Sectionals

Golf season is officially over. We had sectionals yesterday (in the rain and mugginess and occassional deluges), and as a surprise to no one, we did not advance. The main reason for this is putting. Now, the greens were very large and very rolly (is that a word?), making for some hard, long putts, but I want to give you an idea how bad our putting actually was.

When computing par, you are given two putts for hole, which means you "should" take 36 putts per round. In a normal 18-hole round, I try for 30 putts (6 2-putt pars, 6 2-putt bogeys, and 6 1-putt bogeys). Maybe a little ambitious, but I don't think that much.

How was my team's putting? Well, our #1 golfer had 41 putts. Yes, that's a 4 in front. Our #2 had 43 putts, including a 4-putt. Our #3 lost count, but he only had 2 1-putts and thought he had more 3-putts than 2-putts, so that's at least 43 putts. Our #4 didn't seem to be struggling as bad with his putting, but every time I watched him he 3-putt (so I stopped watching). So, my golf for 18 holes is 30 putts, and (possibly) no one on my team broke 40 putts. That's superior coaching right there...