Phil and I went and played at the Walden Country Club in Crofton. For me, that’s the tenth round of the year at seven different courses. We played from the gold tees with 5,176 yards and a course rating and slope of 65.2 and 115, just slightly harder than the gold tees at our “home” course. Bowie. Our final scores, 101 for me and 100 for Phil would suggest that the course is harder than that. The main difference it that Walden has a lot more places to get into trouble than Bowie does. Only a few holes have any significant trouble. If you hit it straight, even if it’s not long, you should be fine at Walden.
I also struggled with the putter, with the yips coming back. If you’re afraid they might be contagious, you might not want to watch the video. As you’d expect with those scores, there weren’t any birdies and only six pars between the two of us. For me, there were 4 pars, 6 bogeys, 3 double bogeys, 4 triple bogeys and one 6x bogey (an 11 on a par 5 – what’s that called?).
Here’s the video for the brave.
Next up (#8 of 100) is the Bay Hills Golf Club in Arnold.