We've decided to play a couple of holes different than we've been playing them. As you know, we play from the gold 'Senior' tees. Hole #2 at Shawnee is a long par 4 that most people have a difficult time getting there in 2. So, we decided to play from the blue tees on that hole and make it a par 5. We're doing the same thing with hole #12 at Iroquois GC on Thursdays. I don't know what kind of difference it makes, but I guess people seem to be happier going into a par 5 with an iron than going into a par 4 with a 3 wood. Anyway, the 2 courses have now had 1 stroke added to their par totals. Shawnee was a par 70 and is now played as a par 71. Iroquois goes from a par 71 to a par 72.
I didn't hit my tee shots as well today as I've been hitting them. I hit a few good ones, but most were just OK. The only part of my game today that I thought was good was my chipping. Everything else was just so-so. I hit my worst tee shot on #17 and that caused my only double bogey of the day, right when I was thinking that this was going to really be a good round. Hmmmm......so that's what choking is! I did par the 18th hole though, with a nice 10 foot breaking putt.
Oh, and today I saw the first snake I've ever seen on Shawnee GC. I've seen several snakes at Iroquois and some other courses around town, but this was the first one I've seen on Shawnee. It was on the first green. Small one, only about 10" long, and we ran him off the green before someone else saw him and killed him. I don't know them well enough to identify them, but one of the guys said it was a rat snake. Anyway, where there are small snakes, there are big snakes!
I believe this was round 19 for the year. If not, I'll be back to change it.
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