break 80

Meaning, achieve a score of 79 or less on the golf course.

88! Yes, I shot an 88 on Saturday – best 18 holes of golf I have ever played, ever! The straight drive cure did not work 100% I have to line up correctly before I can make this adjustment and I did not work that out until the back 9. Still, I did better all round. I made a better start, played the par 3s much better and putted well (at least 3 10 foot+ putts). Only 9 more shots to find and this goal will be done. Range again yesterday and I think I will focus on the 6,7,8 irons as these are the ones that I hit the most during the round. Also, I need to slow the fairway woods right down as they are much better when I can do this.

So the first few 8 irons were ok on the range – very good in fact – bit it went pear shaped after about a dozen balls. The 5 iron is just as bad too :0( Still, for the driver, I found that if I close my stance just a bit i.e. have the right foot a little (3 inches) ahead of the left foot in the stance, my shoulders align better and I hit 6 drives in a row, dead straight! I ran out of balls at that point so will have to wait until Saturday to see if it’s repeatable on the course.

The weather has broken again so time to get back to the range. I need to work on getting rid of the slice on my drives and the slight fade that I have on the 8 to 5 irons. Not sure how this will go but I will try to close up the stance a little and change the swing plane to more of an in to out rather than the other way round. Booked to play on Sat at the local course so another chance to break 80!

I played on Friday afternoon before the weather got really hot! We played a scramble so not sure what my individual score was but as a team we finished up at 1 over which is probably the best I have done on a scramble team. I hit some good drives but still have a bit of a slice. I putted much better this round and managed to keep the emotions in check which I thinked helped. I did not play on Sunday as it was just too hot but I will go to the range on Wed this week and then play the local course again next Sat.

I have been playing for years. I’ve had lessons on and off but overall, I have gone backwards since I played my best round ever of 89. I have new clubs this year and my wife is also playing so I stand a better chance. I’ve started going to the range during the week and had one more lesson recently. My scores at the local course have been 102, 101 and 92. However, last week was a disaster and I played a different course and went round in 118! I think I have been trying to change too much and then get very frustrated when it goes wrong. I have another game today but this will be a scramble so I wont be able to work out an individual score. It will be interesting to see if the lack of pressure to score on every hole changes my game. I will try to play a much more relaxed game today and if that works, try the same on the local course on Sunday.