So, how bad can it get? If I were to paint the worst scenario for how the Club Championship would pan out for me, what would that look like? Before I write this, I would like to say that it’s not as bad as I thought it would be now that I am on the other side of it. Writing about it helps. Oh, it’s bad, but it’s not a tragedy. Also, I know my tweaked knee played a part in this.
It would include a great start, a drive right up the left side of the fairway on #1, a drive that went much farther than all of the competitors’ drives, a drive that used a bunch of adrenaline. I know that each shot is separate from all of the others, but this drive would inspire hope and create an optimistic attitude that would later, of course, get dashed.
It would include some shanks and some high scores. In all, I think it should have about nine shanks, six that come on two holes back to back (three each to be fair). For the high scores, I would expect to see around six doubles, a few triples, and to round things out, a couple of quads.
To be fair, it should include at least one topped shot, and it should also have a few shots that take out too much ground before the ball, the ones where the weight is not shifted properly and the contact is weak and “thuddy.” When this happens, the ball should fly about halfway to the target.
How about a few out of bounds shots? Sure. The first will come on hole #5 right off the tee. It will fly towards the cottonwoods near the fence, giving some hope that it might stay in, but it will never be found. The second will come on hole #7, also directly off the tee, but this one will be in clear view. There will be no doubt about it going over the fence, because everyone will watch it go over. Nothing starts a hole off better than knowing that a double bogey or higher is the most likely outcome. As is expected, the shots right after the out of bounds shots will be beautiful, or at least stay in play.
The third O.B. will rear its ugly head on an approach on hole #8 from the thick grass. This third one will fly directly over some of the players getting ready to tee off on hole #13, of course, and it will hit the fence (but still go over it) to make that unmistakable “somebody just made a terrible swing” sound. Thankfully, nobody will get hurt, though.
Finally, the score should break 100, but not in the “good way.” It will be over 100 by five strokes. All of the previous rounds of the season will be below 100. Most will be below 90, of course. So, on the day when it counts the most, that will be the day to shoot the score higher than 100, a score that is rarely seen, if ever, anymore.
It would include a great start, a drive right up the left side of the fairway on #1, a drive that went much farther than all of the competitors’ drives, a drive that used a bunch of adrenaline. I know that each shot is separate from all of the others, but this drive would inspire hope and create an optimistic attitude that would later, of course, get dashed.
It would include some shanks and some high scores. In all, I think it should have about nine shanks, six that come on two holes back to back (three each to be fair). For the high scores, I would expect to see around six doubles, a few triples, and to round things out, a couple of quads.
To be fair, it should include at least one topped shot, and it should also have a few shots that take out too much ground before the ball, the ones where the weight is not shifted properly and the contact is weak and “thuddy.” When this happens, the ball should fly about halfway to the target.
How about a few out of bounds shots? Sure. The first will come on hole #5 right off the tee. It will fly towards the cottonwoods near the fence, giving some hope that it might stay in, but it will never be found. The second will come on hole #7, also directly off the tee, but this one will be in clear view. There will be no doubt about it going over the fence, because everyone will watch it go over. Nothing starts a hole off better than knowing that a double bogey or higher is the most likely outcome. As is expected, the shots right after the out of bounds shots will be beautiful, or at least stay in play.
The third O.B. will rear its ugly head on an approach on hole #8 from the thick grass. This third one will fly directly over some of the players getting ready to tee off on hole #13, of course, and it will hit the fence (but still go over it) to make that unmistakable “somebody just made a terrible swing” sound. Thankfully, nobody will get hurt, though.
Finally, the score should break 100, but not in the “good way.” It will be over 100 by five strokes. All of the previous rounds of the season will be below 100. Most will be below 90, of course. So, on the day when it counts the most, that will be the day to shoot the score higher than 100, a score that is rarely seen, if ever, anymore.
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