This was round 56 for the year. I played at Iroquois GC and shot a 41 - 43 = 84. Not a good round, but a much better score than I felt like I played. It seems like I didn't hit a single solid shot all day. When hitting the ball out of the fairway you knew you were going to get a face full of mud. It was just sloppy. And, I've never seen so many worms on the course. The saturated ground drove them out and they were all over the fairways and greens. I mean, in one square foot you would have probably 10 worms. You could brush them out of your way on shorter putts, but on long putts you just had to allow for them.
Plus, it was pretty windy. The cool weather, about 52 degrees, made the wind feel like it was blowing harder than it was. The cool air, wind, and soft ground made for a lot shorter drives. Then, hitting to the green, you weren't going to bounce onto the green, you had to carry it there. I know 52 degrees is not that cold, but for this time of year, cloudy and windy, it was pretty chilly! And, we had 3 3-somes, and were the only ones on the course. I was in the first group and we finished 4 holes ahead of the group behind us! FOUR Holes! When they finally got in they accused us of running! We just played our normal speed. It's just that we never had to wait. We got done in about 3 hours, 10 minutes. That would be about normal for us without having to wait on anybody. And we were walking. I'm sure with carts we could have been well under 3 hours. Our team lost low team by .3 strokes. That's 3/10ths of a stroke. We lost 73.3 to 73. Close but no Cigar!
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