The weather was overcast and drizzly, making a long and undulating Southern Hills course even tougher. On the back nine, we finally got what you would call a shower... but it wasn't hard enough for us to stop playing.
So conditions got cold, annoying and difficult. As always, the post-round conversation mainly consisted of people being frustrated with their putting. Pete Dye definitely enjoys watching people struggle around the greens.
Only 8 strokes separated 1st place with 10th place. That's an insanely tight margin, and again shows the handicaps are allowing people of all skill to be competitive. I lost by two strokes, and I definitely left more than that out on the course (most people would probably agree about their own performance).
Darren picked up his first win and shoots to the top of the standings. He played consistent all day, with no double pars, resulting in a 71 net score (ie: just about what his handicap said he should shoot). It was enough to win by two strokes over myself and Faz.
We even had a Gorecki sighting yesterday!
We're playing this Saturday at 10:30am. I'll make another post about it. Be there.
4 putted the downhill par 5 after blasting a 3 iron 255 yards to make it in regulation after punching out from behind a 6" tall palmetto bush that was horribly placed directly infront of my ball.
ReplyDeleteYeah probably one of the best shots of the day... followed by three of the worst putts of the day.
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