On Monday I went to the driving range at night and practiced for about 2 hours, worked mainly on my driver trying to improve my consistency. I hit the ball really well and was feeling confident in my game heading into Tuesday where I decided to go get an hour lesson from my instructor. We discussed how I have been playing lately and had him take a look at my driver and swing. Needless to say he found quite a bit of flaws in my set up and grip. I will be posting the video recap of my lesson that he sent me at the end, which is a really useful and cool thing that he does for his students. At first, the feelings of the positions he was telling me to get into felt completely foreign and awkward. I went from striking my driver solid and 300 yards to duck hooking it about 175 yards. I was a little frustrated at myself for not being able to really “do” the changes he was asking me to do, but after the lesson I hit about 80+ balls and was really starting to figure it out by the end. I started to hit the ball straighter with better strikes and distance. It is going to take a lot of practice to start to feel comfortable in the new position I need to be in with my grip, set up and swing path, but soon enough if I keep practicing it, those feeling will become my new normal. If it’s the correct position to be in that will help me be consistent in the long term then I’m all for trusting it 100%. It is really frustrating though when you feel like you are finally improving your game only to have to retool your swing again and you start to feel like you are going to have to take a few steps back in the short term to hopefully move a lot further in the long term and get to where you need/want to be. “Choose your goal and keep your eye on it. Never give up. Perhaps you will need to change your plan and approach your goal from a different direction, but don’t quit. Keep thinking. Keep re-planning. Keep going” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Going to go putt for a few hours today and hit up the range at night with a buddy. Here is the video recap of my golf lesson on Tuesday.
My Journey 2 Scratch 