Played last night as part of a foursome from my Rotary club, and I have to say that I was pretty pleased. I hit 4 or 5 fairways (I think) and 4 or 5 that sliced out of play. The remaining 8 to 10 shots were at least playable or par 3's.
My goal this summer has been to hit it straight off the tee. After playing a few rounds and 3 or 4 driving range sessions, I'm going to refine my goal to consistently drive the ball 220yds and land in the fairway 50% of the time.
The rest of my game has not improved, I should probably work on either my long irons or approach.
But, for probably the first time in my life, I think I'm going to end the summer playing better golf than when I started.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Cure your slice
Good news, bad news.
Played Gross Saturday w/ Steven and was not hitting fairways - that's the bad news.
Went to the driving range Sunday afternoon and hit the ball pretty well - that's the good news.
The first ball I hit at the range, I'm thinking just make this a loose-arm, easy release practice swing. Don't hardly even take the club back. Ball went straight and about 80% of my max drive distance.
That set the tone and I hit the rest of the bucket pretty well.
When I lined up my ball with the yardage markers I did a pretty good job of keeping them on target, but most of time I was just trying to not slice or even fade.
I'm sure that some of the balls that seemed OK on the range would have ended up in the rough.
I really feel like I'm only a couple of buckets of balls away from a stroke that will produce a straight, 220yd drive.
And, once I'm hitting it 220 and straight I think I'll be able to add some distance and maybe get closer to 240.
Played Gross Saturday w/ Steven and was not hitting fairways - that's the bad news.
Went to the driving range Sunday afternoon and hit the ball pretty well - that's the good news.
The first ball I hit at the range, I'm thinking just make this a loose-arm, easy release practice swing. Don't hardly even take the club back. Ball went straight and about 80% of my max drive distance.
That set the tone and I hit the rest of the bucket pretty well.
When I lined up my ball with the yardage markers I did a pretty good job of keeping them on target, but most of time I was just trying to not slice or even fade.
I'm sure that some of the balls that seemed OK on the range would have ended up in the rough.
I really feel like I'm only a couple of buckets of balls away from a stroke that will produce a straight, 220yd drive.
And, once I'm hitting it 220 and straight I think I'll be able to add some distance and maybe get closer to 240.
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