Going Pro Golf Blog

I have been busy away from golf, and perhaps a little lazy as well so I haven’t updated my last few rounds…so here it goes.

I am really feeling great these days.  The last 3 rounds have been some of the best golf I have played this year.  I am really striking the ball well and have added 10-15 yards of distance on my irons and my driver is consistant.  I am driving it about 230 yards right now.  I know I can get more out of it but I am holding back a little bit to work on my control.  I am also working with a 12 degree driver which is just too lofted for me.

Where I am really struggling is my short game.  Inside of 50 yards I am just not putting the ball close.  Hell, from inside 15 yards I am just not stiffing the ball close.  The golf analyzer, Shot by Shot is telling me I am average 17 foot putts after each chip!  This is a joke, according to Shot by Shot I should be closer to 12 feet in order to get my handicap down to 14.  I have a lesson with Jon this week where I will be working on this!

My last 3 rounds weren’t my best scores but I haven’t felt better after playing these courses.  I had a few blow-up holes in various places but overall I felt good.

Whistle Bear -  This is possibly the best course I have played this season.  It has hosted many championships and I can see why.  I scored a 104 but it may have been the best 104 I have ever shot.  This was one tough course and if you rolled a foot off the fairway, you are sitting in 3 feet of rough.  Overall I played well and ended up taking 7 penalty strokes due to balls just rolling into the rough.  On any other course I would have been in great shape.

Lowville - A decent 99.  This is not a good score but as soon as we completed the 1st hole, it started raining.  It wasn’t raining hard but it was a steady drizzle.  It started after the first hole and didn’t stop until I had walked through my front door.  The fairways were soaked so I wasn’t getting any roll on my drives (which kills me) and putting was pretty tough. 

Eagles Nest - This was my best round of the year!  I have scored better in the past but a 94 from the Gold Tees was a good round for me.  Everything was consistant, although I was hitting my drives a little too high.  I was pleased with my long irons, I was hitting them well which was promising.  I did however struggle with the short game once again.  My chipping was really off and I had to rely on my putter to bail me out a bunch of times. 

Again, I am feeling great these days but really need to work on chipping to save me more strokes.  The season is winding down so I need to focus if I am going to crack 90!