I had my first eagle ever last night, subbing at the Oaks. It was on the first hole we played which was the 4th. It is an uphill par 5, usually playing 526 from the black tees but the tees were up yesterday, probably only playing about 480.
I hit a fairly good drive that must have caught a downslope and rolled quite aways. I ended up just on the right edge of the fairway, about 186 yards out. I took out a 5 iron and hit it nice and smooth. I knew it had a great line on it but since the green is so much higher and has bunkers in front of it I couldn't tell where it ended up.
As I walked around the bunkers I saw a ball on the green and as I got closer I realized it was actually pretty damn close to the pin. Ended up only being 3 feet away. Buried the putt for a 3. Not too long ago I gagged one from similar range so I was happy to get that one down.
Of course, from that point on I was mostly crap. I ended up 3 putting for double from short range on the next hole, then falling apart on the next for a snowman. I ended up shooting a 50 taking double, triple and quad on the par 4's while going bogey, double and triple on the par 3's. I was -1 on the par 5's (eagle, par, bogey).
Oh well, those greens are really tough and I 3 putted 3 times. I also 1 putted 4 times so it wasn't really a putting problem as much as putting myself into some bad situations and losing a couple balls.
And while I realize that 85 is not a hot temperature, the humidity and lack of any breeze at all made it miserable. We were all completely soaked after 2 holes. No matter what you did you couldn't dry off. Made it difficult to hang on to the club because you couldn't keep your hands dry. Might have been better to wear two gloves but it was so hot I could barely stand having one glove on. Oh well.
The Brewers and Cubs both lost last night, while the Cards won again to cut the Brewers lead over them to 7 games. I don't think the Cards have enough pitching to seriously make a run but I thought the same thing last year, even when they had Chris Carpenter still. I guess I can't count them out as they are the defending WS champs.
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- adubya
- I'm a software engineer and own my own consulting firm. I also work for harQen, the parent company for VoiceScreener.com and ComicWonder.com. I enjoy almost all sports and play hockey, golf and bowl (is that a sport?). I love beer and my big screen tv (in HD). I like movies, especially action and comedy, and have an extensive DVD collection.
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That is that two tiered green? Way way up hill? Nice job!
Ans yes - you CAN count the defending WS champs out - I mean honestly - LOOK at their team! And then try not to laugh.
It was a pretty lucky shot that the pin happened to be where my ball stopped. It's not like I could tell where it was. I could only see the top of the flag and just tried to hit it in that direction.
Don't go counting your chickens before they hatch. If the Cards somehow find a magical cure for their pitching and the Brewers and Cubs go into a swan dive they could be right there.
Kick ass. Here's to many more.
Congrats on you Eagle! Wow, when I first started reading I figured it was going to be one of those put it in on your approach shot from 150 yards out, but it was a what I'd call a true eagle! Now you have to get a hole in one!
I'll never get a hole in one. Of course I never thought I'd get a 300 game either. Who knows, just takes one lucky shot.
My goal for the rest of the year is to break 80.
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