Yards: 6158, Par: 70, Slope: 69.6/126
Score: 93, Putting Average: 2.0
Miles Walked: 6.3
Today was the first round of the trip and I played the Westin Mission Hills - Pete Dye Course. I wanted to start of the trip with a fun resort course and that's not too long but has some challenges. A lot of the courses in Palm Springs are designed by Pete Dye including the course I'm playing on Thursday, PGA West TPC Stadium Course. I had the pleasure of pairing up with an awesome couple from Calgary, the Charney's. Part of this trip is to meet new and interesting people and I couldn't have started off the trip with better company.
It's a different feeling walking a course versus riding in a cart, especially a well designed course like today. Most of the time we are so quick to hop into a cart and forget to actually get a feel on the design of the course. Since I brought my push cart with me, I loaded up my clubs on it and walked it today. After being in the nice, cool Northern California climate you get spoiled walking courses in that weather versus the dry, hot desert. I might have to take it slow and get acclimated to walking in hot weather again. Now, I grew up in in Texas where we use to play tennis in the middle of summer with on court temperature reaching 110 degrees. But I'm also not 16 and 120lbs anymore. You can expect to walk about 6 miles and burn around 1500 calories per 18 holes of golf. Given that I've gained a few pounds these past few months, I really need to get back into my normal weight. Besides, I need to get in shape for that 10 mile hike out of the Grand Canyon in about a month.
Today was also the first time I played with my new irons. Getting use to a new set of clubs is like driving your new car for the first time. You know how to drive it but you just don't know how its gonna perform until you've been driving it for a while. I didn't hit them particularly well today but hopefully that will change soon. I did end the round with 3 straight Pars, so that's at least some good news there. Here are the pictures from today. Enjoy!
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| 5th Hole, 508 yard Par 5 |
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| 8th Hole, 171 yard Par 3 over water |
18th Hole
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| The aftermath |
Looks like a good start in the Desert. Nice new sticks.
ReplyDeleteMike A.