My own round of golf.

Well hell! I have been posting my guesses on the Accenture, and forgot to post about my own golfing.

I bought a new set of Nike Victory Red Irons. I had no idea they were the new irons being touted by Tiger. He plays the 'blades' while I play the full cavities.

We went out on Sunday and played 18 at the Pines. It was fairly cold, about 50 with a 10 to 15MPH wind that seemed to come up and down randomly.

I shot a 116 which is my worst out the last three times I went. However, it was a failure across all the clubs.

First tee I spent 3 strokes in the woods. Actually had one go behind me after hitting a tree. Second shot went into the bank of another tee box. Got up and down though pretty well.

Second tee was another one where my tee shot just sucked. First one was lost to the right. Second one in the trees. Third shot stayed in the trees as well.

My round actually fell apart the worst coming down the end of the first 9. I was 6 strokes over those last 4 holes the last time I played.

I hit one in the water on a par 3, with my follow up going over a bowled green.

I did end up with two par holes, which was the first for me (having two in one round). Those came on the back 9 where I shot a 56.

My best hole was a long (for me) par 4 with a water carry before the green plateau. Driver off the tee for about 200 yards, then a 3 wood for 190. Setup a nice 7 iron to the green where I putted in for par.

Went back out this week a couple of times to the driving range to give me some more time with the new clubs. Realized that a smooth, less arm muscled swing makes the difference. Being a tech goober, I went into Google Earth and 'played' the holes using my yardage. It's possible with two putts on every green for me to shoot a 73. That's with a 200 yard driver, and 6 iron at 130 yards. Accuracy is soo much more important then distance. I am going to take that to the course next time. I think I can break 100 with this new knowledge.

Dad broke 100 for the second time as well. Two more rounds and we can have official handicaps. Being even more of a geek, I have an excel sheet with auto calculating handicaps based on all the local courses. =)