Two courses in two days

MAPGA Junior Championship · June 29, 2026 · Dominion Valley CC / Piedmont Club, VA

By Myra · June 29, 2026

Most tournaments, you get to know the course before you play it. You do a practice round, figure out where you can miss, and start to trust a few holes. This one was different — two courses in two days, and I didn't get a practice round at Dominion Valley at all. Just showed up on day one and played it blind.

Dominion Valley was long and hard, rated 75.2. Not knowing the lines off the tees or how the greens would break, I shot 78. Honestly, I'll take that. I had a couple of shots I wish I could redo but nothing crazy — no big numbers, kept it together.

Day two at Piedmont was a different course, a different feel — different grass, different greens, different tee shots. It was rated a stroke easier (74.2) and I could kind of feel that on some holes. I shot 79. I actually thought I could've gotten it a couple lower — misread a few putts on the back that I'd love another look at.

Finished T10, which was fine. But the thing I learned this weekend isn't really about the score. It's that playing well across two courses you don't fully know is way harder than playing one course you've studied. That's probably what most big tournaments are going to feel like as I keep going. I want to get better at it.

Onto the next one.