Hit the course
Well, it’s that time of year again. The birds are chirping, the grass is growing, and middle aged men in ugly cloths are drving around in little clown cars drinking beer. Yes, it’s golf season.
Actually, people have been playing golf for a while here (a friend from church had already been out 12 times a week ago), but today was my first day back on the course. Things went pretty well. I was striking the ball consistently off the tee, driving my opening shot well over 125 yards for most holes. My chipping and putting weren’t quite as consistent as I would have liked, though. There was more than one incident in which it took me a good 5 shots to sink the ball from about 5 feet off the green.
I ended the day with a 61 (I’ll leave you to guess if we played 9, 18, or were rained out after 6 holes). We played the official University of Illinois golf course. It’s rather large, with 36 holes available. The course definitely isn’t anything spectacular. I doubt if there is a 20 foot elevation difference over the entire span of the course. Pretty typical for Illinois golf, I would guess. What the course lacked in vertical variation, it made up for in distance — a lot of the holes were long par 4s, though there weren’t too many dog legs or water hazards. If I had to describe the UIUC golf course, I would say it plays a lot like Mike Brogan — long and straight. Ladies, back me up on this…
May 20th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
By giving your thougths on the course overall, I can only assume you shot that 61 playing all 36 holes…not bad my friend…not bad. Shure beats steves 36 on the 1st hole when I played with him last year.
May 23rd, 2006 at 6:43 am
who the hell is bpc? by the way morlok, we need to have a one day burrito bowl golf outing when you come back. last week, first time out this year, i shot a 98 on the U course. i hadnt used my putter until the first green so i three putted nearly every hole on the front nine until i warmed up. easily could have played in the 80’s that day with some putting.
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:20 am
you see steve, “who” BPC is, is not really important…all you need to know is BPC owns you when it comes to the linx.
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:32 am
and about this “I shot a 98 but I could have shot in the 80’s if I wasn’t such a knob.” I’m not interested in what you “could have” shot…I “could have” shot and 18 with my mad skills last week if it weren’t for that untimely diarrhea, and my inflamed gallbladder, but I didn’t shoot that 18, instead I went to the driving range so when I get the proper medicine for my anal leakage, and my inflammation goes down, I’ll be ready to take all your money (or your wife’s money I should say)…
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:00 am
Steve, I’ve seen you golf. Scoring in the 80’s isn’t going to happen. Thankfully, your inablity to pass counting in Kindergarden should keep you optimistic regardless.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:01 pm
Wow.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:02 pm
It’s too warm to golf.