I met Kevin Wednesday morning for the pro-am. We had a good pro-am/practice round as we got acquainted with the golf course once again. With softer fairways this year, the course is playing a little longer but seems to be in better condition then years past. After the round, we spent some time practicing and getting back into the routine after a few days off.
We had an afternoon tee time on Thursday and Kevin got off to a great start. Starting the day on the tenth, Kevin birdied 11, 12, 14, and 17. He added one more birdie on the par 3, 5th and we finished the day with a 5 under par - 66. It was a solid, no bogey, stress free day. We finished the afternoon hitting a few balls on the range before calling it a day.
Friday's 7:30 tee time welcomed us with some cool temperatures. We haven't seen temps this cool in a long time but it didn't take long for it to warm up. Kevin had another great day ball striking. After barely missing the green on number one, he hit 16 of the next 17 greens. Unfortunately, the putter would not cooperate. We could only manage one birdie through 10 holes before we found some trouble on the par 5, 11th. After a drive down the left side of the fairway, the balls kicks left, hits a cart path and then bounced through the rough into a water hazard. After a drop, lay up shot and then a wedge to 25 feet, we ended up three putting for a double bogey. Running a little hot, Kevin let the putter go at the bag and the bag won. I decided not to tell Kevin until he hit his tee shot on the par 3, 12th. After hitting a 7 iron to about 15 feet, I let him know that the putter was bent and we would not be able to use it for the rest of the day. He decided to putt with his three wood and he did pretty damn good with it. He made two birdies and one bogey to finish the round at even par (71). His five under total leaves us in 13th place heading into the weekend.
We tee off tomorrow 11:27 with Marc Turnesa and Aaron Goldberg.
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