Today, we played 18 holes at New Salisbury Golf Course, which is a 9-hole course. I started off with a bang. Honestly, I teed off on the first hole, and BANG, it went out into some trees down the righthand side. I shot 10 on the first, and 10 again on the 3rd.
The story of the 3rd hole went something like this: I sliced over into the tree line. I hit an iron shot into a tree, it bounced back towards me, repeat. Repeat again. Repeat again. Finally, I got out near the green.
On 4, something amazing happened. I introduced myself to my 7-iron. I honestly can't remember ever using it before. I was able to do with it what I think you're supposed to be able to do with it: I got it up in the air. From then on, I used the 7-iron a lot. I managed to play better than I usually do on the 5th hole there. I shot 8. From there on, I shot 7 strokes for every hole on the front nine. One of those is a par 3, so 7 isn't great, obviously. Still, play was fairly consistent after 5.
On 9, I had perhaps the best tee shot I've ever had, not only did it go straight, but it ended up on the tee side of the a sand bunker 40 feet or so from the green. Then, in spite of myself, I botched my chip shot, and ended up under some trees anyway.
I finished the front nine at 71. That matched my mark from a week earlier when we played 9 on the same course.
Then, we started the back nine. I bogeyed the first two holes. Unconventionally, on the 10th (first) hole. I played all the way down on the wrong side of the tree line, but I got there just the same. The back nine I had 2 bogeys, 2 double-bogeys, and 5 3-overs. 21 over.
That's right, I shot 56 on the back nine, a new best for 9 holes by 9 strokes (because the one I haven't written about, I scored 65).
That makes my total for 18 127. Which is also a new best. Perhaps I'm not so much lousy as just a rookie.
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