I Shot A 72!
Friday, some friends and I played a little golf at one of our nicer courses in San Antonio, Silverhorn Golf Club. Weather was beautiful (about 75 degrees, a little windy, not a cloud in the sky). Just to give you an idea of my previous golfing experience: I took golf as a Phys Ed credit in college; they only allow so many credits of football to count toward your Phys Ed requirement. I was ok, nothing special…but not bad. Well, it has been about 4 years since I’ve played consistently. And like most things, if you stop doing it, you get rusty. This was painfully evident on Friday. My outing was so ridiculous that I decided by the end of the 3rd hole to keep track of my ACTUAL strokes (as opposed to limiting strokes to just double par) and diagram my tee shot for each hole. So if I played so poorly, how did I shoot a 72? Allow me to demonstrate.
As you can see, I shot a 72 on the front 9. On the scorecard, each tee shot path is traced in red. In some cases, I decided to track the ball beyond the first one. Some notable holes include:
- #3: I aimed left since I’ve got a nice banana, and ended up hitting it straight…over the water and barely cleared it. Possibly my best drive of the day
- #9: As you can see on the scorecard, I drove the ball far right…right into the driving range. Good luck finding that ball.
- #10: This was my best hole, in my humble opinion. I took pics with my camera phone of my progress.
- #11: Grounder into the creek
- #14: Took two shots off the tee. Good thing. The second one went further out of bounds (OB) than the first one.
- #15: My ball never saw anything but the OB until the green. I did manage to get there in 3, but 7 putted to finish with 10 strokes…so I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
- #18: I landed the ball in the adjacent creek (more like a river). Then, after a drop that was certainly against the rules…in the middle of the fairway, I proceeded to knock the crap out of the ball, which landed about 9 feet from the clubhouse.
So, in conclusion…well, there’s not much to say. I’m just a really bad golfer, but I enjoy getting out there esp on days this beautiful. I obviously need to practice…and I will get better. Hopefully next time I post, it’ll be about shooting a 72…at least 2/3 through the course this time.
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May 16th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
wow dude! ok im going to keep track of my first course event and we’ll compare! lol that is, if i make it all the way through!
May 16th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
You’re on! I’m better now, BTW…but not worth writing home about.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
gary says i have to go to the course after 4 times at the range. i’m scared…
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January 20th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Have you tried the Canyon Creek Golf Club just north of there? It’s a bit easier than Silverhorn although not in as good condition. But I’m sure you can hit some better scores and get better without breaking your wallet =)
http://www.golfcoursehunter.com/golf-courses/club/9511/Canyon+Creek+Country+Club/