I am going to commit the cardinal sin of writing and begin this post with a comment about the weather. Yesterday, it was very windy. It is funny how a movement of air can effect a little roun sphere. That sphere is aerodynamically developed and is supposed to react in a very stable way. Whoever believes that may not be stable themselves. Yesterday, it was very windy--very, very windy.
I love hitting great shots that travel with a ninty degree ball flight. I really love hitting a driver flat into a 30 mile an hour wind 160 yards on a 420 yard par 4. It is amazing how much wind will effect a two foot putt. How interesting the game is when the element of wind is added. I heard many complaints yesterday, but we get spoiled. Wind is part of the game.
I noticed an almost total exhaustion after about hole number fourteen. The wind adds a dimension to the game that taxes the concentration almost ten times more than when it is not windy. It changes everything, and the brain has to not only calculate distances and breaks, but how the wind will effect those distances and breaks. You have to get creative and manufacture shots you don't normally hit. Patience is a virtue as your scores soar. Even though your normal game is not there, you still hit some good shots. When you do pull off that "perfect" shot, enjoy it and savor it.
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