紐約長島links球場：Timber point golf course~上集

六月開始天氣變熱了，高球小宇宙也越來越旺了。這個月的第一場球選擇Timber Point Golf course。在長島南邊靠海球場,典型的links風格。訂了早上7:40開球，從法拉盛開車約一個鐘頭時間。今天和一對夫婦併組打，他們都是住在附近,對這個球場很熟悉。當然就成為我的GPS。早上的氣溫約20出頭度，真的很舒服，今天打red和blue courses。衝藍tee，紅場3300碼，藍場3341碼。總長超過6600碼。這距離就有點意思哦。前9從紅場開始，球道難度一般，開完球後大多剩不到100碼，第二桿就P桿跟52度橫掃。

紅場會卡關在果嶺，果嶺偏大，有高低落差的斜坡，約半個人高。旗杆變態的插在斜坡上，3推正常發揮，2推嗨爆，前面三個洞都是3推，信心潰散。幾個球道根本窄到懷疑人生，直接到長草或樹林找球就好。另外它的3桿洞也沒簡單送分，開球台和果嶺都有高低落差，果嶺周圍有左右護法的沙坑保護，沒準度就去沙坑或長草找球。沙坑不會很大片，但打短、打偏，就進去玩沙了。要過關，開球和上果嶺那桿沒有單差的實力就別來玩開箱打卡了！

前9打的超吃力，今天木桿用callaway Quantum Max，桿身用60幾克，桿頭重量調的比較重，我的內力不足，打得有點吃力。因為Quantum是設定給我孩子打，我沒有把桿身和桿頭重量調整回我的設定，打起來桿頭回正時間不對，多是打小右曲。但是打到甜蜜點就是暴遠，幾個300多碼的洞，開完球都剩不到100碼。從250碼到280碼，就是開掛的距離。

今天下沙坑4次，這裡的沙坑沒有很大，但似乎都自帶磁力，無緣無故就進去了。比如沙坑在球道的中間/兩旁，或是果嶺的兩邊或前面位置，稍微打短或打偏就是落沙。也不是我的鐵桿不好，就是稍微偏一點就烙賽。簡單說紅場比較像老球場風格，球道窄、果嶺小，就是自虐。如果偏一點，短桿救球是決定bogey或par。我有時用球道木來切送果嶺，時好時壞，以後要多用。

後9藍場就是典型的林克斯球場風格，球道設計貼著海邊，風景就像畫一樣，風超大。距離要抓非常大才能衝上果嶺，在第15洞三桿洞207碼，果嶺後面就是海邊，吹著由右到左的風向。我拿三木可以打220到230碼，果嶺的左右兩邊各有沙坑，我朝右沙坑打，結果球被吹到左沙坑裡。沙坑又是炮台式果嶺，搞得像打Open Champion的沙坑。這一洞打+1。

本文未完，下集請待續。

The weather started getting hot in June, so for my first round of the month I picked Timber Point Golf Course. It’s a classic links-style course on the south shore of Long Island, right by the ocean. I teed off at 7:40 a.m. — about an hour’s drive from Flushing. I was paired with a couple who live nearby and know the course really well, so they basically became my personal GPS.

The morning temperature was in the low 70s — super comfortable. I played the Red and Blue courses from the blue tees. Red was about 3,300 yards, Blue around 3,341, so together it was over 6,600 yards. That’s actually a decent test.

I started on the front nine (Red course). The fairways weren’t too bad, and after most drives I was left with less than 100 yards in — usually a pitching wedge or 52-degree wedge. But the greens on Red are tricky. They’re not pretty big with some serious slopes, almost half a person high in places. The pins were placed on these nasty slopes. Three-putting was normal, two-putting felt amazing. My first three holes were all three-putts — my confidence was completely gone.

Some fairways are super narrow — you start questioning your life choices. If you miss them, you’re just heading straight into the long grass or woods to look for your ball. The par 3s are no gift either. There’s elevation change between the tee and the green, and bunkers guarding both sides. If you don’t have good accuracy, you’re going bunker hunting or long grass searching.

The bunkers aren’t huge, but they feel magnetic. Hit it a little short or a little offline and you’re in the sand. The Red course feels like an old-school layout — narrow fairways, small greens, very punishing. If you miss even a bit, your short game decides whether you make bogey or save par. I started using my fairway wood to run balls onto the greens — it worked sometimes, sometimes not. I need to do that more.

The back nine (Blue course) is proper links golf. The holes run right along the ocean — the views are like a painting. The wind was really strong. You had to club up a lot to reach the greens. On the 15th hole, a 207-yard par 3 with the ocean right behind the green, I had a right-to-left wind. I hit my 3-wood (normally 220-230 yards) aiming at the right bunker, but the wind pushed it all the way into the left bunker. That bunker was like a pot bunker from The Open — brutal. I walked off with a bogey (+1).

to be continued..

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