Blog archives for February, 2010

On the range today, something strange happened.  I could only hit draws!  My “go-to” shot, the power fade, had gone away!  I could only hit slices when try to hit the power fade, yet the draw (which I rarely hit) was dead on!
At the end of the session, I realized what was happening: I was [...]

Have been working on my putting again.  Most of what I’ve read suggests that distance control is the key to making fewer putts. 

So working on distance control on the practice green today, I realized that (a) my distance control is poor on the longer putts, and (b) on the longer putts I sometimes do not [...]

During my last round, was not able to get many chips close to the hole.  I’ve been so focused on ball-striking improvement, that I hadn’t practiced chipping for several weeks, and it showed in my scoring.  So back to chipping practice…

I’ve decided to approach this like putting, in the sense of making distance control the [...]