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A good fall round
Another fall round today. Actually, it’s my first time on the course since last week. Anyway I posted a 79. I hit 6 GIR, 9/14 Fairways and had 32 putts. Not a bad score considering only 6 GIR. I shot par for my course handicap so I’m pretty happy with the score. I didn’t make any birdies though which was disappointing.
Overall I was pretty happy with my ball striking today. I had a couple of bad chips and a few bad putts, but as I said I felt I scored well, all things considered. I had a few errant drives, and although I hit some fades I didn’t have any big slices. I basically kept the ball in play and recovered from a couple of miscues. I know that I need to hit more greens. That will definitely lower my scores. I crushed a few drives but I’m still not sure the driver fits me totally, but it’s kind of too late in the season to change it up.
On the 9th hole, a very short par 3, I hit sand wedge from 109 yards. I landed the ball pin high (then pin was about 10 feet from the front of the green), then spun it back to about 10 feet off the green (for a total spin back of about 20 ft). That’s what happens when you’ve been playing a low spin ball and decide to switch to a tour ball. Way too much spin. I only needed some controlled spin and it just over spun on me. Oh well, at least I got up and down for par.
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New DVD available with the Taly Mindset
September 15, 2011 - 6:17 pm
Posted in Equipment, Training Aid, ball striking | 1 comment
There’s a new video that now comes with the Taly Mindset. The opening credits, certainly set the stage.
The Taly Mindset is a device that challenges conventional thinking in golf. It was invented by an engineer who loved the game of golf and wanted to play better. You can read my full review here. The device [...]
PGA Tour: Tee-to-green key to Donald’s rise
June 1, 2011 - 10:24 am
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Article
Interesting article with an in-depth look at Luke Donald’s stats. With Luke Donald ranking low on the driving distance category you would have expected him to rank higher in accuracy, given that his low ranking in distance would put him at a disadvantage on approaches from the rough.
I’ve always considered myself a decent iron player, [...]
Tour Striker – Day 3 of 30 – a plan comes into focus
April 27, 2011 - 12:49 pm
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This morning I headed to the driving range early. Got there around 6:50 am, got set up and hit balls into the foggy morning.
I was encouraged by my practice session on Monday evening. This morning it was a slightly different story. I hit a couple of toppers which right away told me that I had [...]
Rickie Fowler – He gets it
February 25, 2011 - 11:44 am
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Watching Morning Drive this morning, I was in total agreement with the comments that Brandel Chamblee (@BrandelChamblee) made about Rickie Fowler.
“You understand the best way to play golf, this is my opinion, is to go out there and try to hit shots…You know,it’s the big lie to me, that you can go out there and swing [...]
Twelve Days at the Academy (Golf Channel)
December 7, 2010 - 9:28 am
Posted in Swing Theory | 2 comments
Since this blog is focused on getting better, let’s take a look at the Golf Channel’s 12 Days at the Academy. What I have been doing is recording the shows onto my DVR and then watching them for the most solid information. Since we all are all working on different parts of the game and [...]
Never give up
December 6, 2010 - 7:16 pm
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GMac’s victory at the Chevron this weekend over Tiger Woods is a wonderful example of not giving up.
He continued fighting even as things seemed to be breaking down around him. His miraculous bogey on 17 kept him in it. Tiger then hit it tight on 18 giving McDowell a must make putt with a lot [...]
Review: Vharness
The Vharness is a swing trainer with the goal of teaching anyone to swing like a pro. The Vharness is endorsed by Rocco Mediate, who I think is a brilliant spokesperson for this product because of how well heconnects with average golfers. He looks like a guy in your foursome. But of course he has [...]
Lessons from the WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone
August 9, 2010 - 8:47 am
Posted in Course Management, Life Lessons, Mental Game, Tiger Woods | No comments
This week’s WGC Bridgestone Invitational provided a unique learning experience.
Did their expectations do them in?
We saw the world’s number one player, struggle to his worst finish as a professional, while the number two player in the world was coping with a new kind of pressure, the chance to take the number spot away from Tiger [...]
US Open: Strategy, Ball Striking and Putting will determine winner
June 17, 2010 - 10:10 am
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Watching the marquee group on usopen.com, you begin to get a sense for what these players are facing. This is a stern test of golf on a scale that is hard to me imagine for me not having played any conditions like that in my life.
The rough is truly punishing, the fairways are fast and [...]
Sometimes in golf we need to unlearn before we can learn
June 14, 2010 - 11:05 am
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The last couple of weeks have been up and down in terms of my scores, but I have learned some very valuable lessons along the way.
In my last five rounds I have two of my best scores for the season, two of my worst, and an average round. What does that tell you? It tells [...]
October 20, 2009 - 3:17 pm
Forget ball striking and work on putting and short game. 6 greens and 32 putts = need to improve short game. You are always going to miss greens and hit errant shots. It’s how you recover that will start lowering your scores.
Good luck!
October 20, 2009 - 3:35 pm
@Joe: Thanks Joe. I think you’re right. Short game is the key to getting me down to scratch from where I am. Still it’s not a bad score for hitting as few greens as I did. I think that’s where the distance ball I was playing hurt me a bit today. I don’t usually play that kind of ball, but with the weather as it was (temps in the 50s through the front 9), I tried to get a little more out of it. Some of the chips and pitches I hit would have been a lot closer to the hole with the ball I’m used to playing but you live and learn. Temperatures tomorrow should be a lot nicer and I think it’ll be back to my usual ball (TP Red LDP). I had a lot of ups and downs today to save par but on a couple of holes it got away from me. 32 is also a lot of putts for me, I’m usually in the 30 or less area.
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