My buddy and I played a course out in Sully (I think) where I had something similar happen. Little course, no one there to take your money, you just put it in the box and go. At any rate, a storm started blowing in, so we decided to finish the hole. The storm was faster than we thought, so when we got to the green, winds were so high it was difficult to balance when putting. I putted from 3' into the wind, it went past a foot, then blew back into the hole. Then we hauled ass for shelter. The course ended up with tree limbs down all over. Should have hightailed it out way earlier.
That post parlays nicely with the closed course stripper post.
And most of the difference is mental. Ability to get past bad shots and having short game to recover. My son played college golf and was a plus one or two and many times we would play with people who said you should be a pro. He would always say they have no idea how good even the mini tour players are.
Illinois just East of St Louis. If any of you know of the stripper and other talent of Sauget, IL and surrounding area back then this won't be shocking.
We were talking about that Sunday. Someone was -23 at the John Deere and we were at a tournament where one of the best amateurs in the state shoots 68-70 annually at like a 6100 yard course. The spread between world class players and really high level amateurs is just massive.
Yeah we were laughing about that on the way home. I’m generally pretty consistent and have never had anything like last weekend. Just a really weird golf weekend. Got to feel it all I guess.
I played at the IGA state level and sectional level, never with a thought of winning but just enjoying the competition.
My mom always said I was one in a million; does that mean I can play golf?
Right now that ball might roll all the way off the green if it doesn't go in. Praying for rain tonight
