Corwyn:a little practice is highly advised!
Well, I was much better in practice than in the real thing, lol.
I just closed out an ugly 78 (+8). I kept finding interesting places on the course, and failing to recover time after time.
Mostly I can put it down to poor course management. I got greedy on the first thinking I had enough club to clear the front bunker, but still should have saved par after escaping to 9ft. A birdie on #2 was really the only highlight of a round that soon went pear-shaped. My approaches kept not getting nearly close enough, and the mid-range putts kept sliding by. On #9 I was aiming for the slope to roll round, but a slight pull was fatal as it rolled further left and found the face of the bunker, leading to my only big number.
After that, I made the cardinal error of getting too ambitious trying to pull things back, starting to aim for pins... which, of course, led to even more bogeys. Oh well, lesson learned.
Huge kudos to Jeremy and Russ with the leading scores so far, and to all of you with low 70s numbers. It's hard going out there!
Good luck to those still heading out today. Tourney entry ends tonight, midnight WGT time. Get your 1st round in while you can.
TOURNAMENT ENTRY LINK IS HERE!