111 with a birdie and two pars

Dad and I played the Oaks on Sunday. We were able to get all 18 holes in without any rain. There was a lot of hate in the clouds around us, but it remained dry the whole time.

I had a great day on the course. I know 111 isn't a great score, but it doesn't completely reflect the change in how I played from my previous rounds on the Pines. I played double bogey golf with some errant holes on both sides of the scoring line to make the score what it was.

The Oaks course was not in good shape. Stepping back a bit, and realizing it was 'only' $40.00 to play it wasn't horrible. However the greens were in rough shape. Missing grass, noticeable patching of the greens, all the hole plugs visible. Most of the grass was brown. Someone told me that the Oaks had room for 14 holes, but they put 18 in anyways. I would agree with that. We played 18 holes in 3 hours. Only bumping up against the foursome in front of us two or three times. We were only rushed on one hole. However, with fairways separated by a single line of oaks, there was some delays as balls crossed fairways. It's obvious that little attention is being paid to this course when compared with pines. Still, $40.00 is pretty cheap, and it is a muni. The Oaks is a more challenging course than the pines, but it's also uglier and more claustrophobic

Not a complete play by play, but here's the day:
1st - Par 5 - 7 - 90 degree in mid air drive which just cleared the girl tee into the woods. Batted a couple shots in the trees then made it to the green with a good putt.
2nd - Par 3 - 4
3rd - Par 4 - 7 (Putting - extra approach)
4th - Par 5 - 11 - OMG, this hole was insanely aggravating. I hit a decent drive, but it clipped the top of a tree, and sent my ball into some fir trees and against a net. I punched out into another tree which ricocheted into the neighboring fairway. Two more shots off their fairway to get back onto mine. Infuriating because the shot that finally made it through the trees landed in a fairway bunker. I clipped the shot high on the ball sending it wide right of the hole. Two chips on to the green.
5th - Par 4 - 4 - First par of the day, and glad to get it after the previous hole
6th - Par 4 - 5 (Putting)
7th - Par 3 - 7 - Out of bounds on the first shot. Hitting 4 to get on the green...
8th - Par 4 - 6 - This was actually a saved double bogey. I hoseled my second shot bad.
9th - Par 4 - 5 - (Putting)
Out in 56
10th - Par 4 - 6 (Approach and putting)
11th - Par 4 - 9 - Another one where I played the wrong fairway. There are three water traps on this one. Two were dried up, but I ended up missing all of them. Once i got to the green, I just played ping pong with the edges of the green and chipping. Lost three strokes to chasing the chip.
12th - Par 5 - 5 - Woohoo! Second Par on the second hardest hole of the course. Great drive which clipped the corner. I didn't have a club to get me on the green, so I went down a bit hoping to come 80yards short of the hole to give me an approach shot I am comfortable with. I nailed it, but didn't know there was water (hidden by a hill). Luckily the course was in such bad shape the water receded enough I could still play it. I punched it out of the water to the edge of the green, chip and a putt and I was out!
13th - Par 3 - 6 - Silly hole for me. Pin high but way left, then chipped around the green a few time for no reason...
14th - Par 4 - 5 - This one was amusing only because my drive was 80 yards off the hosel. I hit a 3 wood to within 20 yards of the hole.
15th - Par 4 - 5
16th - Par 4 - 8 - Horrid drive, good second shot, but right behind a tree. Third shot clipped the tree. 4th was a punch out. On the green with the 5th, 3 putt.. =(
17th - Par 3 - 2 - First birdie for me. It's a short (118) Par 3. Pin was in the front. I landed my ball in the middle of the green (inch behind the middle pin position) and was able to sink a 20 ft putt. The last 1/4" of rotation it had left was in the hole.
18th - Par 5 - 9 - Not a great ending. I had dialed in (mostly) my driver and hybrid. I had a great drive, but somehow wildly shanked to the right into the woods. Third shot I actually had a lane to the hole. I clipped a tree top and it bounced into the fairway. 4th shot was the right length, but in a bunker. 5th shot was 4ft out of the bunker. 6th on the green, then 3-putt. Very silly hole.
Out in 55 for a 111