Played my 2nd round of golf (ever) at Elk Run Golf Club yesterday.   Joel, a really good golfer and co-oworker sponsored my play yesterday.  Thanks Joel!

Elk Run is a very interesting course.  Not a lot of long holes, but there were a number of technical aspects to the course!   One of which was the fact it winds through a housing development.  Not a ‘Golf and Country Club’ but..  it’s more like a standard residential neighborhood with a golf course running where some of the blocks would be.  Made for some serious out of bounds issues.   I lost 8 balls on the front 9.   My drive from the tee box is..    ‘variable’.

I’m really enjoying this game.  It can be frustrating, but also rewarding when you hit a really nice shot.    The 5th hole I drive straight down the fairway and within chip-distance of the green.  I was in a great possition to PAR the hole, but my putting game (if you can call it a game) completely disintigrated.   The upside of playing with a couple of good players, were a number of really helpful tips all day long, and by the end of the day I was making a some pretty decent puts.

On the way out to play, I picked up 3 ‘new’  6-irons of various shaft stiffness and manufacture.  I shot with the 6 instead of the 7 and 8 in a number of places (my game is not consitant enough for singular club selection to make that much of a difference) and Cleavland CG4 seems to be the one that’s going to work best for me.    At  $10 per club..  it was an easy investment in learning more about what clubs work well for me.  I’ll sell off the others once I get my preference dailed in.

So, off to have brunch with my kids today, then to the driving range to work 100 balls with just the 6 irons.    Need to work in my consistancy of swing.   Received some great tips there as well, yesterday.

Golf..  frustrating and fun.  I plan to play this game for a long time!