Although I fell short of the goals I set for myself this
season I have to say it was a good year anyway. My playing partners were
awesome for the most part, really only a couple of incidents all season and that’s
pretty good seeing as how we played 56 rounds of golf together! They are a
great bunch of guys.
I started the year at an 8 handicap and finished up at a 7.
This is not bad but its 2 strokes away from the goal I set of 5. But when I look
at it, at one point during the year my cap was up to an 11 until things came
around. We joked about it being spring training, but it sure lasted a long
time.
Greens in reg. Was not good this season, I finished the year
at 49%. It’s about 6% lower than last season. This was definitely a sore spot
that needs to be improved on if I’m going to get my cap down lower.
Putts per green were respectable at 32.5 but I had too many
3 putts early in the year. I changed to a new Odyssey SRT 2 ball in June and
started to putt much better. At one point near the end of the season I didn’t
have a 3 putt for 5 rounds.
Scrambling was another sore spot, I was only 35% in up and
downs. This is definitely an area that needs work next season.
Driving accuracy was respectable at 53% but should be
better. On Oct. 5Th I purchase a new Titleist 907 D2 driver and I
just love it and wish I had it at the start of the year, but who can justify
$600.00 for 1 club. I found it at the end of the season when they were getting
rid of this year’s stock, what a good buy. $320.00. Over my last 5 rounds using
it I was 64% in fairways hit. Next season should be awesome.
Diving distance has never been a problem for me I averaged
283 yards with my R7 quad. After purchasing the Titleist I was averaging 295
yards. Another thing to look forward to next season and just in case you want to know how I know my driving
distance it’s because I have been using a golfGPS system for the past 3 years.
If you don’t have one you’re at a disadvantage.
Sand saves this season were a real surprise, at the being of
the year it was pretty much the same old routine. I would maybe save 1 out of
5. Then I got a new 60* Cleveland CG12 with only 4* bounce. After I started
using it out of the sand I started getting it up and down almost every time. I
finished the year with a save percentage of 68. This was the real bright spot
for my season.
I only played in 1 tournament this year which is not what I
had planned but it just worked out that way. It was our men’s amateur. I ended
up being in the first flight playing against guys with caps from scratch to 8.
I was at an 8 at the time; I didn’t have much of a chance at the low gross but
did manage a low net prize. I won 6th low net; there were 6 low
gross and 6 low net prizes for each flight. I played really well with the
exception of 3 holes over the 2 day event. I shot 81 on both days which was
only 1 shot over my cap (respectable). I had trouble on #1, 2, 3, on those 3
holes I was 11 over par in 2 days. They just killed me, and yes it was all in
my head. My mentalgame was out of whack for sure.
Well that about raps it up for me. I can’t wait until next
season. I have purchased a membership at a place called Urban Golf links. They
have an indoor practise range equipped with video camera and laser launch
monitors, it’s so cool. They have 6 stalls set up like this. I plan on getting
a head start on next season.
How was your season?
TheGolfaholic
