There must be 50 ways to suck at golf
Really, a number of things went right today on the front nine at Robert T. Lynch in Brookline. Six decent tee shots. Only 30 strokes from within 100 yards. Three decent recoveries out of three attempts. Only one really poorly struck ball. And yet … double bogey, double bogey, triple bogey, bogey, bogey, double bogey, quadruple bogey, bogey, double bogey. Eighteen over par, 54 strokes total. What happened?
I lost four strokes to wildness right off the bat. My tee shot on one was lost in the woods and my approach on two (after a great tee shot) went out of bounds – both right. And then my putter went on strike. I had two three-putts, a four-putt, and a five-putt, making only 9 of 17 makeable putts for the round. (Two of the missed putts were impatient jabs from about two feet.)
If I make all the makeable putts and keep those two balls in play I’m looking at a 42. If, if, if …
Next outing is Saturday morning. I will be spending a lot of time on the practice green before that round!
