It's never easy when you go through a moment, relive it in your head, and wish you can go back in time. Yesterday, I was finally having a decent round - 3 birdies, and several pars - the long awaited 70's could be in my grasp.
However, on the par 4, 16th hole, I crumbled. After settling for par on the previous 545 par 5 (in which I drove the ball 310 yards, sky caddied), the wind was directly in my face on the next tee shot.
The aim was to just scoot it into the middle of the fairway, maybe even more left than right because the wind was pushing hard from the left. Instead, on my backswing, I felt the 30 mph breeze hit me hard (remember I have a bum knee right now) and lost my balance, but unfortunately tried to swing through - and grazed the side of the ball with my driver face, thus scooting it hard right into the trees.
The problem was the next shot - that is what I want to relive.
Left with more than 280 yards, into the wind, my ball ended up on the far right of the cart path - with a tree directly in my path. Instead of just punching the ball back into the fiarway, I opted to take a big swing, hoping for a low "stinger" escque cut shot.
The result was a complete flub top - the ball squirted 20 yards down the tree line - and into the back of another tree, leaving me zero chance to advance it.
After 4 more pathetic swings - I was laying 6 on the green, putted to 5 feet, and finished the hole with an 8.
From there, it was bogey-bogey to finish off the round.
I had made some great plays, some good birdies - and adequate pars, my game is starting to come together, I just have to take a just bit more time in between shots. My mind was strong up until that hole - so I'm content with how I played, but I really can't seem to let that hole go yet.
