Day One:

Day one was the best ball format.  We got to use 90 percent of our handicap, and I was put down as an 8 handicap so I got to use 7 strokes, Chuck of course had to add one stroke to his score on the easiest hole being a +1.  I was surprised at how nervous I was on the first hole.  But I played the first hole pretty darn good I would say.  5 wood to the middle of the fairway, 6 iron lay up to a little over 100 yards, 54 degree wedge to about 6 feet left of the pin, and made the putt for a birdie net eagle.  Great way to start the tournament.  That calmed me a bit and then I just started to have fun because that’s what we were there for.  Our playing partners were real cool too.  A big dude named Bruce who had actually bet on us to win and his buddy dave I believe.  They made it ever more enjoyable.  Anyway, I had a few highlights to the round.  The birdie on the first hole, then on number 11 I was in a bunker over the back of the green, chunked my first shot and left it in the bunker, and then holed out my next shot for par.  Another highlight would be making par from the water on the last par 5 on the course.  I hit my tee shot right and the ball was about 2/3 above the water, so I took a pitching wedge and hit it as hard as I could, got pond scum all over myself, and still got it to the fairway.  I don’t think I missed a single putt inside 5 feet that day, my putting has gotten so much better lately and it shows.  I shot a 76 for that round and Chuck and I together shot a net 65 (7 under).  That put us in 2nd place behind a 63.

Day Two: 

Day two was the stroke play portion of the tournament.  Chuck and I would both keep our own scores, add them up in the end, and then take away our handicap from the score.  Once again I birdied the first hole after making a nice curling putt.  I then proceeded to bogey the next three holes in a row, but made it up on the 9th with another good birdie for a 37.  I played the back nine very solid except for some missed putts.  My putting was not working out too well on sunday.  I had so many easy birdie putts that I missed and I also three putted three times.  It was driving me crazy.  I made one birdie and three bogies on the back nine for a 38.  So I shot 75 for the second day, which is pretty good for me right now.  If my putting had been better I could of shot so much lower.  We ended up getting second place by ONE STROKE.  But it’s all good because I had a very good time and hit some really good shots.  There weren’t any real highlights from sunday except for just playing all around solid.  I hope I can continue to strike the ball as well as I have been and keep gaining confidence.

This week Chuck and I are going to work on getting me fitted into better clubs than I have now.  I think Wednesday we are making a trip to golfsmith to hit some drivers because I hate mine ( I hit it I think 3 times total over the 2 rounds ).  I’ll keep you updated as the week goes on.  Hope all had a good weekend!