And so today is Sunday golf day and we're at Roosevelt and we have our full foursome as well. I was determined not to have such a shit game the way I did the last time our full foursome assembled at Eaton Canyon a few weeks ago. I even visualized each hole this morning the way I did last week but put a little more energy to it. And so right away my first shit was topped off and went 20 yards. What a way to start. But I hit a rocket 2nd shot, got on the green on my 3rd and 2-putted for a bogey 5. Decent. Greg had a par shot but missed a gimme 5 foot putt and so we ALL tied with a 5 on the first hole. Weight off my shoulders...I'm not getting shut out today. The 2nd hole showed how inconsistent I can be. Nice drive off the tee. Whiffed the 2nd. Got on in 4. But 3-putted to a 7. Next hole I deposited my first shot over the fence into the street. Already I need to use a mulligan. But I managed to get on the fringe in 2 shots. And then my putt from the fringe just lipped out of the hole. And then I missed the recovery putt after that. So instead of tying for the win no points for me. Hole 4 I hit a good tee shot again but again whiffed on the 2nd shot on the way to a 6. It was clear by now that I need to focus on the 2nd shot. I also need to use my irons so I could make better contact even if it doesn't go as far as the wood. it is all about control. And slowing down my swing. And so on the next 2 holes, I had decent drives, but my 2nd shots were much better hit. I missed another tying putt on Hole 5 and then tied outright on Hole 6 where my 2nd shot on that funnel hole went from the left fringe all the way to the lip of the green. It was my nicest shot of the day. And on Hole 7 my first shot went 150 yards past the hole on the green and I shot it with an iron! Too bad I missed another hole-tying putt from 4 feet out. I had a nice drive on 8 but blew my 3rd shot when I hit it right at a tree. And then on the last hole I missed yet another putt from 30 feet that just grazed the edge of the hole. Had I made my putts I would have tied for a win on 5 holes. Instead I think I won 2. Not good but all in all this was the most satisfying golf game I had in a while because I was in on every single hole and I had a good shot on every single hole. And my irons were working. And with that, I drove home, stopped at In-n-out to get me a double double with onion and fries and that was my lunch reward :)
I wish I could say I was productive the rest of the afternoon and then chilled in the evening. I wish I could even say I took a nice long nap considering I only slept for 4 1/2 hours last night... a product of binge watching yet again. But really all I did was veg out on the couch eating my double double and then continuing to watch the Magicians after that. Hey there was this clip in S03E09 where they whole gang sang Bowie and Freddie Mercury's Under Pressure. It was pretty cool I thought. And after that I continued to be in reward mode by getting myself some shrimp pad thai and wonton soup for dinner. OK OK I didn't do a damn thing the rest of the day after golf. After last week I felt like I earned a do-nothing weekend and especially after an incrementally better golf game I felt really good about. It would have been nice to leave it at that and have an early evening actually. But I kept burying myself in content. More Youtube videos, more episodes of the Magicians. I mean who knew they made it all the way to Season 5?? Next thing I knew it was well into the wee hours of tomorrow. Oh well. At least I did have a pretty good weekend. Hope the energy of that is enough to carry me to the beginning of the work week...
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