On Thursday I decided to take most of the day working to revamp the blogs look. I hope you enjoy it, I think it looks a lot better now and the page layout kind of has that “scratched” look and feel to it. I added an about me page, if you click the photo on the left side of the page it will take you to that profile. I love that photo, every time I look at it, it brings a calming and peaceful feeling to me, and I hope you enjoy its beauty as well. I added also on the left side a definition of a scratch golfer and a handicap (including my current handicap) for some of you who might not be familiar with the terminology, as well as categorized my posts. There are currently 5 categories at this point which are golf rounds/recaps, lessons, long game practice, short game practice, and just blog posts about life and general stuff. Should make it easier to find what you’re looking for in future visits to the site.
Ok, now on to the golf game! Thursday night I decided to go to the range and try and figure out my driver problems. Was still struggling to hit my driver and woods solid and straight, but the rest of the clubs in my bag are coming around very nicely. After the range session last night, I decided that today I would go back to my teacher to try and get some help with my driver and woods. We worked on getting my left elbow into a better position tucked underneath my right. This is something my coach has been trying to get me to do over the past few lessons, but subconsciously I had let it slip back into the old routine of left on top of the right. Once I start to figure that out, it will bring me a lot more consistency in my swing. Overall, he thought that I was improving nicely in my setup, grip, balance and swing path. Today we also worked on not moving so far forward in my downswing. This was causing me to get way out in front and my hands were getting stuck behind. I was just shifting my hips forward instead of rotating them. We worked on a few drills to help me get that feeling and yea it is going to take some time and practice before these feelings become normal and I’m able to repeat it each and every time. It did help my driver though and I was starting to hit the ball fairly straight near the end of the lesson. I need to feel like my arms are almost just dropping and moving first in my downswing. My knees need to feel like they are separating and my right hip stays in the same spot and only rotates and does not shift forward. You can check out my swing in the video lesson recap I’ll be posting here at the end of the video. It might make a little more sense for you to see it than for me to explain it.
I’m definitely losing distance from where I was at before, but I just want to hit it straighter right now, the distance will come when I get more comfortable and am able to swing harder. Going to be playing a round tomorrow morning with a buddy over at Meadow Lakes Golf Course, I have never played there before, but I have heard it can be quite challenging. I’m not expecting to go out and shoot another 4 over round, but I’m hoping that I can continue my solid short game and improve on my driving. I was able to get away with my horrible driving in my last round because I was able to put it into the other fairways and spots that I knew would be alright having played there many times before. At a new course however, having seen only a few pictures where it looks like there are more canyons and out of bounds, I really need to keep my drives in play. I’m more confident after this lesson though with my woods going into tomorrow, so my goal is just to break 80 (it’s a par 71). My coach told me today that it is going to take a few weeks to get my body used to the new positions and that I should not expect to get it over night. I’m excited that I am moving in the right direction and I can’t wait to get to work practicing and I’m looking forward to that day when it all clicks.
Here is my video recap lesson from today, enjoy!
My Journey 2 Scratch 