A weekend without golf always seems like a wasted opportunity and such was the case last week, when rain prevented me from hitting the links. This week, I managed to get that lost round back by playing a Sunday double-header, beginning with a morning round at Bloomington Downs Golf Club, located in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Described by Toronto Life magazine as "one of the most forgiving" golf courses in the Greater Toronto Area, Bloomington Downs is where a lot of local players go to restore confidence in their game. Owing to its modest length and wide-open fairways, that reputation is deserved, but I would stop short of calling it a cakewalk. Sand traps and water come into play on a number of holes, providing a reasonable challenge for the average golfer.
Water got the best of me on the second and seventh holes, leading to a pair of triple-bogeys. On the positive side, I managed a bogey on the difficult sixth hole, a 512-yard, par-5 that snakes through thick woods. The back nine was trouble-free, except for some shaky putting here and there.
When it was all said and done, I finished with a score of 100, including 40 putts. Once again, it seems that decent putting would have resulted in a sub-100 round.
Score: 100
Par: 72
Putts: 40
Fairways: 6
Greens: 3
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