The championship took place at Pocasset Golf Club. Let me tell you, this golf course is exceptional for its condition, layout, and general atmosphere. It is a fair length at 6,600 yards from the tips with forgiving fairways. The greens protect themselves well with tricky, yet subtle slopes and are guarded by bunkers, false fronts, elevation changes, and fescue. All of these attributes play fair. The fescue is generally thin enough to find your ball and play it out safely. There is a mix of short and long par-3s, easy and challenging 4s, reachable par-5s, doglegs, uphills, downhills, you name it they have it. You feel like you can make birdie on almost every hole. At the same time, bogey or worse is only one miss away. It tempts you be aggressive when conservative is the better play.
We had warm sunny weather for the first two rounds (80s). Winds were a factor in both the afternoon (rd 1) and morning (rd 2) rounds I had. Gusts probably 20+ mphs. It didn't bother me mentally, but it certainly bothered my golf ball!! I kept the ball in play for 36 holes, but my lack of sharp ball striking left me standing over a plethora of par putts in the 6-12 foot range. I didn't see the lines and/or feel the speeds on the greens all week, tallying up an astounding 75 putts in 2 days.
My Dad caddied Round 1 and my Mom walked with us. The best part of the week. We had a dinner at a local joint in Pocasset with the thickest spinach dip ever and a pizza with the most buffalo sauce ever (my Dad's least favorite sauce).
I spent one night at the Holiday Inn in Falmouth watching America's Got Talent and other random TV shows. I also enjoyed lunch on the Cape Cod Canal during my practice round. I am starting to make more friends out on the MGA circuit that I hope to continue to see in the future. Played with S. Andrews (M. Murphy look-a-like) from Thomson and J. Powers (M. Stanley look-a-like) from Olde Scotland. I enjoyed their company.
My scores are too ugly to note. I was a bogey machine. The good news is there is so much ahead and many good scores to come.
Cheers,
Kurt
Kurt
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