i played in a qualifier - in sacramento yesterday - for the
27th NCGA Net Amateur Championship
it was a course i've played only once before, many years ago. i had a terrible start - on the 1st tee with everybody watching i chunked it left for about 120 yards on the opening par 5. but i got it together and shot 42 (6 over) on the front.
back nine, i was cruising along about the same then hit a terrible approach on the par 5 11th. there's a grove of trees right in the middle of the fairway about 75 yards out and i went right into it. ball just dropped. i punched out with my rescue and landed about 25 yards short of the green. chipped in to save par
i had a bad finish on the last 3 holes - double bogey, bogey, bogey. finished the back nine in 44 for an 86.
but i made it in - i qualified! so now i get to go to beautiful poppy hills golf club in pebble beach in october for the 2-day championship tournament! i have never played there and can not wait.
alasdair