The Course

The course was excellent. Really unique layout weaving thru the subdivision, but still plays with a wooded, country feel. Doglegs, tight landing areas and strategic bunkers make it difficult. It’s not long, but it is tight making it difficult.

My Round

Mixed round. I played with my brother which brings in a competitive fun element. But really teste my patience being paired up with 2 poor golfers. I don’t usually say that, but these guys were bad.

My driving was mixed. I hit a couple great drives, one that tracked 300 (elevated tee so let’s say 275) but perfect flight. A couple others were great but also had really slicey. When I hit it well…. setup was solid, ball forward off the left toe, flex in the knees, everything squared up, and the shaft leaning slightly back, takeaway was slow and controlled with a nice hinge and then I just let the hips go. I have to just whip things forward and let it go.

Irons were mixed. My misses were straight and thin with longer irons and chunky with short irons. When i struck it well I stayed centered, head not swaying with a wide takeaway and good hinge. Need to leave my root foot on the ground longer. My foot doesn’t need to come up manually, just stay grounded and come up naturally after impact as hips continue to turn.

Im getting smarter at course mgmt and getting out of trouble. Was in pine straw, elevated from green, and played a 7i under trees to land in front of the green and roll on. 100 yrd punch, something I’ve never practiced, but managed to pull off confidently.

I need more time with this new swing and I need to stay concentrated. No coincidence that last round and this round, when I realized what I needed to win or break a certain number, that I would play better. I need to do that during the first 15 holes, too.