Thanks Mark... I hate to admit that I figured the course out by playing very timid golf. I played 3-woods off some of the longer par 4's, just to keep the ball in the fairway, took one club less than I thought I should many times for approaches to avoid run-through, and took 20% off the distance my instincts were telling me I should use for putt strength. I left a lot of putts short doing this, but I was usually left with a par putt of 3 feet or less when doing so.vader29 wrote:Congrats John, don't know how you did it but good for you for figuring that course out.
I had two of the "ball rolls back to your feet" situations when leaving a couple of chips short, but skated out with bogeys in both cases. There was one pin placement in the final round that was just insane. I hit my birdie putt just past the hole, it stopped, and then rolled back 12 feet toward me.
I made the 12 footer coming back for par, but it just felt weird. It was things like this that made me rate the course a 4 star, as opposed to a 5. It looks great and plays great until you get to the greens. I don't want to play my next tournament as cowardly as I played this one though. It was like being given the keys to a Ferrari 488GTB at Monza, and then taking it out and averaging 80 MPH. Yeah, I'd be able to keep it on the track, but it wouldn't trigger an adrenaline rush.
Hit 'em straight, fellas.
