I've been playing like poop lately and even gave my clubs to a mate to try out. When he gave them back I hassled him for leaving them dirty. Then decided to clean them and my wedges.

Of course, I forget to extract my wedges from the cleaning bucket and thus I turn up for today's medal round with no wedges. Most especially no sand wedge. So I'm not expecting a good day.

Nine holes later I have shot my lowest ever score for the front nine: 38. And I'm thinking who needs wedges.? After all, I am normally only in one bunker per round.

Eat my dust golf gods, I think.

You know the rest.

10th hole bunker, 12th hole bunker, 13th hole bunker, 14th hole bunker, 16th hole bunker (twice). 17th hole through bunker.

No sand wedge. No lob wedge. No gap wedge. Hitting nine iron from greenside bunkers.

38 on the front, 48 on the back.

That is why golf sucks.


Cheers

Steve

That it does

I'll drink to that.

just when you thing you figured it out it slaps you back down.

ill second that

Its all in your head, believe me

or maybe you could look at it like, 'wow, i played that great on the front WITHOUT my wedges!'


just a thought....

yea its a pretty foul sport if not for the equipment i probobly wouldnt even play

Amazing how the golf gods knock you right back down

Having no wedges certainly does not do wonders for your game, mental or physical. So the cure? Start taking dead aim at greenside bunkers.

The golf gods have a sense of humour. They do not like to repeat themselves, but once they have you in their sight they do not let go.

I learnt this once again today.

I remembered to bring all my clubs (and didn't land in the sand anyway). I was even putting well. My playing partners kept saying how well I was putting. 28 putts over 17 holes.

So I'm on the tee on the 18th, two up in a stableford round. Jokingly I say at least I can't shoot worse than my handicap. The golf gods perk up their divine ears.

Two shots later I am on the green in regulation about 16 feet away. I get a shot so I figure I have 1 putt for 40 stableford, 2 for 39, 3 for 38.

4 putts later I trudge off with 37. I lose the main comp by two and my grade by one.

Golf sucks.

I'll share my "kick in the nuts" story from this weekend...

I'm playing the hardest course in north alabama Saturday morning. Somehow, I figured out something with my swing on the range and was playing pretty well. I was 1 over after 12 holes. I then birdie 13. As I'm walking off the green, I tell the guys I'm playing with, "yeah, last time I played this course I lost 8 balls in the water. It was a complete nightmare." This course btw has water on just about every hole... Anyway, I get to 14 which is a 180 yard par 3 over water.... Of course, what do I do? I decelerate on the shot, chunk it, and dump it into the water. I end up with a double. I should have just kept my mouth shut...



It got better though, including 13 and 14 I finished Birdie, Double, Eagle, Double (another par 3, and yes, water), Birdie, Par.

I'm still kicking myself for making those two doubles. I could have had a 69 on an insane Trent Jones course. The Nike tour played there several years ago. The winning score was like 6 under. And that was on the other course that is there. Its much easier than the one I played.