With the Club Championship looming on the horizon (July 11-13th) I have been trying to get out and tune up the golf game whenever I get a chance. Friday, I snuck out of work and played a round with Damian and a buddy of his. Front nine, I was out of my mind and shot six pars and 3 bogeys for a 39. Easily the best nine holes I have played in a long time save for the 38 I shot at Lakeridge a couple of weeks ago. The problem lies in the other 9 holes. Damian popped off and stated I would probably shoot a 49 on the back, and that is exactly what happened.
The problem with shooting 39 on the front is you begin to believe you are a good golfer, and the specter of breaking 80 jumps to the front of your mind. As I have only broken 80 twice in my life...it is hard to resist the urge to look ahead.
All was holding together until the 13th hole, when I found myself in the trees with no escape, and only bad luck following me. I managed to escape with a double bogey and was 7 over par at that point. Meaning, I had five holes to go, and would now have to par all five to break 80. To put it mildly, I was a little upset with myself for putting myself in that situation.
I teed up the ball on 14 and pulled out the new 3-wood I had gotten for Christmas to hit a very easy tee shot onto a fairly simple par 4. I drew back, and completely missed the ball on my swing. This means, that although the ball never moved, I still have to count the stroke. Blood pressure is rising as I take another swing. I almost completely miss the ball again, and bounce it lazily just off the end of the tee box. Golf etiquette dictates that one must throw the club of choice at this point. As I had the new 3-wood in my hands, it became the club of choice. There was a sickening sound of graphite snapping as the head of the club parted ways with the shaft. Isn't that nice...now I will be out $50 or $60 to get the club repaired, in addition to pissing away a good round. The potential sub 80 became an 88 by the time it was all over.
Even worse, now as I prepare for the club championship, I will have to rely on the old, dusty persimmon wooden 3-wood for the duration. On a good note, I went out today with said club, and shot 84. Perhaps persimmon will prove to be the technology of the future after all.
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You tightwad!! You're probably still playing with the same set of clubs you had the last time we played together. Everyone knows that your score is inversely proportional to the amount of money spent at Golf Galaxy. Buy yourself a decent matching set of clubs to replace the set of illegitimate bastards in your bag... and while your at it, make sure they are all sized properly so you don't whiff. Dufus...
Nice try, Shoeless. But it aint gonna happen. In the three years that I have known Batman, I don't think I have ever even seen him in a new SHIRT. The key is to get Khiva to ask for the golf clubs...that's the only way you're ever gonna see a set of matching shiny things protruding from Batman's golf bag.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Persimmons.
I still don't understand how you play golf with them, though.
Geesh! You just bought the wife an iPhone, which is now out of date since the G3's have come out. Burns me up... we bought ours 6 months ago. Had we waited 6 months we would have spent $200 less AND gotten more phone! But, I digress. The point is, go out and buy yourself a nice club to replace the one you broke... or even better... got out and buy yourself a whole set. Your dog wrangling abilities alone make you worth it.
Glad you back, btw.
Shoeless, you equipment hack, there is absolutely nothing wrong with hickory shaft clubs.
I'll have you know my irons are no more than 10 years old, with a few of the shafts newer than that (they keep snapping somehow). My driver is only 4 or 5 years old, and the three wood in question was less than six months old. (Of course, it was a gift from The Wallet at Christmas to replace the older 3-wood that oddly enough, got broken on the same hole.)
In the case of each, the face of the club has hardly been used at all. On the day I can legitimately blame my game on these clubs, and not on my own stupidity, I will replace them.
OH! What a hoot! I changed my log in name for blogger from my "first" name to Booy. I have two blogger accounts, one I use for everyday dealings with work, school, other parents, Boy Scouts, and so on. Occasionally, I forget to sign out and sign back in as Elaine... Then I have to delete the comment later. Well, now I don't have to that. I did not notice I had posted under Booy... came here and couldn't "find myself." I'll bet I confused a few people.
Billy-Billy-Billy-Billy-Billy, it's not about assigning blame, it's about using technology and science to your advantage. Surely an astute engineer as yourself can appreciate the advance made in the past few years. If you get yourself one of them toasters-on-a-stick, you'll never have to worry about missing the ball off the tee again. Buy on of those hybrids, and you can throw away half of the other clubs in your bag, which has the double benefit of reducing your bag weight and lessing the risk of pulling out the wrong club. Cavity back irons are like using tennis rackets. Stop worrying about missing the sweetspot. Besides, ten years of your kind of West Texas wear-and-tear would %#%@-up an anvil.
Spend some money, Billy. DOOOO IT!!!
Buy some damn new golf clubs. I hear Neiman Marcus has some on sale.
I keep expecting to come back here & find a post about the Fourth Up North. Maybe because you did one last year. Maybe because I am bored and am therefore desperate to connect with someone in my life who makes the neurons in my brain fire.
This is your brain. This is your brain on Billyfish. Any questions?
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