Absolute Meltdown

I cannot believe I played so bad here. The first 14 holes here were a perfect example of how bad days of golf for me snowball out of control I hit terrible shot after terrible shot. I lost easily 6 balls on the front 9. Every time I holed out a bad hole, I would walk back to the cart and calmly try to tell myself that I would do better on the next one. Then I'd tee it up and crush it 400 yards out of bounds. In general, I am not particularly calm when playing golf (or any sport for that matter) but I could not control myself. Strub is not lying when he says I threw clubs and balls.

Strub quietly made good shots this entire time. He kept hitting perfect drives, and I kept shanking it even when I tried to lay up. I hit a pitching wedge on a par 3 20 yards past the hole, and an approach on a par 4 15 yards past the hole into a forest. Through 14, Strub was solidly kicking my butt.

However, at that point, my luck changed a little. I was down 12 at this point and I caught a few good breaks on chips and putts. With a few bad breaks for Strub, I picked up 5 shots on the last 4 holes to bring it to a respectable 7 stroke loss.

Strub has a theory that he has the advantage whenever we play in the evening because I have worked all day, and I have the advantage on weekends because he doesn't usually get up that early. This was patently obvious here. We had to play fast because I was late getting out of work and the course was in China, NY, and I was tired and hungry. Under better conditions, I really think I could have played a bit better.

Grandview Farms definitely had the most character of any course so far. The names for individual holes are awesome, and a lot of the holes are memorable and unique. Also unique are the 50 feral barn cats hanging out all over the place. The course is overall very hilly, so my frustrations were magnified by problematic lies on almost every shot. Even on the tee box, I couldn't seem to find a shot where my feet were level with the ball. I really think I would have liked this course a lot more if I wasn't playing so awful.

Strub is already talking a big game about tomorrow. Don't expect him to close the lead anymore- based on the scorecards, I am still clearly a better golfer than him.