My last outing was a week ago but I thought it would be worth mentioning.
Usually around my office Fridays are pretty quiet, so last week I decided to go to my usual course (Tijeras Arroyo, Kirtland AFB, NM) and get in a quick 18 before work. I also figured I'd see how I could do without using any club over a 5 iron. I've been a little shaky with the driver, but my irons have been really good so I thought it would be a good experiment. I moved up a tee box (from our usual blues at 6,572 to the silvers at 6,302) to make up for the loss off the tee. I ended up posting my second best score of the year with an 80. Other than a bad swing off of the #2 tee box, I was never in trouble off of the tee and even on the longer holes I was still around a 6-iron out. My short game has been working well and I know those greens like the back of my hand, so it was smooth sailing all day. Only one double, 3 birdies (including the closest I've ever come to a hole-in-one; about 2 inches!), and the rest were pars & bogies. I was very happy.
As I was walking back to the clubhouse, I ran into 2 of my usual golfing buddies getting ready to start the back nine. They asked if I wanted to join them. Of course I did! They were playing from the blues so I decided to pull the driver back out of the bag. I played even better on the back nine, putting up a 39! After that we went in back into the clubhouse and got a pitcher of 90 Shilling. After the second pitcher it was around 1:00 and I made a command decision just to head home and retroactively take a vacation day. Another hard day at the office!
