This week we're playing at Timacuan Golf Course in Lake Mary, Florida. It's a very nice course just outside of Orlando. I teed of #10 at 12:00 EST today. There are definitely some longer holes at Timacuan, and #10 is one of them...especially with firm breeze in your face! I got off to a good start though. I was even par coming into #17 with one birdie and one bogey. I misjudged the wind on my approach shot and left myself with a 45 foot putt for birdie directly into the grain. After playing on some quicker greens, it was hard to make myself hit the ball hard enough to get to the hole, particularly on longer putts into the grain. I left my birdie attempt 12 feet short, and couldn't convert for par. My first and only three putt of the day. On #18 I hit a good drive and a good second shot...too good, in fact. I pulled it a little left, but regardless of direction, it was too much club. I found out the hard way that you should favor the front of 18 green...because there is a hazard just behind the green that I failed to notice during my practice round. I had to drop out of the hazard, but did make a decent chip and great putt to save bogey.
Although I was two over making the turn, I felt (with that previous save for bogey) I had some decent momentum going. Sure enough, my 18 foot putt for birdie on #1 just burned the lip and I tapped in for par! I missed the next green, hit a good chip, but completely and utterly misread my putt for par. I think this is where my mental game gave way. All of the sudden I went from being focused on hitting fairways and greens to being "score" focused. Not good. I missed every following green, with exception of the par 5s (both birdie putts burned the edge & didn't fall). Now although I'm not proud of that statistic, I did make some GREAT up & downs to save par on three of those five par 4s. Needless to say, it was exhausting. It felt like the harder I tried, the more I missed the greens! I finished, carding a 77 for the day. Like I said, while I'm not particularly proud of my score, I am proud that I continued to fight & didn't give up or get down on myself. I'm not sure where my score puts me in relation to the field, but hopefully I can hang in there and come back strong tomorrow! I will definitely commit myself to do a better job of focusing on hitting fairways and greens!
Thanks for checking in and for all of your encouragement via facebook, texts, and this blog!!!! I will be teeing of #1 at 12:50 tomorrow! I'll keep you updated! Thanks again, and have a great night!
Soli Deo Gloria
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