The Golf Blog: Putting My Way To a 93

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Published: May 4, 2010

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I shot a modest 93 over the weekend on a 6,614-yard course, but the round had potential for so much more.

Surprisingly, my putting was uncharacteristically off and failed me mostly on the back nine.  I'm usually pretty stable with the flat club—strategically playing for two-putts at the most—but this round couldn't have been more up and down.  On two of the first four holes I gently rolled in a 20-foot, right-to-left downhill putt with a six-foot break in for birdie on No. 2.  Then I preceded to watch a 35-foot right-to-left with a 10-foot break sink in for an up-and-down par on No. 4. 

After that, it was downhill.

The round consisted of 37 putts total, including three three-putts and a four-putt on No. 9 which completely blew up my front nine.  With a par I would have made the turn at 41, but instead skulled a three-iron off the cart path and over the green.  From there, with water staring me in the face, and a 40 degree downhill green tensing my muscles, it took me two to get on, and four putts to get in. (I rushed my final two-foot putt and agonized over it until I teed off on No. 11.)

On the back it was nothing but poorly rolled putts and a duff that is still bothering me.  On No. 16 I nailed my driver (which I hit well all day) about 280 and straight. (For the record I was trying to hit a draw into a dogleg left.)  From there I had to hit my second with an oncoming twosome patiently waiting for me to stand and deliver with my four-iron. 

As of late I've taken pride in overcoming any fear in this moment.  But my nerves got the best of me on this occasion.  I hit an anyway, as Dr. Joseph Parent would like to say (an anyway is when you get that uncomfortable feeling over the ball but hit it anyway) and stood in frustration&nb...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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