When we last left our protagonist, he, once again, felt that he had a handle on this crazy game and that wonders and joy would unfold. Of course we have heard that before and it's never panned out.
But I am happy to report that, indeed, the journey is still on the right track and that current theory is holding up quite nicely to empirical evidence.
This was the best hitting round of my modest golfing career. I topped a 3 wood off a tee, otherwise hit every tee shot.
I was in three bunkers and made pars on all of those holes.
I hit 16 green in regulation. Only one birdie, but a ton of kick in pars.
I only made a mess of one hole; the one with the topped shot and it was ugly for a while after that.
Scoring wise, I shot 75. There are two or three 3 putts in there. And as mentioned , I had 16 birdie putts - it could have gone a lot lower.
My direction control was quite good. Areas that could ave been better were the putter and there were some distance control issues with some short irons.
The only thing lacking now is more distance. I'm still not long enough to play on a longer course. However, I'm going to approach that topic cautiously as I do not want to regress in re ball striking.
It's kind of a strange game when you get to the ball and have a very good idea of where it is going to go. Takes a lot of stress off. It's about an hour after the round and I'm feeling no strain or tiredness from playing. It was a gentle walk in the park.
No golf for a few days as the Thanksgiving feast is upon us. I'm going to look at more speed and I'll report on how that develops.
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