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Got in 2 rounds at my home course (mid & short tees). Tied my personal best on the shorts and shot decent on the mids. The highlight was picking up 2 birdies I've never hit before. From the shorts I FINALLY got hole 1. Its only ~500' par 4...but there is elevation and OB in just the wrong places to make it a real challenge. Decent drive left me at the bottom of the ditch (fairway is mowed large ditch area in that part). Needing to clear the hill that's right in front of me ~20' high and 40* angle up. Had to hit the height I needed and the gap (20') forced me to have some anny on the disc to stay online. Also uphill overall from there. My sidewinder cleared the grass at the top by 3" on a perfect line. I scramble up the hill to see it finish....dead on line, 10' below the pin for an uphill putt. Drain it. SWEET.
I also managed to hit my first bird on #6 mid tee. ~640' par 5 with some evil placed OB dry lakes that have always had me laying up before the 1st lake and making a bird next to impossible. Finally got my first drive crushed and well placed to give me a shot to make the next carry. Nail it and my short upshot. Easy 4. Score!
I did have 2 get away that I really regret. The first of those is #4 short. The only remaining short hole that I haven't managed to birdie. It is 330 fairly straight & open except for the end. The length is the biggest challenge for me as 300' is tops on a good day unless I really rip one. To make it more fun although most of the flight is open with lots of choices, you have a tight window to fade in cleanly and leave a ~20' putt if you get some skip. Or...if you feel lucky you can try and go straight>fade and crash through the small group of trees and hope plinko drops you on the right side for a putt (and not knocks you back from where you came - and OB). Typically I try and get a full rip on it - figuring a good drive will have a shot at hitting the gap - a great one will take a gamble at making it through. Today I hit a great one. Saw it flying right past the gap - crashing into those trees but didn't see the finish. Just hoping for a clean look and some luck. GAH - so close. ~10' short and to the right leaving me a 25' putt that I had to take from my knees due to the branches. Looked perfect - had me all excited - caught a gust and ended top left chains and fell off the rim and out. NO!!!!! ARGH
The other was on 18 mid tees. Completely open, 584' par 4 with the only challenge being the pin is on a decent size elevated mound. The mound is ~10' high, 10' wide nice sloped up the front but only a 5' on each side of the basket and behind and a ~70* slope down the sides and back. Needless to say from ~280-300 out that is an aweful hard ~10x10 area to hit & stick on your second shot. And if you aren't on the hill....you are looking at LEAST at a 10' putt that is 15' up to the basket...not exactly easy. I was hoping to hit high on the hill and get some luck with it sticking in the little taller grass. First shot was pretty good at around 300, leaving me ~280 to go. Looked good out of the hand. Fading in just right - SMACK - dead in the side of the hill.........and it rolls.....NOOOOOOO....all the way down and 5' away from the bottom. So now I've got a ~20' putt 15' up. Oh well, I've never birdied this so I'm going for it. Try and guestimate the height I need. Looks good.....DONG.....2" low on the rim. ARGH! Thankfully it didn't roll. So close. Oh well.