A New Era

Remember this post?

Well, just in the last two weeks I've accepted the #1 job on my board, Illinois made the Final Four, and I'm breaking 100 at the golf simulator. And the job is remote, so I can hopefully live healthier as well. And did you see the clips of Mahomes throwing? Maybe things really are turning around.

Bracket Recap

Eve won the bracket contest for the first time. For the second year in a row, Adam got the champion correctly but didn't win the contest. Harrison came close to winning for the 4th time.

I did four brackets and couldn't crack 1000 in any of them.

I shot a 97

Coming into today, my previous long drive was 201--I had only hit over 200 yards once in my life. In my warm up, I hit a drive 213 yards. Then on the 12th hole, I hit a drive 230 yards. 

In October 2025, my longest drive was 166 yards. Today it was 230 yards. That's crazy. 

February 2, 2026

4 pars

6 bogeys

4 doubles

4 triples or worse

0 mulligans

total score 99

April 6, 2026

3 pars

9 bogeys

3 doubles

3 triples or worse

0 mulligans

total score 97

Today I made par on a par 4 (twice) and a par 3 (once).

My par + bogey count today: 12

Double or worse: 6

Last time it was 10 and 8. 

Also there were three holes where I left my putt less than a foot short on a good line. So very easily could be talking about a 95 right now.

I did hit into two water hazards today, but the drop zone was near the green so, it didn't blow up my round. 

The first holes are always rough. I did a longer warm-up to mitigate that but it just is what it is.

I played holes 6-9, just one over par. Three pars and a bogey over that stretch. And then I continued the next four holes, bogey every time. If you apply that stretch to 9 holes, that's 42 or an 84 over 18. 

I'm defintely still improving and still left a ton of scoring out there. Plenty of room to get better.