Disappointment

It's been a while since I've posted - I've been too discouraged.

I went to an outdoor driving range for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

To say the results were bad would be an understatement.

I hit most of a large bucket without a single good drive.

Just about every shot went about 150 yds straight and then took a 90 degree right hand turn for another 50 or 60 yards.

I say "almost" because on the occasions I was able to come around on the ball I would catch it on the heel of the club and almost hit the guy on the neighboring tee to my left.

Anxious to prove to myself that this session was some kind of fluke, I went again a week later and experienced the same results.

To summarize the results of my winter experiment: I've gone from inconsistent slicing off the tee to consistently slicing off the tee. Where previously I'd hit an occasional good shot, now I feel like I've got my slice grooved in.

However, all is not lost.

I've decided to continue this blog (and my experiment) for two reasons.

1. This was supposed to be a record of my attempt to break 80 once during the upcoming summer and since I've yet to play a round of golf it seems premature to be giving up.

2. Trying to take a positive from all of this, I have been able to develop a grooved swing that produces consistent results.

Weather permitting, I'm planning on another range session sometime this weekend.