Things were going well and I was pretty consistent most of the round although I missed 10 - 12 foot birdie putts on three of the four par 5's. After 9 pars in a row from holes 8 through 16 the skies opened up with a downpour of rain on 17. I hit my drive in the right trees and had to punch out with a long shot remaining yet, then I lost the grip to the water on my 3 wood and chunked it about 50 yards down the fairway. I hit it on from there with a 5 iron and 2 putted for a 6. It was tricky to hit anything after that with the rain, it was heavy enough that it was starting to puddle on the fairways and greens but we were the last group and they wanted to get it in. I took the wrists out of it and used a 3/4 body and arms only swing and managed a driver down the middle on 18 and 7 iron into the middle of the green. The 25 footer with a foot of left to right break missed low as it lost speed so I ended up with 77 when I needed 75 (would have been a 4 players for 3 spots playoff if I came in at 75). It was a good round but disappointing to come that close and have it end that way. It was still fun though, my game is definitely improving and I'm looking forward to continued improvement and future tournaments.
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