Hit the first four greens today on a course where the greens were hard and lightning fast. Standing on the 5th tee I was four over par. Crappy, but hardly unprecedented it would seem. But let's dig a bit deeper.
My birdie putt on the first hole was a 70 footer - you would assume this to be a relatively understandable 3 putt. But you would be wrong - two putted that one.
My second birdie putt was from 8' (relatively easy par 5). Surely I didn't 3 putt from 8' and no, I did not (two putted). Hmmm, must be some bad stuff coming.
My birdie putt on the 3rd hole was from 27' and I did 3 putt that one. But now I'm only one over on the fourth tee. So how did I manage to triple bogey the fourth hole starting with a birdie putt???
Well, it was not that long a putt - 26'. But it was on a par 3 with water tight to the front of the green and the pin was cut maybe 12' onto the front edge. The slope of the green is only mildly toward the water, but that slope exists. And a ball even 6" short of the putting surface will roll back into the water.
So I putted my first putt into the water (despite having hit all my other lag putts long and trying my best to not hit this one long). I don't know how fast the greens were stimping today, but I'll swear that you could have played the entire song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in the time it took my putt to leave the putterface and finally trickle into the water. 60's rock music fans should understand what I'm saying here.
So I took my penalty, replayed the shot, left it 6' short (surprise, surprise) and missed the 6 footer to save a double bogey. For all practical purposes, a five-putt I guess.
It was a gorgeous day to be playing such crappy golf.
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