Whew! What a long (and fun) day. I’m up in Fort Collins, CO playing in the St. Patty’s Day Meltdown, a PDGA C-Tier tourney. With temperatures in the mid-teens this morning, my supersoft putters were clanging off the baskets like frozen TV dinners! Several inches of snow, drifting to a foot or more in places, made for a lot of slick footing and several lost discs. Things went pretty rough, my upshots were short and putts were going everywhere but in. After a grueling 5-hour round was over, I ended up 10 over par. I had to give myself a little pep-talk over the lunch break, going through the holes I failed on and thinking about what I could do to improve.
The sun had been out all afternoon and much of the snow cover had melted. Although the course was pretty sloshy, I was able to can some big putts and tighten up my game. I cleaned up a lot of the holes I struggled on first round, improving by 8 strokes to finish at 2 over par.
I’d have to say the highlight of the day was on hole #3, a short downhill right-to-left. Locals had been sledding there all day and some folks had stuffed two sleds in a trash can at the top of the hill. So after our group had thrown their drives, Tyler and I each grabbed one of the sleds and took a little ’shortcut’ to our shots!
At this point I’m sitting about the middle of the pack. If I can stay close to even tomorrow, I might go home with a little extra lunch money :) I have a pretty fun card tomorrow and I don’t have to tee off until 11:40! Looking forward to sleeping in a bit. Gonna go through the bag in the morning and try to thin out what I didn’t throw today. If I can get it down to 10 discs or so, it’s the NutSac for sure tomorrow!
Stay tuned and wish me luck!