Back to the Grind

The golf trip was great – weather between 65 and 75 and sunny everyday, very windy at times but I’ll take it.  Overall I played pretty well shooting scores of 93, 84, 88, 86 and 97.  We played 36 holes on the 19th and 20th and 18 holes on the 21st.  My hands and forearms were pretty fatigued by the time we played the last 18 – the score of 97 should make that obvious.  My chipping the last day was terrible, tired hands made for lots of chunked chips and poor distance control around the greens.

There were many highlights – nailing my new hybrid from about 210 yards and just missing a 25 footer for eagle, a 9 iron from 135 yards to within 2-3 feet, made a few 10-15 foot putts and lots of 280+ yard drives.  Overall I averaged 89.6 for all of my rounds – the last round of 97 raised that average 2 strokes.  I track my scores at freegolfinfo.com (not sure of another good free tracking service) and it calculates my handicap at 15.5 right now… I’ll take that.

Pictures from the trip after the jump…

I am Going on Vacation

I heading to Manning, South Carolina for a golf trip with a few buddies of mine Wednesday through Sunday – can’t wait.  I purchased a new hybrid and putter but it is highly unlikely I will get to hit them before I leave – they arrive via UPS tomorrow.  I should be able to get on a driving range while I am there and hit the hybrid around.  I am taking my old putter so if I can’t get comfortable with the new one quickly I can swap it for the old one.  The weather is supposed to be fantastic all weekend – Thur 75/some clouds,  Fri 58/some clouds,  Sat 65/sunny.  Little chilly on Friday, but 58 feels like 80 given the weather in Cleveland lately.  I have only played one golf course outside of Ohio (Kentucky) which is crazy considering I have been playing golf for probably 15 years.

I’ll post some pictures, course reviews and comments on the villa we are staying in when I get back.

-Bill

photo credit: hopvietravel.com