Gorgeous day. Horrible round. No range prep, no warm up, no putting or chipping practice. Just 3 practice swings and off we went. Bad move. Played with Keith, Ben and Richie, my only comfort for the day. Timing was so far off on most swings that I'm surprised I hit any decent shots. Only a few though. Shanked a 6i off the tee on second, which pretty much set the tone for the remainder of the front nine. Picked up on 6th. Terrible drive, way right. Used leaf rule instead of penalty. It was there in the leaves somewhere. Then hit weak 8i into wind, short, into bunker. Stayed in bunker. Then just picked up in disgust. Took an ESC max 6 for the hole. It would have been worse. Lost all confidence by then. Couldn't putt, couldn't drive, couldn't get chip distances right and maybe 2 or 3 decent iron shots. Couldn't wait for it to end, until I started to make better scores on the back. Still nothing to write home about. Just no doubles or triples. Helped to save what would have been my worst round of the year. I definitely need to hit a few balls before starting the round tomorrow, just to find my tempo and rhythm. It didn't help that back is still so sore and am still having that issue in my right knee. Popped 4 Advil on 4th. Maybe that's why I was able to salvage the back nine. I think I'll take the Advil before the round starts tomorrow.
