Played the Bowie Golf Club today with Phil, Willis and John. For those of you hoping the new course layout is in play, you’ll be mostly disappointed as #1 and #9 continue to play short, though #18 is now playing as a short par 5 (but still dangerous as Barry – in the other foursome – put two tee shots into the driving range). The good news for those of us playing was the weather with temps in the upper 70s and cloudy – substantially cooler than it’s been in a couple of weeks.
My game struggled right out of the gate. That seems to happen more often when we tee off on the 10th hole first and today was no exception. Teed off with a 4-wood and hit it into a sand trap – and Bowie’s sand traps are no picnic. With just 85 yards left, I hit it thin over the green, chipped back and three-putted for a double bogey. It was a roller-coaster for the next five holes, making par, double, par, triple, and double bogey. Finished up with par, par and par to card a 45. A little on the high side for someone alleged to be about a 17.3 handicap.
Fortunately, the second (front) nine was much more kind to me, hitting 7 of 9 greens in regulation and only three-putting once. Par, birdie, bogey, par, bogey, par, bogey, par and par resulted in a two over 36 for a total score of 81.
My highlight was a 234 yard tee shot on #11 that got me a shot at the green on the par 5 that has long vexxed me. The lowlight was a four-putt and triple bogey on #14.
Here’s my scorecard. After round notations are in red. Clayt
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