60 degrees. It actually was supposed to get up to 70 today, but I’m not sure if it did. Played 9 holes at Beech Hollow with Tom and lost by a stroke. He’s on his high horse because I usually beat him by 5-10 strokes for 9 holes and now he’s beat me two days in a row. It was a beautiful day for golf, but the course was nearly empty again. I can’t believe more people don’t have the itch to get out there and play.

In response to my post regarding 460cc drivers, I need to figure out what’s going wrong with my tee shots before I test out any new drivers. The past 3 rounds I played were 46-48-49 and I don’t like the direction those numbers are heading. My bad golf is because of my tee shots for the most part. Two and a half rounds ago I started hitting a hook, then I hit a few dead pulls, and today it was a combination, with some bad topped drives. I don’t like playing catch up golf to try and par or bogey it from the women’s tee.

One of my goals for the year was to not shoot above 49 for the rest of the year. The last hole today is a 156 yard par 3 and I needed a bogey or better to break 50. Fat 9 iron off the tee, duffed pitch shot from about 80 yards, and then a chip well past the whole. With the pressure on, I drained the putt which was about 12 feet and my goal was safe.

My approach shots, chipping, and putting have all been pretty good, it’s just my tee shots causing me problems. I did hit Tom’s Ping Rapture a couple of times and when I made contact it felt like I launched my golf ball with a rocket. I’ve always loved the way the ball comes off my Makser AS440, but this was just amazing. I’d bet I can hit these newer style drivers a good 20-30 yards longer than I can hit mine and if the consistency on off-center hits is as I’ve read, it won’t take me long to be sold on dishing out some dough for a new stick.