Golf is about who gets the highest score. Right?

There's something about finally keeping score that has made me play worse than ever. Golf is definitely a mental game.

As I mentioned in my last post, I kicked off the "keeping score" part of my golf game with a 68 on 9 holes at Ute Creek Golf Course in Longmont. I beat that today at Sunset Golf Course in Longmont - as in, I scored much higher. If golf were a game scored like basketball, I would be rocking it. If you take a look at the scorecard below, you'll see one reason I didn't do so well ...

Obviously, I skipped scoring the third hole because it was just unbearably bad ...

Yup. That's right. About half my score (or more) on any given hole was from putting. I blame the fast greens today at Sunset, but something tells me my high score may also have been due to the way I was playing my short game. For example, on a Par 3, my initial drive landed me about 10 yards or so from the green. It took me three chips to get onto the green. That was just ridiculous.

I ended with one score that was worthy of a name - a double bogey (2 over par) on the final hole, which while not great given that the hole's a pretty easy one, I'll still take it. It's better than the 11 I got on two other holes!

It's important I not take all of this too seriously. But I do recognize there is a lot of room for improvement. As much as I feel like I've been playing lately, it's not enough if I want to improve. I don't even remember the last time I went to a driving range to hit balls. Time to kick it into gear if I even want to get close to reaching my 40 by 40 goal!

If you're going to play badly, you may as well play badly at Sunset Golf Course in Longmont.
It has a beautiful view of the Front Range.