Full swing positions to practice: -Grip in fingers, light pressure -One piece takeaway -Turn to top, coiling against right side Transition to… -Hips fully open, firm left leg -Allow arms to drop in the slot, with lag -Swing to left after impact Also need to practice chipping with lots of spin: one hop and stop. [...]
Shot 51 on the back nine of the local muni this morning. Driving was OK (hit 57% of fairways). However, didn’t hit any greens in regulation, and didn’t get any up and downs. Which seems odd, because I was hitting irons solid, and chipping/pitching felt good. Just wasn’t getting close enough to the targets… Need to [...]
Today I shot 108 on the local 18 hole par 72. Quite disappointing, as based on practice sessions and recent 9 hole scores, was expecting to be much lower. Here’s the breakdown: Fairways Hit: 10 out of 13 Greens in Regulation: zero Up and Downs: 2 out of 18 Putts: 41 My driver and long [...]
Played the back nine at the local muni this morning. Shot 49, tying my personal best. Feel really good about this score, since it’s been months since I’ve played this well. Changed a few things: 1) Played from the forward men’s tees. This yardage is similar to the yardage at my “home” course’s middle tees. [...]
Today, had a round in which most of my driver shots went straight right. It felt as if they were coming off the toe of the club. I’ve been teeing the ball just above the top of the driver head. When the club is soled, the toe is just in line with the ball. During [...]
Shot 51 on the par 34, 2719 yards today. Last couple of rounds were 54, so this was definitely an improvement. Focused on target as much as possible (full swing, pitching, chipping, and putting), instead of on swing mechanics. Felt very relaxed and made great ball contact as a result. Things to work on: 1) [...]
Shot 54 on the local front nine today. Got 3 bogeys and 2 doubles. My new iron swing (easy tempo) worked really well. Hit my 6 iron solid, long, high and on-target 5/5 times, including a couple times from the fairway. Putting and chipping were decent. However, driver let me down. Only had decent contact [...]
Shot a disappointing 54 on the front nine today. Driver was decent: used on 6/9 holes, hit 3 fairways and 2 were close. One driver shot was low and hit the water, otherwise straight. Putting was good too, 6/9 greens were 1- or 2-putts. The main issue was irons. Two poor tee shots on shorter [...]
Shot a disappointing 53 today. Carded a 10 on 1 hole; this was frustrating since (a) pitched over the green with my new pitch shot, which otherwise worked perfectly (mis-judged the distance), and (b) had to chip multiple times (3!) just to get on the green (and I’ve really been working on the chips). Also [...]
Shot 49 today on the front nine. Hit 1 par and 3 bogeys. Driving was unspectacular, hitting both left and right, nothing in the fairway. Still, tied my best score on this track, due to short game practice kicking in. Had one chip that hit the flag, just missing birdie. One thing that wasn’t working [...]
