Aces & Eagles, as of 26-06-10

 

HL O65 League Event #11 (26-06-10) Eagle Scorecard

 Finally Eagled # 3, the shortest Par 4 I've ever played. Hmmmm. Scorecard says 228 Yds, but it's rarely more than 200. . . . but before I get to that . . . 

On the first hole I smashed my drive over the creek (a noteworthy accomplishment only in the Over 65 League) and had 66 yards left. Pulled my approach left, babying it onto the green, then lipped out my birdie.

On the second hole I threaded a beelinedrive thru the traps onto the green with my drive, then 3-putted for par from 44 ft. Did I mention the greens were freshly punctuated for aeration?

On the third hole I hit a slicing line drive to the front right corner of the green, in tall rough,just lately growing in nicely. I flop-shot my ball straight at the pin and shouted "GO IN", and it did.

On the fourth hole I hammerooskied my drive down the left hand side, skirting the woods, so far I had a clear shot around the dogleg at the green, without relying on a fade to keep it in play. I equally hammerooskied my 5wood from 230 to 20 yards short of the green in the unkempt rough. One of those situations where its better to be long than chunk it (IMVHO), but I missed the downhill 12 ft comeback slider.

On the fifth I hit a knockdown 8 iron to the front pin, and I swear it rolled by the pin going right to left, such weird bounces on that green, to about 6 feet. but the perforated greens overcame my birdie effort, there, too. 

On the sixth I tried to soft-peddle a 7wood in with the wind, but it skittered all the way to the back of the green, and my coping with the pegboard green was futile.

On the seventh I weakly tried to get under the big tree blocking the fairway and just left it sort and right of it, on a good number, for my 7iron, but the shot took a circus bounce of the front part of the dance floor to the back right corner, on the collar. Very small chance of making that birdie putt; took all I could do to 2putt.

No longer in my right mind. Too much grind.

On the eighth I pulled the drive into the trees on the left. My only shot was to make a 3 iron safety, and try to run it thru the sandtrap that guards the whole front of the green, and get up and down, but my 3iron blister carried OVER the trap and ran uphill to the back right of the green. From there I pitched on the green to the one soft spot, apparently, and my ball just set right down, leaving me a tetchy 10 foot downhill putt, which I somehow left just short, in the heart.

On the ninth I put a little west-texas-red-ass on my drive and had a clean look at the green from shortiron distance, but it came up just short, practically plugged in the sodden turf. My chip wasn't very good, and the following putts, neither.

So I got another eagle.

Played my ass off, and came away still with only 38.