Golf Diary

The Rounds: Beaver Valley Score 77 Greens In Reg. 10 Putts 31

South Park Gold Score 73 Greens In Reg. 11 Putts 31

Indian Run Score 76 Greens In Reg. 13 Putts 36

The Good: The ball striking for the 3 rounds was good. My method for striking the ball changed dramatically from the Beaver Valley Round to the Indian Run. Of course, I am always changing my swing or “searching for the answer” so to speak. I believe, but not sure, because I am too lazy to check, that this was the first time this year that I have hit double digits in greens in regulation 3 times in a row. The short game was ok, and I am going to put it on the good side. For the three rounds I got it up and down 9 out of 20 times.

The Bad: Putting. The worse day was Indian Run, where I 3 putted 3 times. I only had one 3 putt in the previous 2 rounds but I missed a lot of putts that were under 10 feet. I had my share of yip putts. If I had been having any type of day on the greens, I would have taken 2 to 4 strokes off each round. Even though I had the worse day at Indian Run I was putting better toward the end of the round. We will see if I can build off of that.

The Luck Of The Rounds: Other than putting I had good fortune in all three rounds. Not to go into too much detail but every time I hit a bad shot it came out ok. Every time I hit a tree I wound up in a playable place. The best way of explaining this was if I had putted well and had bad luck, I would have wound up shooting the same scores. Luck in all three rounds ensured that my rounds were going to stay well within the 70’s. I have been on a good luck roll.

Next Round: Tomorrow, North Park