3Jack Golf Round - 9.24.12 - FSGA Mid-Am Qualifer

Course: Legacy Club @ Alaqua Lakes

Stimp: 11

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Driver: Wishon 919THI 10-degrees

3-wood: Wishon 949MC 15-degrees

Hybrid: Wishon 775HS 18-degrees

4 iron: Wishon 555C (cavity back)

5-iron thru AW: Wishon 555M

SW: Edel Golf digger grind 55-degrees

LW: Edel Golf digger gring 60-degrees

Putter: Edel Golf Columbia (34" long)

This became my 2nd time gambling in the FSGA Mid-Am qualifier, having certified final yr with a 74 ( 2) at Shingle Creek. Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes is a very best golf path. If I have one gripe towards it it's that it's a private membership. One can get a tee time on TeeTimesUSA.Com, but it is a $ninety two green fee. So what occurred is that there had been about 10 golfers gambling within the qualifier who have been members of the membership and have lots extra revel in gambling there than the rest of the sector.

The route got here a long way due to the fact that my Saturday exercise spherical. I tend to believe that September is the most hard time for Central Florida path because of the day by day rainfalls never giving publications time to get better from all of the precipitation. On the practice round Saturday it changed into still fairly gentle and a number of photographs were plugging, but we did not have a problem with that nowadays and I concept the course and the veggies have been in incredible condition for this time of yr.

I performed in a 2-some with some other golfer and we started on #10. My riding became a good deal progressed because the state amateur qualifier and I shot sixty nine (-3) in a practice round. However, I was a bit shaky with the putter.

#10: This was a bit of a toe-hook that went up against the lip of the fairway bunker. I then hit a SW to just get it into the fairway, but I hit it too far and went into the rough. I then hit a LW to about 20 feet. I just missed the first putt, but missed a 2-foot comebacker and 3-putter for double bogey (+2)

#11: This was a bit of a pull with the driver into the woods. I had 2 avenues that I could take, one that would be a pitch shot that would leave me with a 150 yard approach shot. The other would be a tougher shot thru some trees, but would be me to about 90 yards. I took the latter route and hit a nice shot that wound up 88-yards away. I then hit a LW to 10-feet and made the birdie putt, even though I pushed the putt a tad (+1)

#12: I could not see this one fly, but the yardage said 171 and I felt like I hit it well and it came up short. The weather was 'only' 69-degrees and from there I could gauge that the lower temperature along with the humidity was causing the ball to fly a little shorter.

Thankfully, I walked as much as the flag and I noticed that the ball turned into going to financial institution hard off right aspect of the green. So I performed the pitch nicely to the right and wound as much as approximately 3-ft and canned the par shop ( 1)

#13: Another crappy swing with the driver and I hit a low pull draw into the rough. This was important because the hole played about 450 yards, thus it was likely the drive was going to end up in the Danger Zone.

It did and I hit a five-iron pretty well, but a piece of a closed face caused the ball to attract and omit left. A first rate chip with a LW to 5-ft and this was a putt I had at interior left side because the % of slope on the putt was almost perfectly flat and from time to time the ones are the maximum difficult to study. However, I hit the putt flawlessly and drained the par shop ( 1)

#14: Worst swing with the driver, yet and hooked it into the woods. Pitched out, but again; too hard and into the rough. Caught a SW fat and missed the green short. I then nuked a SW on a pitch shot about 15-feet bye and 2-putted for double bogey (+3)

#15: finally hit a nice driver. I pushed it a little, but it carried the trees and found the fairway. I then crushed a 3-wood from a downhill lie over a tree and it...hit the lip of the bunker and stayed there. If it goes about 1-foot further, I'm up near the green. I then hit it as hard as I could and got it out.

Then pitched to ten-toes and just neglected the par shop and made bogey. A real heartbreaking 2-stroke swing ( 4)

#16: Blasted a driver down the middle. Then a 9-iron to 10-feet. Just missed the birdie putt because I pushed it, but missed the 2-footer coming back and made bogey. Real lousy job there (+5)

#17: Poor swing with an 8-iron and missed the green right. Weak chip to 15-feet and hit a great putt that hung on the edge and made bogey (+6)

#18: At this point I was just like 'screw it' and trying to make birdies, so I took driver out on a hole that I would usually hit 3-wood off the tee. I hit this one well, but pushed it into the woods. Hit out to 90 yards. Then a LW to 15-feet. First putt was on line, but 3-feet short. Made the bogey save (+7)

#1: I think my ball position was a problem off the tee as I noticed after this tee shot that my ball position was too far back. And I wound up hitting an ugly steer push into the woods. Chipped out, but again, too far and into the rough.

Of direction, I wasn't paying interest an excessive amount of because the palmetto was scraping towards my leg. Now I had no shot as I become within the lengthy tough and on a sidehill lie. I hit that shot obtainable to 50 yards to the flag. Hit a SW to 10-ft, but made this bogey shop ( 8)

#2: Another ugly swing and pulled it into the bunker, short siding myself. Hit a nice bunker blast to 6-feet and made the par save (+8)

#3: Best drive of the day ripped down the middle. I choked up on my gap wedge and hit a nice shot to 10-feet. Putt never broke as much as I thought and made par (+8)

#4: Another good driver down the right side. Had a semi-difficult lie, but hit a 3-wood pretty well to about 50-yards to the pin. They had a very difficult pin position and I thought I hit a good LW, but could not get it to stop and wound up with a 20-foot putt. I had this breaking at 21 inches to the right and drained the birdie (+7)

#5: Smoked a driver down the middle. Little weird shot because the lie was slightly downhill and it was difficult to gauge the wind which had just picked up. I hit a 9-iron that felt a little high on the face and it went to 30 feet. I was near the low anchor and had the read, but I pulled it and 2-putted for par (+7)

#6: Flushed a 4-iron to 20-feet. Hit a good putt, but too hard. Missed a 3-footer coming back and made bogey (+8)

#7: Hit this drive well, but pushed it a bit and went into the right rough. Hit it out with a 7-iron. Had a 9-iron with an uphill lie into the wind. I think it went so high that it came down with frost on it. I then drained a 25-footer to make birdie (+7)

#8: Smashed a driver down the middle. Choked up on a 8-iron and flushed it to a few inches and kicked in for birdie (+6)

#9: Pushed a driver a tad into the right rough. It was not an easy shot with the lie, but I hit it over the flag, just too far and all the way to the back of the green. Slick, downhill putt from 35-feet that I hit to 5-feet short, but made the par save (+6)

THOUGHTS: Obviously disappointing, but I did make a nice comeback. My last 2 rounds of competitive golf have been my highest scores of the year, so it was nice comeback here and avoid that from happening.

That being said, my nerves genuinely were given the first-rate of me on the primary 9 holes and if the ones can not be controlled, I'll hold to run into the same problems. I suppose it requires a lot better mental preperation beginning with greater mental awareness in practice and casual rounds of golf. Furthermore, I suppose I want to take my blood stress remedy before the spherical in place of taking it at 10 am when I commonly take them.

I suppose placing sensible I even have a few problems going from my typical gradual veggies to the faster greens I play in these tournaments, however nonetheless it's some nerves troubles. I hit lots of true putts and make a number of right putts, but then pass over too many easy putts.

35-43=78 ( 6)

7/14 fairways

9/18 greens

31 putts

7 impeded pictures

-2 on par-5's

2 on par-3's

6 on par-four's

3JACK