First match

My first match went terrible. I shot a 52.

On Saturday I went up with Chase, my friend who is also on the golf team. We just practiced because there was a tournament going on. We mostly practiced chipping and played KP a lot. He had to leave at 1 so I kept practicing until about 5:40 because my mom was coming at 6. I went out and played the 10th hole because I was hitting my driver well. It's a dog-leg right and I tried to aim over the trees and drive the green. I hit the perfect shot. High and drawing just sligtly. It was amazing. I hit another ball because I couldn't see the green and didn't know if it was on. I walked out to the fairway and immediatly picked up my other ball when I saw my ball 20 feet from the pin, on the green. I was so happy. My accuracy and distance was finally there. I 2 putted from there for birdie.

I haven't blogged for 5 days of golf. I practiced on Saturday and played on Sunday. I played horrible, worse than I had been. I did do better on the back though. At golf practice on Monday we practiced just practiced but we played yesterday. I started off 2 over through 4 which was the best that I had played and was excited until 5 where I tripled and 6 where I doubled. I ended up shooting a 40 which was better than almost anyone else. Today I finally did well. Before the round, since a lot of people were gone at the boys basketball playoff game, Deeder, our coach, told us that the 3 spots for the JV tournament in St. Helens on Tuesday was decided by yesterdays scores. So I made JV. The spot goes by the week to week scores but since the closest score to the last spot, which is Ryan, was a 50, it’s pretty much permanent. My round today was great. I decided to club down a bunch so that I only had a comfortable distance out because that’s all I need. So then on the first hole I teed off with a 7 iron right into the fairway. I hit my 60 degree thin into the back bunker. I hit the shot short but on the green and then nailed my 15 foot par putt. I was 1 over through 4 and then 4 over after 8. I hit a good shot to the right of the green. I hit a great shot that checked up so much and ended about 1 inch from the pin. That finished off a great round of 35 before my match on Tuesday. I can’t wait for my match and practice this weekend.

At practice on Wedensday I shot a 38. Not my best performance but still an improvement from tuesday. My back has been killing me and was causing me to not finish so I was pushing the ball. I still saved for bogey or par when I hit a bad shot. My putting was great and my chipping was accurate but my distance was off. I'm hoping to put everything together this weekend and come back on Monday and improve again.

Worst day ever. I played my first actual 9 of tryouts. I sucked. I didn't get to warm up at all, the weather was terrible, and I don't have my swing down yet which mixed together gave me the worst golf round of my life. I sot a 44 on a par 31. I wasn't committing to what I had learned over the weekend. I only parred one hole and that was a par 3 where I hit a good shot that flew the green. I decelerated on my chip and It ended up about 15 feet from the hole on the edge of the rough and the fringe. I decide to put it and I made it. I hurt myself right off the bat when I tripled the first after I lost my tee shot. We just practice tomorrow so I'll work on it then.

I played 9 with Chase yesterday. I started off with a bogey on 1 and a par after a great drive on 2. I hit a great drive to start 3 but then right in my backswing, about 100 geese flew up and started quacking. I shanked that shot and that led to my bad round. I was so pissed. I was hitting the ball so good on the range. I was supposed to have a lesson with matt but he said I was doing everything I needed to so he just told me to practice. I really wanted to do good and that just messed with me. I was just swinging and my bad shots were just making me even more angry. I had to skip todays practice because I got invited along with Ryan to practice with the varsity basketball team. I still get to golf tomorrow because we are going to start having practice later.