Even par?
I took advantage of President’s Day by playing a round of golf - virtually of course at Golf Manhattan. The simulator is a lot of fun and very worthwhile during the winter.
I should be encouraged that I finished even par after 12 holes. However, there’s no way I would have actually finished even par on a real course.
- At least three of my shots were wicked slices. I’ve hit enough slices to know that the result on the simulator wasn’t nearly as wicked as it would have been in real life.
- Anything inside nine feet on the simulator is a gimme. My putting was surprisingly good, but I’ve seen pros miss plenty of nine footers and I’m sure I would have too.
- There no bad lies. One of my drives landed in what looked like pretty thick grass on the side of a hill. It would have been impossible to advance the ball more than 100 yards out of this, if I could even find it. But in the virtual world, a well hit 6 iron put me on the green in two.
Despite these shortcomings of the simulator, even par is pretty good. Perhaps my game hasn’t dropped off as much as I thought it would in the off-season. Hopefully with some practice in the next few weeks I’ll be ready to go when the snow melts and the courses open.
1 year ago