Olde Sycamore…Putting Was On!
First round today in the TarHeel Tour event at Olde Sycamore. This is a tight course where you have to keep it in play all day…lots of hazards in the driving areas and around the greens. The rough is pretty dense as well. I hit it fairly well en route to a 3 under 69 - 3 shots off the lead in 7th place. The real story of the day, however, was my putting. I made a small tweak over the weekend and am stroking it very well. I one-putted 10 of my first 11 greens today and had 25 in total. I two-putted holes 12 through 16, but every putt was hit exactly how I wanted to. I don’t feel like it would have been unreasonable to have a 19-putt round.
We’re keeping an eye on Hurricane Ophelia off the coast because that could obviously impact the event. Looks like it will move in a direction that would keep the wind and rain away from Charlotte.