A home for the day

Field Club turned out to be a good spot to practice for the day. It was an interesting little putting green that reminded me of Broadmoor’s in that it was kind of built on one big slope. The grass was different than you see in Portland, but kind of similar to the bent grass that they have out at Heron Lakes, just a bit longer and somewhat more “laid over.” There were a lot of dead patches too, I guess it’s pretty tough to maintain the quality of greens in thus climate, where the ground’s covered with snow for a few months a year and then bakes in the sun for the summer.. Not quite the sod paradise that the pacific northwest is, for better or worse.

I practiced for four hours, not too bad for being out of my routine, but was hoping to get a bit more in. It got really muggy out, though, and I felt like it was best to take it easy because I couldn’t sleep well last night and with the time change got about five hours, mostly laying awake. Will sleep well tonight for sure.. Tomorrow I’m going to head back to Field Club for a bit and then go out and challenge my brother in a little 18 hole putting game. Last time we played was early June and I barely beat him after nine holes, I think it was by one stroke. This time I’ve got a lot more confidence in my game, so am ready to go all out!

The picture below is Marijke checking out the practice green and the clubhouse in the background. It was private, but nobody said anything and in fact gave me a free cup of decaf, so I figured all was well..