This afternoon I played Banyan Cay, in West Palm Beach Florida, with my dad. The course is newly renovated by Jack Nicklaus, an odd layout that was in very nice shape. I had played the course once before the renovation, and it’s an order of magnitude nicer. My warmup on their grass range, with my …
Category Archives: Round summaries
TPC Potomac
Today I knocked an item off my golf bucket list: Play a course you’ve attended a tournament at. I’ve played lots of courses I’ve seen, but never a course I’ve watched the pros play in person. Playing TPC Potomac was a treat, despite carding a rough 101. The last time I visited the course, I …
A painful 98
Ouch. Today I played 18 in four hours and 24 minutes, thanks to a backup in front of us. Starting on 7 my left elbow started hurting, and it only got worse. I finished the front in 48 strokes, but the easier back nine took 50. Most of my struggles derived from my tee shots. …
Tree cheers for golf
It was a great day for golf today. The weather was warm but not hot, the course was lush but not wet, and after ten days away I was ready to see whether my new and improved swing had abandoned me. Thankfully, despite some left-hand pain, it hadn’t (for the most part). I was a …
Michael Golfs 