My First Birdie

We teed up around 2:30 this afternoon at the Ridgeview Ranch Golf Course. I was playing with Zhen, Jenny, and Shang. There were a lot of people playing today. The parking lot was full. There was not even one lot left for us to park when we arrived around 2 p.m. So our game did not start until around 2:40 p.m.

I got my first Birdie in the ninth hole (Par 4). I started with a 3-Iron at the tee. My first stroke landed my golf ball near the 150-yard black-white mark. I used a 7-Iron for my second stroke. The golf ball landed at the green about 20 feet from the cup. I putted the golf ball in the cup in one putt. I got a Birdie.

Overall the game was fine. I got 15 strokes over par at the first half and the 19 strokes over par for the second half. Over I got 34 strokes over par or 106 strokes.

At the 5th hole (Par 3) I landed my golf ball in the middle of the creek. I took the penalty and I restarted from the tee as my 3rd stroke. This time my golf ball went too far away to the right side of the green.

I did badly in my 18th hole. My first stroke landed my golf ball behind a tree (non-playable). I took one-stroke penalty and I moved the golf ball to the left of the tree and played from there. The golf ball passed through a tree and cut several leaves off the tree. So the ball did not go too far. Overall I got 4 strokes above par for the last hole.

I got my 99 strokes (first time I broke the 100 strokes mark) last Thursday when I was playing with my classmates at the Plantation Golf Course. The last week was not bad for my golf games.