紐約長島Swan lake golf club！~上集

今天是解放黑奴紀念日，連續三天假期的頭一天。選了Swan Lake golf club球場來打，它位在長島的裡面一點，很接近這週在打的US Open shinnecock Hills球場。從法拉盛開車到這個球場約一個小時又10分鐘，今天早上六點開車在高速路上車超多，回來也是一樣走走停停，應該都是去看US Open的原因。在new England地區，真的有很多高爾夫的鐵粉，這擺明就是去美國公開賽進香的車陣。去買個紀念品，過個香，討個今年打球抓鳥屠鷹的護身符。還好我是早上7:30開球，避開車最多的時候，但下午回來時就整個慘不忍睹！

不過今天有一個小bug，網路上訂場並沒有說這個球場，週末或假日都強制開球車。應該為了打球的流暢度所制定，到了球場check in的時候，才說不能自己推球車。心中有點不爽，也沒有在訂場頁面有注意事項說明，但只能接受。算是給自己一個父親節禮物吧！今天和另外三位球友一起打，他們住在紐澤西是專程來看美國公開賽，算是香客，要看明天的比賽，所以今天連打兩場，早上一場，下午一場，下午在另一個林克斯的球場離Shinnecock Hills很近。這幾個香客也太虔誠了吧，不就住紐約隔壁，直接安排長島高球2天1夜+看US Open行程，旅行社看了，直接複製貼上的行程！太專業了。

今天打白tee，總長有6300碼，算是有距離的白tee。藍Tee總長6800碼，第一次打這個球場，就從白tee開始打起。今天早上的天氣超棒，溫度大概都在20出頭℃沒什麼太陽非常舒服的高爾夫球日。這個球場的球道非常的窄，稍微偏一點就是樹林或是OB。球道中間都會設置幾個沙坑，所以呢，不是進樹林，就是下沙，再慘一點就是出界或者是掉水。總之你的開球只能允許偏大約15碼的範圍，超過15碼，基本上就是出界或進障礙區。

今天帶上Ping 440K/ Fujikura TR Speeder 569木桿，真的帶對了。440k的容錯超高，允許帶點偏差，但是都在15碼內。真的有驚無險，不過距離來說就有點糟！倒旋有點破表，滾動就彈2下停了。有幾球都是打中甜蜜點，但距離似乎沒有預期好。可能今天也是用Callaway Chrome soft X/硬度高、倒旋少，一球打到底，沒有掉球，卻沒有預期的滾動效果出來。所以440k整體的性能是可以完全掌握。容錯真的讚！

Chrome soft X距離真的沒有pro V1好。導致我的第二桿都要拿出中鐵或球道木來打，更糟的是，我的鐵桿今天發揮得很掉漆。總之每次打球很難有全面狀態好的，就是會有一個部分掉隊。它的球道設計很刁鑽也有技巧，狗腿洞雖然不多，但也無法從tee台看到果嶺，因為它會在球道上有技巧的放置沙坑、樹林、草叢，或球道上做些高低起伏來遮擋你的視線。打起來相當考驗技術和穩定性。今天我也下沙坑3次，沙坑都不會很大，也容易脫困。他的沙的顆粒大小算是中等，比較容易吃下去，但有幾個沙坑有澆水，所以不容易吃下去，這是打的時候要注意。

再說到它的果嶺，最難搞的狹長型炮台設計。果嶺的寬度大約只有15碼到20碼，而它的長度呢？有超過30碼。更扯的是他的果嶺高度落差在60公分左右。前幾洞推得有點吃力，就是因為他的果嶺都插在斜坡上，如果你不會閱讀果嶺，也不懂怎麼推斜坡那一定3推。前9的果嶺都是算狹長形的果嶺，對於第二竿進攻就是變態等級挑戰，稍微偏一點就進沙坑或者是長草斜坡。所以我今天的鐵桿打得很悶，就是稍微偏一點就落在果嶺的斜坡或者是長草。

本文未完，下集請待續。

Swan Lake Golf Club, Long Island, New York!

Today's Juneteenth, the first day of a three-day weekend. I picked Swan Lake Golf Club to play — it's a bit inland on Long Island, pretty close to Shinnecock, where the US Open's being played this week. Drive from Flushing took about an hour and ten minutes, and man, the highway was packed at six in the morning, and just as bad coming back — stop and go the whole way. That's all the US Open traffic. There are a ton of die-hard golf fans out in the New England area, and this was basically a pilgrimage convoy headed to the Open — buying souvenirs, paying their respects, picking up a lucky charm for a good scoring season. Good thing my tee time was 7:30 AM, so I missed the worst of the traffic on the way out, but the drive home in the afternoon was an absolute disaster.

One small hiccup though — the booking site didn't mention that on weekends and holidays, carts are mandatory. No pushing your own cart allowed. I only found out when I checked in. Kind of annoyed since there was no notice on the booking page, but nothing to do but accept it. Guess I'll just call it my Father's Day gift to myself. I played with three other guys today — they're from New Jersey, in town specifically for the US Open, watching tomorrow's round. So today they're playing two rounds back to back, one in the morning, one in the afternoon, with the afternoon round at a links-style course right next to Shinnecock. Talk about devoted pilgrims — they live right next door in New Jersey and still planned a full two-day-one-night Long Island golf trip plus the US Open. Looked like something straight out of a travel agency's copy-paste itinerary. Way too professional.

I played the white tees today, total 6,300 yards — a decent length for whites. Blue tees run 6,800 yards. First time at this course, so I started from the whites. The weather this morning was fantastic, low 70 degree, not much sun, just a really comfortable day for golf. The fairways here are super narrow — drift even a little and you're in the trees or out of bounds. There are bunkers scattered down the middle of most fairways too, so it's either the woods, the sand, or worse — OB or water. Basically your tee shot only has about a 15-yard margin for error. Anything beyond that and you're pretty much in trouble.

I brought out the Ping G440K driver with a Fujikura TR Speeder shaft today, and I'm really glad I did. The 440K's forgiveness is incredible — it lets you get away with some deviation, as long as it's within that 15-yard window. Genuinely had some close calls but came out fine. Distance-wise though, kind of disappointing — spin was a bit excessive, ball would bounce twice and just stop. Hit the sweet spot a few times but distance wasn't quite what I expected. Might also be because I was playing the Callaway Chrome Soft X today — firmer, less spin, ball flies straight without dropping off, but I wasn't getting the rollout I wanted. Still, overall the 440K's performance was completely manageable. The forgiveness is just super great.

Chrome Soft X really doesn't go as far as the Pro V1. Because of that, I kept having to pull out mid-irons or fairway woods for my second shots, and to make it worse, my irons just weren't on today. Honestly, it's rare to have every part of your game clicking — there's always some piece that lags behind. The course design is tricky and demands skill — not many dogleg holes, but you still can't see the green from the tee box, because the fairways are cleverly designed with bunkers, trees, rough, and elevation changes that block your sightline. Really tests your technique and consistency. I went into the sand three times today — the bunkers aren't huge and pretty easy to escape from. The sand grain is medium-sized, generally easy to dig into, though a few bunkers had been watered down, making them harder to play out of — something to watch for.

And then there's the greens — the trickiest part, with these narrow, elevated "turret" style greens. They're only about 15 to 20 yards wide, but over 30 yards long. Even crazier, there's about a 60 cm elevation change within some greens. The first few holes were tough to putt because the greens sit on slopes — if you can't read greens or don't know how to handle slope putts, you're guaranteed three-putts. All the front-nine greens are this narrow shape, which makes approach shots brutally challenging — drift even slightly off-target and you're in a bunker or the rough on a slope. So my iron play felt pretty frustrating today, since even small misses landed me on a slope or in the long grass around the green.

to be continued..

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