A short description of each score.
Wednesday, 11.21.12. Mirror Lake Golf Club - The Mountain Course #15, Par 4- Gold tees.
This hole plays downhill off the tee, than back uphill to the green. After a solid drive I had exactly 150 yrds left to the back center pin placement. I pulled a 6 iron to account for the uphill shot and hit a shot tracking right on target. The ball bounced once, then I heard it loudly hit the pin. I could not see the bottom of the flagstick from where I was at in the fairway due to the uphill slope so didn't know for sure that it had gone in for the Eagle 2 until I got to the green and looked into the hole. Witnessed by my 17 year old son.
Thursday, 11.22.12 - Mirror Lake Golf Club - The Lake Course #7, Par 5 - Blue Tees
This par 5 is the definition of a risk reward hole. The tee shot is very narrow but not very long. There is OB right of the fairway and hazard left of the cart path. From the blue tees a fairway wood or long iron is all that is needed. I take my 3 wood from the tee it hit to the right side of the fairway. I have 210 to the middle pin and pull my 3 hybrid and put the ball on the front of the green. The green has shelves on the front and back with a sloping area from each toward the water in the middle of the green. My ball is just on the shelf and I have a 25ft down hill with about a 4 foot break. I'm just trying to get the ball close for an easy shot at birdie but I hit a perfect putt and the ball drops for Eagle! The first I've ever scored on a par 5. Witnessed by two golf buddies from my regular golf group, Sam and Larry.
Sunday, 11.25.12 - Mirror Lake Golf Club - The Lake Course #7 Par 5 - Blue Tees
The same hole as above. I hit a better 3 wood this time around and was just 2 feet from the edge of the fairway to the left side of the landing area. I had 206 yards to a back left pin. I take my 3 hybrid again and am aiming for the front left of the green. I hit a great shot but none of us see what happens to the ball after it lands as we are looking into the sun. We all assume that its on the green. We get up to the hole and my ball is nowhere to be found. I start looking in the trap long left assuming it went there. My buddies start looking right in case the ball took the slope and headed to the water. I don't see the ball in the trap so walk back and check the hole to see my yellow Bridgestone B330-RX sitting there. Celebration ensues for the Albatross! Witnessed by 3 buddies in my regular golf group, Bryan, Gary and Carlos!
My scores for the 3 rounds was about average for me with 85, 84, 82 respectively, but what a week of bird watching!
