6/6/10: Foxtail North
Sunday June 6, 2010 4:12pm
June 6, 2010: Foxtail North, teetime: 10:01, teebox: blue, final score: 82
Front 9: par 36, 3202 yards. Back 9: par 36, 3192 yards.
Hole-by-Hole Recap
1: par 5, 533 yards. First hole a long one, but not too hard. Dogleg left, however. Hit drive to the left, which played well to the hole, but would not have done well on other holes. On left side rough while straight out rest of way. Hit 4 iron lay up to about 100 yards left. Fairway that was left was muddy because of earlier rainy day, and tried light PW to back pin, but was left just short of green. Not good, but then did PW pitch shot to back of green, 10-15 foot putt remaining. Missed it for a 6: bogey
2: par 4, 398 yards. Another dogleg left hole, as course is filled with doglegs. Hit another drive down left side, and it went past fairway bunker onto fairway. Had 145 shot left on another muddy fairway, and tried harder PW shot, but again caught too much mud and was left short. Hit SW chip shot, but missed putt again: bogey
3: par 3, 166 yards. Straight out hole, but plays a little longer. Used 6 iron and hit green with 15 foot putt remaining for birdie. Just missed it for 3: PAR
4: par 5, 488 yards. Basically straight out par 5, better to be left than right. Hit drive that I thought was too far to left whn it really was on left side of fairway. Then got greedy, as I wanted to hit green in two with 230 yards remaining and slightly uphill green. Tried 5 wood off fairway, and it went too far to the left and went into the houses. Had to take penalty stroke and chipped, two putted: bogey
5: par 4, 417 yards (HDCP #1 hole). Another dogleg left, and is longer than usual, so rated toughest hole on course. Hit drive what I though again was too far to left when due to the dogleg, it really was in the center of the fairway. Very surprised, and then hit PW approach onto green, two-putted: PAR
6: par 3, 139 yards. Another simple and short par 3. Wanted to be sure, so hit 9 iron instead of PW, and took divot on shot. Landed parallel to front pin on right side rough. Hit decent chip shot, but then missed easy one-putt: bogey
7: par 4, 397 yards. Somewhat hazardous hole, so tried to play it safe on drive, but ended up hitting it really high in air, so drive didn't even go 200 yards. Had really long approach shot, something like 180 left with hazard, so wanted to try my best to hit green on fly, so opted for 4 iron. Hit shot very well, but veered off green on left side. Ended up chipping and two-putting for 5: bogey
8: par 4, 361 yards. Just a straight out hole, although having somewhat narrow fairway. Hit rough on left side, but again hit PW approach short with no excuse this time. Then actually chipped well which led to one-putt: PAR
9: par 4, 303 yards. Short hole, slightly uphill on approach shot. Hit driver down middle of fairway, but landed around rough surrounding fairway bunker. Was sick of PW, so tried aggressive SW shot. Ended up hitting just behind back pin and rolling off onto back fringe. Had to chip, though, because fringe was long. Bad chip led to 7 foot putt that I missed: bogey (overall not very happy with way I ended)
Front 9 score: 42, GIR: 2/9, Fairways hit: 4/7 (Thankful for good amount of fairways hit)
10: par 4, 329 yards. Dogleg right hole in the sense of hole sloping to right with green on far right side. Have to stay left because all of right side is water hazard. This time, tried to cut over water so that I only had 50 or 60 yards on approach, so opted for 3 wood, hoping it would stay straight. This time, drive faded just into water, almost onto fairway, which actually would have been right next to the green. Took penalty stroke, ended up doing the usual chip and two-putt: bogey
11: par 4, 410 yards. Another dogleg left hole. Actually hit drive straight this time, which left decent approach shot left. Hit PW approach shot long enough this time with 148 yards left, and hit middle of green with back pin. Putt had lots of break, so I just hit it with authority and let break do its work. Putt went in: BIRDIE
12: par 5, 553 yards. Anothe dogleg left hole, and even longer than before. Hit drive down the middle of fairway again. Then hit 5 iron lay up shot becuse of hazard in front. Then hit SW approach onto back of green. Two-putted on downhill green: PAR*
13: par 3, 148 yards. Short hole with hazard in front. Went with 9 iron and hit middle of green. Just a two-putt from there: PAR
14: par 4, 358 yards. Was on a good streak going into this hole, but it stops here. Hit drive into houses on left side for penalty stroke. Then with another hazard in front, hit 9 iron onto back of green, which was not good because green slopes downhill, and it was front pin. Tough putt, and I three-putted: double bogey (first of day)
15: par 3, 139 yards. Another short 139 hole, but with wind against, opted for 8 iron. Took divot though, and was just left of green. This time was able to chip well, which led to one putt: PAR
16: par 5, 479 yards. Dogleg right this time. Very easy way to cut over trees to leave approach shot less than 200 yards left, if somebody can be precise enough to get drive to slice at right time. Attempted it, but drive went to left, unfortunately, and landed in fairway, but couldn't go for it in two. Laid up with 4 iron, but then hit used SW to hit back of green. Tough little downhill putt, maybe 10 feet long. Made it, though: BIRDIE
17: par 4, 390 yards. Wanted to attempt to break 80 for first time, so tried to focus as best I could. Cost me, though. Hit drive to the left, and it hit a tree and didn't leave me with an approach. Had to hit intentionally to the left and hope I could hit green from there. Was able to hit 5 iron right next to green, and then good chip led to 7-10 foot putt remaining for par. Missed it, which hurt my chances: bogey
18: par 4, 386 yards. Straight out hole, and I needed to par to reach 80, birdie to break it. Drive ruined everything, though. Hit drive to left and hits tree again. Have to hit left again, and it goes into a bunker for first time again. Actually hit bunker shot well, but it rolls way past green, as it never sat. Had very long putt for par, and like last time, it led to a three-putt: double bogey
Back 9 score: 40, GIR: 4/9, Fairways hit: 4/7
Final results: 82, GIR: 6/18, Fairways hit: 8/14
Final thoughts: Overall I thought the round went quite well. If only I hadn't struggled with my PW on the front nine, I really could have had a great chance to break 80. Back 9 went very well, and I was very pleased with the better results for fairways being hit, as I was able to build on what happened at Sharp Park. This round, though, had repercussions, as I don't like hitting drives to the left. To rebuild my fade, though, it could lead to drives starting off as slices before I can truly get my fade back. I hope my driver can go back to the way it was with a fade, although as of late, my driver has been in the fairway. To better utilize my drive, though, I need my fade back. Anyways, great round nevertheless. Next: Presidio in San Francisco with later than usual tee time.
