Date: 10 Oct 2006 23:15:24
From: Wayne
Subject: Last round of 2006
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Got out for my last round of the year today. Interesting year all told,
especially today.
Forgot my putter at home - had to borrow playing partner's. Oops.
Holed a double-hit chip. Actually, I was trying to blade it from up against
the collar, it hopped straight up and I caught it again, but it rolled
right in the centre. A different way to get it up and down, I guess.
Lipped out a chip for bogey on 8 and holed a 40 footer for double on 14.
Ended up with an 82 on the 74.2/143 Forest City National track, which is not
all that bad considering I've been battling a sinus infection for the past
two weeks and had prepared for the round by spending those two weeks lying
on the couch. One lonely birdie on 10 with an up and down that made it
worthwhile heading out there. And the last swing of the year was a
beautiful high 4-iron, err wedge from 200 yards that went right over the
stick.
2006 stats:
First round: April 16
Last round: 10
Total rounds: 18
Index at start of year: 3.1
Index at end of year: 2.5 (lost a -0.9 diff today so it went from 2.0)
Low score: 72 (1.2 diff)
High score: 87 (10.1 diff)
I got new irons before the year began and still don't feel completely
comfortable with them. Went from the crazy off-set Dynacraft DFS irons to
the much less off-set Wishon 752tc irons. Still not completely used to
having less off-set (had Ping Eye 2s for 10 years before the DFSs). Found
the ball went higher and I had more weak flares to the right than I had in
the past. Something that will come around, I'm sure. I'll probably go
back to the clubmaker over the winter and do a little tinkering with them,
at least make sure they're still a good fit for me. They also have shafts
that are about a quarter to a half inch longer than what I had before and I
hit a lot more fat shots than I ever had in the past.
Overall, I'm relatively pleased with the year. Considering how little I
play and that I never practise (saw the range maybe 4 times this year), I
still manage to play some decent golf on occasion. Just sad to see another
golf season end.
Wayne
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