Headed back out to the Bowie Golf Club for a round of winter golf with Barry, Mac and Jay; Barry and I hitting from the golds and Mac and Jay from the whites. It was a bright, sunny day with temperature rising from 41 to 61 by the end of the round.
Bowie is currently playing as a par 68 according to the Maryland State Golf Association website, rather than the par 70 reflected on the scorecard, caused by temporary tees on #1 and #9 (see Course Review). Even though this is the off-season in Maryland for purposes of adding scores, the geek in me was interested in the Bowie course rating being lowered to 62.3 and the slope to 105 for the golf tees. The GHIN bogey rating is 81.7 so my score was right on target today, shooting an 81 with my 18.0 estimated handicap. An excellent front with a 36 and a mediocre back with a 45. Six triple putts didn’t help the score.
Other than being a beautiful January day, the wildlife were active, with the ever present geese and squirrels, but not in a distracting way. The company was good and our foursome wasn’t slowed by the group in front of us and we didn’t slow down the group behind, taking just under 4 hours to complete the round.
Recommend you get out soon. I’m going to try to get out twice next week, once with the “usual suspects” on Wednesday and possibly my fourth course on my way to 100 on another day. Will have to look at the weather forecast to pick a day.
