Wednesday’s round at Colovista was mixed. On the good side, I hit several drives around 300 yards and straight, and averaged about 260 on the round. On the bad side, I 3-putted too many of their fast greens. Then, to make it worse, the greens on the back nine hadn’t been mowed that day. So, they were kinda fuzzy, and a little slower than the front.
I find it hard to play a course with fast, soft greens after playing regularly on my home course. I know I have to leave the ball short here to get it close to the hole. At Colovista, when my ball hit the green, it stopped. It took some adjustment…more than it should have. The 15th hole had a 120-foot drop to the green. We all played two balls from the back tee just for grins. It is a 190-yard hole, and we tried everything from 7 iron to 3 iron. Three of the eight balls hit the green. One of them actually bounced! It was an experience.
My swing deserted me this morning, though. I hit really good drives on the first two holes, then didn’t hit another the whole round. It was colder than it has been, and the extra clothing and stiffer joints combined to destroy me. It was really frustrating because I’ve seen steady improvement over the last two weeks, and today it just disappeared. I’ve brought my handicap down from eighteen to fifteen this last month, so I guess I was due for a bad round.
Our weekend group plays a team format with everyone who signs up. After all have teed off, the manager puts names into the computer, which does a sort to select teams. So, you don’t know who your teammates are until you finish. Well, the program acts up, so I’ve started working on a new one in Visual Basic. As I started, though, I realized I no longer know VB well enough to just sit down and write the program (a pretty simple sort routine). So, this afternoon, I dig back in the book and get it done!