staying the course!

It goes without saying that 7 strokes per round worse over the last 5 than the previous 5 would be quite disheartening. That is the state my game is currently in. Each time I think I've found a big missing piece of my swing puzzle something else sneaks up. I know I can get to where I want to be this year if I can simply nail down the fundamentals of the golf swing. My short game has been quite good and anything inside 80yds I feel I can get up and down from. The issue is my iron play from 100+. The last tournament did provide a few signs of improvement. The practice round Friday I shot 82 at PGA West Stadium which is a pretty good round. The swing came and went and came and went all weekend however leaving me with a lack of confidence on each shot. I think I just need to be patient while I focus on the fundamentals of the swing and believe there is a means to the end of this training and practice. My ultimate goal to to place in the top 5 at nationals this year as it has been since the beginning of the season so as long as I stay the course I should get there!!

Fairways and greens to all!

education through failure and perseverance

quite a bit of time has passed since my last posting and quite a lot has transpired. Mentally I went from a confident golfer, progressing through only much success. The first major of the year changed that for a time. I was about as "unhinged" as I could be with regard to my swing and overall mental state. I could not make a consistently solid shot with any of my clubs. The only reason I was even remotely under 90 the second day of the tournament(shot 96 first day) was because I was able to have a very good short game. I then went to a follow up tournament the weekend after and started out very much in sync and shot 39 on the front 9. Well, as it has been happening, the wheels fell off and wound up shooting 50 on the back 9. That was about as frustrating a round of golf as I've had in a really long time. To feel so good about my swing only to have that completely disappear was very discouraging to say the least. Without any more options left to try to fix it I went for a lesson. After 45min we found that a very old bad habit had crept its way back into my game. I was getting completely offline at the top of my swing and that was directly caused by.......same issue keeps returning......not staying connected. you would think that after months and months that would be something I just do correctly without thinking but alas it is not at that stage yet. I feel much better about my state of mind and game now that I've got a general idea of what my main swing fault is and will be going forward I can better assess mid round problems and address them in 1-3 holes instead of it taking half a round. I've made a choice not to play a tournament until the next major April 24-25. I need some time to mentally decompress and get focused on my fundamentals again instead of being "score focused". Only time will tell but I have a very good feeling about this season overall. My GF has moved in and things are going great! I'm very happy she's here!

Fairways and Greens!!