Brushy Creek - El Gato

 We traveled north this morning to play the Brushy Creek (aka Cat Hollow) course in Round Rock.  Today's players were:  Lif, Dave, Chris, Donald, Keith and Heady.   Skies were mostly cloudy, temperatures were in the 80's, humidity was in the 90's and there was hardly any wind.  Course conditions were good and there were lots of other players on the course.

I was able to play the entire round without any pain, so maybe I am past my injury.  I'm not getting the distance I was before but I can work on that.  Otherwise I had a pretty average round.  Chris nearly had an eagle on #10.  His second throw from about 250 feet out bounced off the rim.

Only four birdies made today:  Dave(2), Donald(1) and Chris(1).  No discs lost, I found a Star Corvette in the rough on #10.   The scorecard may not be accurate, if you have any changes let me know.

Dave starts us off

Lif envisions his drive

Donald from downtown.  Drive went long on #2

Chris with a tough putt

Great drive by Donald on #2.  Parked it!

Big Dave driving on the long #3

Lif found a critter crawling up his arm

Keith's approach on #3

Lif's putt hit every chain and went thru!

Chris with a long birdie putt on #6

Waiting for a group to play thru

A disc in the hand is worth two in the bush!

Keith driving on #13

Keith make face.  Limp wrist Lif.

Donald with a reach

Chris finishes it up on #18

Official Score

 

Steeplechase Park - Kyle

We met up at 8:00AM at Macho Tacos in Manchaca for a filling breakfast then drove down to Kyle to play the Steeplechase course.  Today's players were:  Steve, Lif, Dave, Keith, Chris, Darden and Heady.  It was an overcast day, temperatures were in the 80s, the humidity was in the 90s.  There was no wind at all.  Course conditions were a bit thick and muddy in places, probably from all the rain we've had the past few weeks.  There were only a few other players on the course.

I was able to play without pain in my shoulder, but it was always in the back of my mind.  I never really let loose on my drives but was able to get some decent distance.  My putting was still horrible, I missed six really easy putts.  I just could not control my arm.  I was able make some putts on the back nine after I had warmed up.  Keith is improving every week.  He had a couple of outstanding drives today, just like his old self.  Still he lost power and his grip periodically throughout the round.  Darden was a birdie machine.  He made seven birdies and many of those were not cheap.  He just missed getting a couple more.

A total of seventeen birdies were made:  Darden(7), Steve(4), Lif(2), Chris(2), Dave(1), Keith(1) and Heady(0).  I had a good chance on #12 but choked my putt.  Two discs lost in the murky creek, one disc found in the murky creek.

Breakfast at Macho Tacos in Manchaca

Land Shark

Lif starts us off!

Dave's approach on #1

Refreshment break

We crossed this creek about four times

How's the fishing Lif?

Lif with an interesting follow thru

Dave from the jungle

Keith putting on #18

Official Scorecard

 

Circle C - Independence Day

Happy Independence Day!   A great day to play Circle C.  Today's players were Steve, Chris, Keith, Dave, Lif and Heady.  Skies were mostly cloudy, temperatures were in the 80's and no wind to speak of.  Course conditions were good and there were lots of other players on the course.  We got caught in a downpour on #18 and were totally soaked.

I was just that glad I was able to play today.  My shoulder is only about 75% of strength.  I was able to throw some halfway decent drives without pain.  Throwing a hyzer hurt a bit, sometimes a lot.  By the time we got to #18 my arm gave out and I could not complete the hole.  My putting was terrible, I missed several really short putts.  My arm would stop when my hand got above my shoulder.   I've got to work on that before next week.  Steve had some impressive throws today, really got some distance.  Chris nearly had an ace on #4, his drive curved around the trees and skipped just past the basket.

Five birdies were made today:  Steve(2), Chris(2) and Dave(1).  No discs lost and one disc found by Chris in the tree on #18.

Happy Fourth of July

 

Big Dave starts us off!

Chris trying for a birdie on #2

Chris driving on #14.  Keith busy by the tree

Rain coming down hard

Finishing up on #18

 

  I estimated the scores for Chris and Dave on #17 and #18.    It was raining too much to record the scores.

Scorecard