Written on 7-21-25.
I played with Herman (not his real name) on Thursday last week, and I didn’t play so well. I shot a 44, 47 for a 91. I hoped to break 90, but the last hole ended those hopes.
I did have two spectacular pars on holes 6 and 12. On #6, I hit the green with a beautiful tee shot with my 5-iron/wood. On #12, I missed way left. The pin was on the back, and I was in the grass bunker even with the hole. I made a brilliant pitch to about five feet, and made the heavily breaking putt for that par.
I did feel like I had more energy toward the end of the round, but I still made short game errors on those last couple of holes to miss my goal. In other words, more energy still resulted in making unforced errors.
I am still always trying to get my golf ball on the green in regulation (or one over regulation) and then one- or two-putting after that. Most of the time, it works out for either a par or a bogey, but it didn’t on those two holes.
A week from today, A, B, Eric, and I are going to camp at Blue Lake outside of La Veta. Eric and I will play golf on Tuesday at the Grandote Golf Course there. I am very much looking forward to that.
Okay, I am going to go. Shane and crew are back after lunch, and I don’t want to be in the house. They are nearly done, but they have more cleaning to do and a few touch-ups. I am so ready for this project to be done. Amanda and Belinda are nearly home after their weekend in Albuquerque, too.
Until next time…
