3Jack Round 7.31.12 FSGA Amateur Qualifier

Course: Metrowest GC

Stimp: 10.5

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Driver: Wishon 919THI 10* loft, UST Mamiya ProForce VTS Silver 6x shaft

3-wood: Wishon 949MC 15* loft, UST Mamiya ProForce VTS Red 7x shaft

Hybrid: Wishon 775HS, 18* loft, Wishon Gold Tour Hybrid shaft (stiff)

4-iron: Wishon 555C, standard loft, Wishon Stepless Steel shaft (stiff)

5-AW: Wishon 555M, standard loft, Wishon Stepless Steel shaft (stiff)

SW: Cleveland Reg. 588, 55* loft, 16* bounce, Tour Concept Wedge shaft

LW: Edel Gold Digger Grind, 60* loft, 27* bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold SL shaft

Going into the qualifier I concept that underneath part at Metrowest would possibly qualify. I had played Metrowest about 8 exceptional times and struggled on 7 of the rounds, however controlled to keep the ratings among seventy four-78. In the month main to the qualifier I began to hit the irons fantastically. I become flagging about 3-4 pictures a spherical, coming very close to making a hollow-in-one or jarring an eagle on a couple of occasions.

What changed into killing me was the motive force, however I turned into greater inconsistent than whatever. I would have plenty of times in which the the front nine would be a disaster driving the ball, then I might start to 'get it' at the again nine and suppose I become cured, best to copy the same sequence in the next spherical. Or I could go to the range thinking I had resolved the issue and sometimes I could hit the driving force tremendous and different rounds it might be a nightmare.

My putting certainly started out to come back around, mainly with using the AimPoint bubble which virtually helped diagnose where I make mistakes (analyzing an excessive amount of ruin and too much slope). And the quick game was getting absolutely true within the last 2 weeks.

I knew going into the event my fulfillment become going to return right down to how properly I hit the driver and the lengthy irons.

#10 - Nervous, I snap hook a driving force so bad that it become effortlessly my worst power all yr lengthy. I then just hacked a 7-iron out of the deep tough about a hundred yards or so. I then became considering looking to get the ball in variety to make bogey. I attempted hitting a hybrid across the all righttree, however it caught the tree and kicked out sideways.

Now, I figured I may as nicely get as near the green as I ought to and I hit a three-timber from a lie underneath my feet. This one cuts and is going into the bunker well faraway from the inexperienced. Now I actually have a terrible lie inside the bunker and might most effective manage to hit the ball into the alternative bunker.

I then blast a bunker shot to ten-toes. I had the read at three-inches and had the line, but left it 6-inches short and make triple ( 3)

#11 - I hit a unpleasant low draw that unearths the golf green bunker. I hit a great fairway bunker shot with a SW to 25 feet. I had the read at 14-inches right and I simply burned the edge and tapped in for par ( three)

#12 - I attempted to aim greater down the proper facet to play for my left driving force. Again, I hit a low pull-draw form of driving force. I had a very hard shot because the 8-iron changed into a hard lie and I could must draw it around a tree. Instead, I decided to play for the right facet of the inexperienced and I ignored a bit proper and a touch short. That became greater of the road of questioning I ought to have had on #10.

Even even though I had a whole lot of inexperienced in front of me, I hit a pleasing PW chip to about 3-feet and tired the par putt ( 3)

#13 - New hole, same music. This time I find some other left fairway bunker. I had a tough shot and a difficult lie and hit a truly suitable 5-iron out of there, but it located the greenside bunker. There turned into now not tons room to paintings with and the lie in the greenside bunker was crap, so I hit it quite nicely but it rolled past the pin and 2-putted for bogey ( 4)

#14 - Ugly motive force that reduce a little, but observed the green. Decided to put up seeing that I could not get there and flushed a 5-iron to one hundred ten yards. Hit a SW to about 30-toes on a tough shot to the inexperienced. I then had the study at zero and the examine become genuine, I just missed via approximately 2-inches short and made par ( 4)

#15 - When your four and you can not hit your motive force, however hit your irons properly, I commenced to think about going for flags at the par-3's, regardless of pin vicinity. I flushed an eight-iron to fifteen-ft. This changed into a putt that changed into at 60* up after which flattened out. I over-read the 2nd part of the putt and missed excessive and made par ( four)

#16 - Another low pull draw into a left fairway bunker. I hit a very good 7-iron that drew simply left of the green. I hit a Rule of 12 chip (nine-iron) perfectly to 2-toes and tapped in for par ( four)

#17 - Again, I became thinking about going for the flag. I hit the 5-iron well, a touch left, however it went long of the inexperienced besides. I then hit a SW chip to approximately 4-toes and stored par ( 4)

#18 - This was an unpleasant hook, however it determined the golf green and was in properly form. Here I bailed on a PW and observed the left greenside bunker. I hit a great blast to six-feet and had the read, however left the putt short (bad stroke). And made a bogey ( 5)

#1 - I knew on the flip I became not searching accurate. The real killer is that I couldn't hit the driving force, so my odds of making birdie had been sincerely reduced. When you may hit the motive force, you may begin to put yourself in position to perform a little things. When you cannot hit the motive force, par-5's grow to be nearly not possible.

Here I snap-hooked a driver that discovered the fairway. However, I had a hundred and eighty yards right into a green that generally is supposed for a wedge into it. I flushed a 7-iron onto the inexperienced. Even my gambling accomplice referred to how hard it's far to locate the green from a hundred yards, a good deal much less a hundred and eighty yards. I then had a 30-footer that I assume I might have made if I did not take to each other the toe and I made par ( 5)

#2 - Another snap hook driver. What changed into tough was I become attempting the entirety I should think of so one can no longer shut the face and I did not have this issue with any irons. I then tried to peer if the assault perspective turned into too steep and that failed to work. Then I attempted to prevent from swinging too a long way out to the right and that failed to work. I simply couldn't stop snap hooking the driver.

I wound up with a bad lie and to paintings some bushes. I hit the shot quite properly, but I wound up within the proper greenside bunker. I blasted to five-ft and I had the study at 1-inch and I assume it broke about 4-inches. Must have mis-study the % of slope. ( 6)

#three - Flushed a 4-iron to 18-toes. Probably had a decent read, however hit it too softly and made par ( 6)

#4 - did not quite pull or low hook this one and found the green. But, now I'm deathly frightened of the 3-timber which I do not hit well. Now I actually have a 6-iron into this green, which isn't good. I flush the 6-iron into the wall of the greenside bunker which plugged. Metrowest is infamous for their bunkers desiring repair and considering they have been taken over by means of the Hilton Resorts, they plan to make it the #1 precedence to re-do the bunkers. Well, that doesn't paintings for me right here.

I swing as tough as I can just to get it out. Then I chip on to five-feet and shop bogey ( 7)

#5 - I ultimately said to myself 'we could preserve the face off as a good deal as you can with the driving force.' And voila...I bomb a motive force that just locate the right hard, however an awesome motive force though. I had the space, but the hard lie positioned me pin high and just off the green. Metrowest did not genuinely have a 'fringe', so that you wound up chipping on the fringe because the grass become too lengthy. I simply neglected my 12-foot chip and tapped in for par ( 7)

#6 - I notion about 'preserving the face off' again and crushed this one approximately 310 yards. Both of the golfers I played with have been former collegiate golfers and that changed into the primary time we all hit quite right or higher drives and I just smoked it approximately 25 yards beyond them. I then have PW into the inexperienced and I'm about 1-backyard from ideal....However, it hits the wall of the bunker and plugs again. This time it actually strained my groine a bit just to blast it out of there. I only were given it to transport about a foot or so. I chipped on to 5-feet and to wound up in an antique cup placement that wasn't crammed thoroughly and it simply broke manner left and I made double ( nine)

#7 - This force changed into hit well, but I driven it and it over-reduce too much into the proper fairway bunker. I hit an amazing 9-iron out of there. Then I flushed a 7-iron, hitting it as excessive as I could on the flag. I then lipped out a 15-footer for birdie and made par ( 9)

#8 - Flushed an eight-iron to fifteen-feet. I had the examine at 3-inches. I lipped out, however it changed into a low-side lip out...Meaning if I had hit it tougher it'd have gone in.

#nine - Smoked some other motive force down the center. Too awful it took 14 holes to discern it out. I turned into gutless right here and bailed out right to avoid the water. My first putt from 45 ft went about eight-ft brief. But, I snuck inside the eight-footer so I did not three-putt all day lengthy.

40-forty one=eighty one ( nine)

6/14 fairways

7/18 GIR

31 putts

10 impeded shots

THOUGHTS: Obviously, that became very disappointing as for the 2d tournament in a row, my worst round of the yr befell. And I haven't hit the driving force that awful considering the fact that 2009.

I assume therein lies a part of the difficulty. My exercise classes have been consumed with looking and studying iron swings and ignoring the motive force swing for too long. As a ways as I'm concerned, the driving force is the only suppose on my sport that I have zero reliance on.

I did not think the path changed into overly tough both, even though the rankings had been high and to my surprise, seventy five certified. I suppose the problem was that the golf green grass became actual lengthy and prompted plenty of fliers. I become waiting for that although, however still difficult to get used to hitting your irons half club to a full membership longer than normal. And I could see a golfer having an amazing round ruined with the aid of just missing an method shot and it burying into the wall of the bunker. Hell, I almost injured myself from one in all them.

I was happy with the fact that I putted well and my quick recreation changed into quite sharp despite the reality I do not practice them a lot. That shows to me that my questioning became proper...I can get those up to snuff with less paintings in a shorter amount of time.

So for now, it's again to the drafting board and attempt to get ready for FSGA Mid-Am qualifying in September. And on a very last be aware, I simply want to thank the FSGA for yet again going for walks an elegant match.

3JACK