This past Tuesday I played Riverton CC in Scottsville for the first time in a while. This is a semi-private course that has only 9 holes. You play one set of tees on the front and the other on the back. It has some pretty good holes, especially the first, a par five that doglegs left for about 3,000 yards or so. It just keeps bending and bending to the left. For a player like myself, who cuts the ball, this hole can play pretty tough. Oh, yes, then there is the big pond on the right that you cannot see from the tee.
The first time around I sunk a 6 footer for par on #1, a 30 footer on # 2 for par and a 15 footer for birdie on #3. Not a bad start. I doubled #4 and came back to reality after a poor drive and a worse approach from about 60 yards.
The 8th is a tough par 5 with a pond protecting the right side all the way in from about 250 off the tee. I stuffed a wedge to about 18 inches on my approach and birdied that one to get back to one over. A par on #9 ended the front at 37. Very nice.
After a beer at the turn, we hit the return trip around this 9 holer. I made a lucky par on #10 after my second shot hit a tree and bounced into the middle of the fairway instead of dead left into the Genesee River. Bogied #11 and parred 12. I managed to avoid another double on the second time around on #13 but had to settle for a bogey after 3 consectutive swings involving trees. After parring #14 and 15 I birdied #16 and finished up with two more pars for a 39.
That would be 76 on a pretty tough layout. It was about as good a round as I have played this year so far. Even though you play essentially the same 9 twice here it is a pretty good test of golf. They have talked about adding the second nine here for years now, but I guess that has pretty much been discarded.
I never think to play Riverton but when I do make it out there I find it to be in good shape (even though the traps are pretty bad) and fairly priced.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Ahhhhhh....
Last night I subbed with my brother at Greystone in the league that we were partners in for five years. I was a bit apprehensive about it as I have not been playing that well and my history with that league is such that I have always carried one of the best, if not the best scoring averages in the history of that league.
Dave and his new partner were at 3-0-2 for the season going into last night. They are now 4-0-2 after last night.
I finally played well and shot less than my weight for 9 holes. I made a 6 footer for par on the first hole and my confidence level got a much needed boost. However on #2 I three jacked for bogey after my first putt sputtered dreadfully short of the hole and I then lipped out for par from about 6 feet. Ouch.
On #3 I hit a very good 6 iron to about 20 feet and two putted for par.
#4 is one of the hardest driving holes around and I killed my drive down the left side and had only a wedge into the green and canned about a 12 footer for birdie!!!! (is my putting coming around?).
#5 presented a brutal pin placement and I lipped out from about 8 feet for par after a rather poor chip shot.
On the par three 6th hole I nearly canned my wedge for an ace and proceded to tap in from about 2 feet for birdie (hmmmmm).
The up hill 7th present the option of driver (risky) or 3 wood or less off the tee. It was into the wind so I hit driver and nailed it right down the middle. After a 9 iron to the green I two putted for par.
I made a mess of the drivable 8th after hitting it into the greenside bunker off the tee and failed to get up and down after blasting out. The bogey got me back to one over.
I tapped in for par on the 9th and carded a solid 37. This was the best 9 holes that I have played in several weeks. I hit the ball well and putted far better than I have been. It will be a much needed confidence boost as I go back to Greystone Tuesday for a scramble event. Bring it on!!!
Dave and his new partner were at 3-0-2 for the season going into last night. They are now 4-0-2 after last night.
I finally played well and shot less than my weight for 9 holes. I made a 6 footer for par on the first hole and my confidence level got a much needed boost. However on #2 I three jacked for bogey after my first putt sputtered dreadfully short of the hole and I then lipped out for par from about 6 feet. Ouch.
On #3 I hit a very good 6 iron to about 20 feet and two putted for par.
#4 is one of the hardest driving holes around and I killed my drive down the left side and had only a wedge into the green and canned about a 12 footer for birdie!!!! (is my putting coming around?).
#5 presented a brutal pin placement and I lipped out from about 8 feet for par after a rather poor chip shot.
On the par three 6th hole I nearly canned my wedge for an ace and proceded to tap in from about 2 feet for birdie (hmmmmm).
The up hill 7th present the option of driver (risky) or 3 wood or less off the tee. It was into the wind so I hit driver and nailed it right down the middle. After a 9 iron to the green I two putted for par.
I made a mess of the drivable 8th after hitting it into the greenside bunker off the tee and failed to get up and down after blasting out. The bogey got me back to one over.
I tapped in for par on the 9th and carded a solid 37. This was the best 9 holes that I have played in several weeks. I hit the ball well and putted far better than I have been. It will be a much needed confidence boost as I go back to Greystone Tuesday for a scramble event. Bring it on!!!
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Frustration on the course
It looks like this is going to be one of those frustrating years on the golf course. One good round followed by a poor one. I am trying to figure out how to get my putting stroke back. I have been having way, way too many three putts as of late. It is so hard to keep from letting the putts woes get to you. I have been playing quite a bit lately and maybe I need to play a little less and re-focus.
I did play pretty well at Ontario last week. I had 81 with 3 three putts (ugh) and a double on the last hole. The par fives have been killing me lately. You just cannot score when you bogey 3 of the 4 par fives and that has been happening too much.
I will be playing in a couple tournaments next week, both scrambles. One at Greystone and the other at Deerfield. I have not played in a scramble at Deerfield in many years, if ever. That is the course that I grew up playing, in fact that is where I had "my ace" on what is now the 12th hole.
I did play pretty well at Ontario last week. I had 81 with 3 three putts (ugh) and a double on the last hole. The par fives have been killing me lately. You just cannot score when you bogey 3 of the 4 par fives and that has been happening too much.
I will be playing in a couple tournaments next week, both scrambles. One at Greystone and the other at Deerfield. I have not played in a scramble at Deerfield in many years, if ever. That is the course that I grew up playing, in fact that is where I had "my ace" on what is now the 12th hole.
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