 out of 61 that finished (some people didn't show up and others withdrew).

My next tournament is the Tony Blom Amateur Championship (the Cincinnati Met) on June 23 and 24. I'll update after that...