As I have said in the past, October is one of my favorite times of the year to play golf. The crowds are down, the courses are soft again and the foliage makes the scenery spectacular. With that in mind, the weather has been fabulous since last Thursday. I took both Thursday and Friday afternoons off and hit the links.
On Thursday I played with some guy, I never even got his name, and shot a very fine 77 on the South at Victor Hills. I stuck the ball very well and only missed 2 fairways. If made a few more putts (I missed about 3 inside five feet) I could easily been even par. Oh, well, that is the way that it goes.
Friday's round was only nine holes and was much less attractive. I hit the ball great off the tee once again, but hit my irons rather poorly and made a mess of that nine. Oh, well, it was bonus golf.
Sunday was another disaterous round on the East course. Two triples and a double put me at 83 for the day on the shortest, but tightest of the three courses at Victor Hills.
I had Also taken Monday off (Columbus Day) and played the North course. Again, I hit the tee ball great and made a couple of dumb bogies on the front to shoot 40. I tore up the back and shot one over with two birdies and an unfortunate bogie on the last hole. My approach ended up above the hole, in the fringe about 20 feet away. The pin was set on the edge of a cliff and if my putt roled a foot past the hole it would have tumbled down the hill and maybe off the green again. I lagged my birdie putt from the fringe to about 8 feet (nice) and narrowly missed my par, then kicked it in for a bogie. A very solid 77 in the end.
The weather for those days was brilliantly sunny and between 55 and 75 degrees. Stunning. Unfortunately, the weather this week and towards the weekend is not going to be that good. Maybe even some wet snow (gasp). At this point in the season my handicap according to Yahoo Sports is at 4.5; just up a bit from a career best, 4.0, just a few weeks ago. All in all, it is still lower than it has ever been. Yee Ha!!
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