The Course

Heritage is a great golf course. Big golf course that feels very natural. The fairways and rough were in good shape and some of the greens were excellent. But then others were marked up, kinda dead and very uneven. The tee boxes were beat up, especially on the holes where driver isn’t needed.

That aside, this is a course I’ll play again for sure. Not a level lie on this course and even in the fairway we ended up with sidehill/downhill lies and not subtle ones, big ones. But the layout is excellent. Its a tough golf course. The tees were up a but, which helped but the greens were insane. Double and triple breakers and big! Anything outside of 10 feet and you’re hoping not to 3 putt. I’ll definitely play again.

My Round

I played really well today. Going into the round, I just wanted to make good swings but I wanted those swings to look and feel similar to my practice swings. I’m really trying to break my bad habit of taking the club inside by rolling my wrists and instead felling my hands pass my thigh then hinge up and at the top, start the hips and pull my right arm to my side and swing through. On video and on the Swingbyte, that swing produces some great plane lines and even an increase in swing speed. On the range I was hitting some solid shots with a bit of a draw when I did this right. On the course I drew a few but mostly I was hitting fades, especially with my driver. But I hit some nice iron shots, like the 9i on #2 which hit the slope, bounced, then used the slope and spin to come all the back down to hole high for par. Or the knock down 3/4 PW from 115 on par 3 #16 which I hit to within 6 feet. I had some solid 7is and a solid 5i from an awkward uphill/sidehill lie.

My driver produced a couple decent drives but my confidence is low since this is a new club. Even with the weights set 12g in the heel, I’m fading and even slicing a bit. When I try to just let it loose, I usually hit it more solid and further. But I tried that on the front and duffed it about 15 yards in front (not even the ladies tee). But when I did connect, I was getting 270-280 which is exactly what I expected when I purchased this club. I need to go to the range and work on the setup and just trust going full out. AND I have to release the club properly. Without that, I’m going to keep frustrating myself.

My 5W is now a go to club for me, although it let me down on #17. Prior to hitting my tee shot, I realized my score was 73 with 17 and 18 left, both par 4s. The numbers werent in my favor to birdie both for a 79, but I was confident. I took 5W off the tee, which I did 2X earlier both with great results. This time, I pushed/lined up right and the ball ended on pine bark. I had 158 and took an 8i out. I needed to fly it just past a tree to avoid the water left and my ball was resting on a big piece of bark. I stayed down and hit a nice shot, but right, hit the tree and went into the fairway. My 78 yard pitch was short, my next chip was good but still short. That was the story of today and last round around the greens, not confidence with the chipping.

I need to work on my driver and my chipping, especially around the greens. I need to keep working on the full swing too, but at the range I need to focus on the Driver. When I hit that club well, I can score well. And I just really want to hit that new club as well as I can.

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