The Course

OK, first round after the wheels came back on. Tee time: 7:20am which meant the front nine was smooth with zero traffic on the course and the weather was gorgeous. Playing with my younger brother is always a blast. The course was in awesome condition, first time I’ve played it when it looked this good. Greens were excellent, fairways and rough were green and trimmed up.

My Round

I tried to focus on the pre-shot routine and making a good lower body move. Again, when I did it, I hit the ball really solid. A 9-iron on 11 was the best example of that. But I still “blank out” over the ball. On the range I can keep a calm head thru the swing, hitting my checkpoints along the way. On the course, I must be way to interested to see where it goes. I also lost my head on a par 5 on the back. Got a 10. Went right on approach and decided to re-hit instead of taking a drop. Ended up pancaked in the bunker, 2 to get out and the rest is history. I haven’t lost it like that on the course in a while.

Had a couple decent drives, oddly all of them were from elevated tee boxes. I’ll have to figure out the psychology of that. Chipping was not solid. I left shots out there. And 3 putts. Especially on GIR… stop 3 putting.

What to work on:

• All lower body. Just spend 30 mins a night focusing on the transition from top
• Keep your wrist hinged longer and stop casting
• Full shoulder turn and feel back facing to target
• Keep your arms connected
• Full release .. which i stopped doing. Getting the lower into it will help
• Work on your putting stroke. Its not bad, but you need consistency, especially contact
• Stop caring about where the ball is going