Had a surreal experience on the range today. As you know, I’ve not been hitting driver due to its inconsistency for me, and planned to revisit it when my ballstriking improved. Well, my ballstriking has improved. So I brought out the driver and hit some balls, after several minutes of hitting 4 Hybrid and 5 Wood [...]
Shot 54 on the back nine of the local muni today. This was disappointing given my practice sessions: short game felt really good, and using “target focus” I was hitting really solid irons on the range. Well my putting during the round was in fact excellent: hit only 16 putts, a personal best. Chipping and [...]
In my last round, my drives were really off, nothing straight and long. Hooks, fades and a slice out of bounds. This was surprising, since I was starting to consider driving a strength. I realized that I was trying to kill the ball, which was reducing my chances of solid contact. So at the range [...]
Just wanted to make a note that I was hitting the driver very well during practice today. Started off hitting straight or slightly drawing, but not generating much power. These initial shots were short (100-150 yds) and low (~5-10 ft off the ground). After some thought, I realized that I was casting the club, i.e. [...]
Worked on driving off the tee today, with the 4 Hybrid, 3 Wood, and Driver. I noticed that in a previous practice and while playing my last round, my tee shots tended to go quite high, instead of with a penetrating ball flight. Even a vigorous (75% effort) of the tee with the 3 Wood [...]
Been working on tee shots at the driving range. The 4 Hybrid and 5 Wood are relatively well-behaved, hitting nice draws with carry about 150 and 170 yds respectively. Coiling, unwinding with the hips, hitting inside-out and releasing the hands through impact. The driver (Taylormade R5) is a slightly different story. I tend to hit [...]
Practiced my tee shots today. Used the 4 Hybrid, 3 Hybrid, and the R5 Driver. With the 4H, I’m hitting nice reliable 5-10 yard draws out to 150 yds. To nail the target, just have to aim 5-10 yards right of it, and it will curve back quite nicely. This draw has become so ingrained that [...]
