The Uncle Dennis Rule

Cape Fear National is a beautiful course offering challenging greens and tees for every level of golfer. The greens have subtle slopes that break more than you think they will, and tiered-greens which can make 2-putting very difficult at times. Waste bunkers that run the length of the hole and double as cart paths can be found here as well. They're truly a sight to be seen. There's a good bit of water on the course, nothing as really a forced carry, but it keeps your margin of error slim, especially running along the right-hand side of several holes and it does get into your head. But this isn't a course review, per se. Let's talk about how I fared. First, Review... Just a quick review on the goals for the round (you can go back to check the finer points): Par 3s - No more than 13 on these. Par 5s - I'm allowing myself 23 shots here (+3), but I want to par number 11. Putting - I have already accounted for 16 putts, assuming I stick to the "no more t...

Unscheduled... Well, I'm getting to go out and play the first round in awhile this afternoon. I didn't get to work on the 6-iron as much as I would have liked, but this was an unexpected golf outing, so I'll make sure I get to the course early enough to hit a few on the range and putt to make sure that stroke is ready to take on 18 holes. The difficultly with being a high handicap golfer is that you don't work on your game as much as you'd like, but part of that is simply time constraints. Between work and home responsibilities, there isn't much time to pop out to a course. Having some training tools at home helps, however, I still don't hit into the net as much as I should. Planning for success Professional golfers play typical rounds under par and we'll talk more about this later. A nice round of 67 is 5 under par for most golf courses, which means that even the pros aren't going after every flag. Hazards come into play on most holes, sand, ...