Publinks Scorecard

12th Oregon Public Links

Sandpines Golf Links  Florence Oregon

Par 72   Black Tees  6887 Yards

Par         4-4-5-43-3-4-5-3-4  36   4-3-5-4-4-4-4-3-5  36   72

1st rnd    6-5-5-6-4-6-6-3-5  46  5-3-6-4-5-5-4-3-5  40   86

2nd rnd   5-5-5-4-7-5-6-3-5  45   4-3-8-6-4-6-4-4-5  44   89

ringer  5-5-5-4-4-5-6-3-5  42   4-3-6-4-4-5-4-3-5  38   80

Public Links State Championship

Played in the Oregon Golf Association Public Links Championship this past weekend at Sandpines Golf Links in Florance Oregon.  Drove down Friday for a practice round, really windy and cold, just like in April the first time I played the course, shot 85.  In the championship I shot 86 first round, and 89 final round.  My first tee ball took a big hop left sideways into the salal, lost ball, a 6 on my first hole.  Called a two stroke penalty on myself on 12th hole the second day for taking an improper drop.  My nearest relief was in the fairway, and I stupidly dropped in the rough, slightly further away.  The rule is "nearest relief through the green", and there is no difference between rough and fairway, both are through the green.  One other bad hole, I topped my drive right into a pond, then butchered the second ball into a very deep bunker, got out nicely, tough pitch to the green, great putt, just missed, 7.  The hole I took the penalty strokes, I had casual water twice, and had to hit off the concrete cart path, because my relief in that case was in the shrubbery.  Almost got up and down from the cart path, for a great 7, tapped in for 8.  

All my bad shots were just completely horrible, topped shots, pushed drives.  At least I putted well.  That putting lesson from Jackie Burke last week helped.  Only one three putt in 72 holes and I should have chipped that one I was so far from the hole.  Missed every birdie putt, but always around the hole, lots of tap in pars and great save putts.  Really I drove the ball terrible, it could of been worse.  Finished T47.  Wrap-up.  

Golf with Brian Q

Played Golf with Brian Q today at Glendoveer.  Another one of those almost great rounds.  Didn't warm up, played behind unready golfers for the front nine, so hard to get my rhythm.  Missed several 3-4 footers.  The greens in Portland have sped up considerable with the hot weather.  I've been trying to get those short putts to fall in hole gently, but I think I need to be more on line for the really short ones.  Shot 86 and gave away 6 shots on the greens alone.  A 7 on # 6 (triple bogey) and a 6 on #15 & 17 (double bogies) were my only bad holes.  Nice string in the middle #8-9-10-11-12, one under par.  Hit the fairway and the green on every hole that stretch.  More like that.  Gave Brian Q a stroke a hole, he played the white tees, I played the blue.

Glendoveer Golf Course West Par 71 Blue Tees 5733

White Tees 5427

Par 4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-5  36   4-4-3-4-4-5-4-4-3  35 71

Brian O'C 5-5-5-4-5-7-5-4-4  44   4-4-3-5-5-6-5-6-4  42 86

Brian Q 5-7-5-8-8-6-8-5-5  57    6-5-6-8-6-8-6-6-4   55 112

       NET    4-6-4-7-7-5-7-4-4  48   5-4-5-7-5-7-5-5-3    46       94  

Next time I'll give Brian a few more strokes.

Sandpines Golf Links

Played a practice round for the OGA Publinks at Sandpines in Florence Oregon. Conor had a work party at the Fair, so we picked up Finley in Eugene, dropped them off at the Fair site, and I continued on to the coast. Quite a blustery day when I arrived, always reminds me of that day with Stan & Tim at Portmarnock. The weather was the worst right in the middle of the round, on some of the hardest holes, but I started good and finished good, so felt great. Nice to get some bounce and roll on my teeball after soggy Portland, but I was past the pin on every wedge approach shot. Even in the rain when the putting slowed down the full shots bounced, very fast greens until the water beaded up.

Saturday 04/11 Sandpines Par 72 Blue Tees

Par 4-4-5-4-3-4-5-3-4 36 4-3-5-4-4-4-4-3-5 36 72

Brian 4-3-5-5-4-5-6-4-5 41 5-6-5-5-5-5-5-3-5 44 85

Golf

Dropped Tim off at the airport. Squeezed in one more round today. Finally played good. Two Birds, and finished 6-6-5 to shoot 81. Shoulda broke 80.

Tim in Portland

Picked up Tim at PDX last night. We went golfing at Rose City today. Tim beat me by one stroke, but amazingly won a dollar. 50 cents a hole, 50 cent birdies, and junk. I played the par 3s even, and the pr 5s 4 over. Beautiful day, had to wait a half hour fore the frost to burn off, but finished in my shirt sleeves.

Went out to dinner with the family, Hawthorne District for Fish, then coming home we drove up on I-5 to see the lights of downtown Portland. Tomorrow we are going to play Eastmoreland.