6/10/10: Presidio
Friday June 11, 2010 4:13pm

June 10, 2010: Presidio, teetime: 12:09, teebox: white, final score: 85

Front 9: par 36, 2975 yards. Back 9: par 36, 3122 yards.

                                                                                                     Hole-by-Hole Recap

1: par 4, 354 yards. Have always had great history on simple dogleg right hole. Streak ends here though. Drive sliced into trees and led to penalty stroke. Then, with uphill approach, hit 9 iron instead of PW and hit it behind green for another penalty stroke. Ended up chipping and two-putting: double bogey

2: par 5, 450 yards. Short par 5, but has big hill in middle of fairway. Plays much longer than scorecard indicates. Hit drive into right side bunker. Then barely hit out of bunker, and then hit barely over hill in fairway. Very agonizing, as drives were in bad slump with slices. Then hit approach shot into right side bunker next to the green. Then hit bunker shot right next to the pin, which led to an astounding 6: bogey

3: par 4, 371 yards. Did not have enough confidence to use drive on hole that has narrower fairway as hole goes on. Hit 4 iron not very far onto the fairway, which led to more than a 200 yard approach with uphill approach. Hit 4 iron in front of green, but not on. Then hit pitch onto green and two-putted: bogey

4: par 3, 127 yards. Simple, downhill hole. Hard at times because it can play too short. Anyways, hit PW off tee 10 feet away from hole on green. Made great putt after shot: BIRDIE

5: par 4, 297 yards. Short hole although slightly uphill. Needed to get confidence back with driver, so hit it, and it went down right side of fairway, thankfully. Hit SW approach shot away from pin, although on green. Then proceeded to make hard two-putt: PAR

6: par 4, 355 yards. Wanted to give driver a break, so opted for 5 wood on hole that has fairway sloping down to the right. Hit 5 wood down left side and hit tree, but landed on left side rough. Thought drive was fine, until I noticed that tree it hit was in the way, so decided to punch out with 4 iron and it almost went into right side bunker. Then chipped onto green and two-putted: bogey

7: par 3, 176 yards. Straight out hole, although usually plays longer due to wind. Wind didn't have impact though, so 4 iron shot went way too far and left big pitch. Pitched it on fast green and it went onto other side and fringe. Proceeded to three-putt from there: double bogey

8: par 4, 354 yards. Another hole with fairway sloping down right side. Hit drive too far to right and hit cart path and it went deep into woods. Took penalty stroke and hit 9 iron shot onto firm green. Rolled all the way to the back side, which led to a really long two-putt. Ended up two-putting, though: bogey

9: par 5, 493 yards. Needed to make something happen here to make up for double bogeys, and it happened. Hit drive down the middle on slight dogleg right hole. Ended up going 320 yards, and it left just around 170 yards remaining to hole. Hit 7 iron onto back side fringe, which left a 15 foot putt for eagle. Just left it short, but well-earned hole: BIRDIE

Front 9 score: 43, GIR: 3/9, Fairways hit: 2/7

10: par 5, 489 yards. Straight, but very uphill hole. Plays much longer than 490 yard hole. Hit drive badly to left, which led to penalty stroke. Then hit 4 iron shot that rolled off fairway into left side rough. Next shot next to tree, so punched out with 3 iron, and it almost went into bunker next to green. Just was short, so chipped on and two-putted, which led to a disappointing result: double bogey

11: par 4, 379 yards. Now this hole plays shorter than it seems because fairway slopes downhill severely after 150 yards. Didn't matter, as I hit another bad drive into the left. Had to take another penalty stroke, and hit shot into left side bunker. Another good sand shot, which led to a one-putt: bogey

12: par 4, 439 yards (HDCP #1 hole): Tough, long hole, but like #11 because fairway slopes down after about 150 yards. Hit drive very well and it went around 280 yards. Then hit PW approach shot just onto green on right side. Then proceeded to two-putt to get a 4 on toughest hole on course: PAR

13: par 3, 166 yards. Straight out hole, but slightly uphill. Played club up with 5 iron, and hit green with 12-15 foot putt left. Left first putt short, but then made second putt: PAR

14: par 4, 328 yards. Slightly uphill hole. Hit fading drive that barely missed fairway on right side rough. Had simple PW uphill approach shot, and hit it very strangely, as divot led to ball going farther, which made it hit back cart path and bounce back down towards green. Had downhill chip, and didn't do it too well. Two-putted from there: bogey

15: par 3, 147 yards. Downhill hole, and used 9 iron. Pulled it slightly, and landed in left side bunker. Had great sand shot, as it landed 5-7 feet away from cup. Unofortunately, missed easy one-putt: bogey

16: par 4, 349 yards. Tried to be precise with drive on slight dogleg right, and it hit off of the edge of the driver, which put it in the thick debris on the right side. Tough PW shot from there, and actually hit it well, but didn't play well to where the pin was, so was forced to chip instead of putt. Chipped it well, but missed another easy one-putt: bogey

17: par 4, 343 yards. Dogleg right and uphill hole. Sliced drive into adjacent fairway, and hole was lined with trees, so I had to punch out. Punched it out too hard with 3 iron, as it rolled past green and stopped at a fence behind the green. Took relief and had decent chip, but then acutally made one-putt for 4: PAR

18: par 5, 482 yards. Straight out hole, not hard hole if drive is kept straight. Proceeded to hit 312 yard drive down middle of the fairway, which led to a very easy approach to hit green in two. Then hit 7 iron shot into right side bunker. Hit sand shot well, but unluckily rolled to back fringe. Two-putted from there: PAR

Back 9 score: 42, GIR: 3/9, Fairways hit: 2/7

Final Results: 85, GIR: 6/18, Fairways hit: 4/14

Final Thoughts: Felt like I played pretty terrible, to be honest. Lost confidence in my woods after this round, so there will be time dedicated later on to working on that cause. Was able to act resiliently, as I had two birdies on the front nine and had two big pars on the back nine, espeicially on #12. Basically, every category was poor, except for bunker shots. Hopefully things go better next time. Next: Hopefully going to play Blue Rock Springs in Vallejo on Monday. Update: No Blue Rock Springs, but will play Peacock Gap in San Rafael on Sunday and then Mare Island in Vallejo on Monday.