Well, I finally made it into double digits--barely! I shot a 99 yesterday, a blustery winter day, about 45 degrees and winds gusting to 30 mph or so. But it's my first time south of 100 so I thought I'd post it.
Since it's winter, I haven't been playing that much, and even though I spent some time swinging
clubs before starting the round, I felt stiff and awkward for a while. The first few holes were 6s and 7s, and I was having a lot of trouble with the
irons. The greens were...in rough shape. Even though the ground was pretty hard, they were slow and I seemed to be putting everything way short, and 3-putting a lot.
But after a few holes I felt loosened up. And I must thank our own LowPost42 for the "thriver" he built me, because I just wasn't missing fairways, and that definitely helped me out. So after I was warmed up, I was playing mostly bogeys. Then I shot three pars in a row, which I've *never* done. My putting remained pretty bad through the whole round, or else I might have broken 90. But that's okay. I broke 100 mainly by reasonably good ball striking, after a pretty shakey start, and I feel good about it.