July 17th Round

After two weeks away from the game for a visit to Ottawa, I was back on the course yesterday night. A game with my wife and another couple over at Legends (Traditions/Champions rotation). I wasn't expecting anything great, and I lived up to my expectations. Although, there were moments of greatness, there were also moments of absolute tragedy. Just as a side note, I'm really starting to love this new Champions nine at Legends - creative hole lay-out, multiple tee boxes, big greens, and many challenges. The 9th hole is a bit of a strange one, and I just haven't figured out a good strategy on how to play it yet, but other than that - it's a fantastic nine.

5 hour round (late Saturday, can't expect better), +24C, 15 km/hr NW winds, swirling N and E at times, diminishing to 9 km/hr by the 12th hole. Sunny.

Round Totals:
Gross Score: 94 (44/50)
Net Score: 79

Stats:
Putts: 31
3 putts: 2

Birdies: 1
Pars: 6
Bogeys: 5
Doubles: 3
Others : 3 (one of each - triple, quad and quint)
Penalties: 7 (this is tough stat today)

Fairways hit: 6/14 (42%)
Greens in regulation: 5/18 (27%)

Highlights - a "good" start (aside from a triple on the 1st - but I went from the car to the tee box, so I'll call it a warm-up triple) After that though, just 5 over on holes 2-9 with two doubles! A nice high par count throughout the round, and good solid putting and chipping for the most part. Driver was also OK - really, save for 3 really bad holes, it was a good round.

Lowlights - the quint on 18 - two penalties, a fluffed chip and 3 puts. Lost a lot of balls to water today - 7 in total.

Will be playing a fair bit now that we are home - weather permitting. Edmonton has be plagued by rain this July. We've gone from drought to drowning this year. We had to cancel our lessons due to rain before we left, so we are looking forward to getting those rescheduled.