Tetherow Golf Club 17th, Bend, OR

As you can see from my infrequent posts lately, I haven't been a very artful blogger. My golf game hasn't been very artful either. My putting comes and goes. My driver is costing me more strokes than ever! I seem to have lost that artful swing. But, as it has before, it'll eventually return.

Over the past few months, I was shooting rounds in the 70's about 75% of the time, including a couple rounds under 70. But this month, I'm back to shooting half my rounds in the 80's. However, I continue to sprinkle in a good round or two every 20 rounds to keep my handicap at 3.

Last weekend, after shooting several rounds in the 80's, I then shot a round of 73 that included 3 double bogies! I then followed that with another round of 80 yesterday that included 5 penalty strokes from bad drives. One recent round of 81 included seven 3-putts! It's been very frustrating!

Although I've struggled lately, I did get to enjoy a trip to Bend, Oregon last month. I played Tetherow, Aspen Lakes, Sunriver Meadow and Widgi Creek. I loved playing among the Cascades and put together some good rounds there, but struggled some too. My favorite round took place on my drive home. I stopped at Running Y Ranch, a Palmer course in Klamath Falls. I played well, enjoyed the company of my wife, who rode along in the cart with me, and simply loved the natural setting! I'll definitely plan to get back to Central Oregon in the future for some more great golf.

While back here at home here on the Central Coast, my blogging may continue, but at an infrequent pace. I've found it much easier to simply share artful links and quick updates using Twitter! You can follow me there at twitter.com/artfulgolfer.

Labels: Bend, Golf Destinations, Golf Vacation, Oregon, Twitter