I just competed in my first tournament in Florida. It’s part of Minor League Golf, which holds professional tournaments. They also have a training division for people starting to play competitive golf, which is what I played in. But these guys are really good and almost all of them have handicaps better than mine.
The guys I played with were friendly and nice (both amateurs) so I felt pretty good and calm from the start. Through 6 holes I was hitting fairways and greens and was 1 over but then I hit a rough patch. 3 double bogeys, 1 triple bogey, and 1 quadruple bogey were the result of 3 tee shots out of bounds, 1 tee shot that I topped into some bushes, and an easy approach that ended up in the water.
Obviously that’s a lot of bad, but besides that I hit the ball pretty well and had a lot of good shots. On all 3 of my tee shots that went out of bounds, my re-tee (third shot) was drilled down the middle of the fairway.
I miss a couple of 10 foot birdie putts, and had 1 3-putt and 1 4-putt, so as usual, my putting could have been better.
There are a lot of these tournaments so hopefully I’ll put up a good number the next time.
