Oct 26, 2006 @ 03:59 pm by chris
I am looking at a round of golf mid-next week and in all reality, that should be it for my outdoor season. This weekend is supposed to rain so that kills any hope of getting out.
After my final round next week (hopefully), I am going to take some time away from the clubs and process everything going through my head. My head is crammed full of golf information that I fear other valuable information like my name,or how to chew will somehow overflow out of my knowledge bowl. As funny as it sounds, I wish I could hold a microphone to my ear as I stand over the ball and let you all hear the chatter going on in my head.
I think it would be usefull to review my lesson entries and spend some time thinking about what worked and didn’t work over the season. The hit an indoor range sometime in December to see how things progress.
Oct 20, 2006 @ 10:36 am by chris
Earlier this week I wrote about wanting to develop a good pre-shot routine. Sean over at Deep Rough left me a very long but informative comment on his routine and how it has helped his game. After leaving the comment he thought he would further expand upon it and made a great post on his site as well.
He ended his post with a great link to the Titleist web site where they have awesome videos of their golfers demonstrating their pre-shot routines. Make sure you have some time in your day because once you watch one of them, you will be hooked and stuck watching all of them. Thanks for the heads up Sean!
Oct 16, 2006 @ 02:34 pm by chris
I sat down with Jon a few weeks ago to review my progress for the year. Needless to say, I was more than a little worried. My scoring really hasn’t changed that much even though I am much more in control of my swing.
In my mind I have failed miserably this year. I was expecting after a few lessons to be consistantly scoring in the low to mid eighties. This never happened. I feel great but there are a hundred different things going on in my head at all times. Perhaps I did too much too soon? I think I also needed to heed Jon’s advice about a good pre-shot routine - Envisioning what I will do and how I will do it, then just stepping up to the ball and making it happen…clearing all thoughts out of my mind. This will be something I work on this off-season.
On the other hand, Jon feels I did well. He said my swing and approach to the game is night and day. I understand the swing and fundmentals and it will eventually come together. I can’t have possibly expected to shave 30 strokes off my game in a single season. Basically he feels I should throw away scoring this year. Just keep focusing on what we learned and keep practicing…next year will be about scoring.
With that, I am not ready to write the season off just yet…I am hoping to get in 1-2 more rounds and acheive my goal of breaking 90!
Oct 12, 2006 @ 12:16 pm by chris
It might be over! I am heading away this weekend, my 33rd birthday is on Sunday so it is time to celebrate…but unfortunatley it won’t involve golf clubs. Hopfully the weather hangs on for another week!