Well it's been awhile since I've actually posted anything here so I figured that it was about time. This morning I was finally able to go and get a round of golf in for the first time this year. I played in a scramble tournament less than two weeks ago but when you're playing best ball you get to just try and nail every shot and you don't get a true reading of how well you played. Today I played a round at the 9 hole executive course at Hilltop Golf Club in Alexandria. It's a nice little par 3 and par 4 course set up in a semi-links style.
Overall I'm pleased with my round. It's always different playing on a course vs. on a range or in a simulator and it showed. I was VERY inconsistent and did not hit my driver well at all on the 4 holes I brought it out. I still have an inside-out swing with that club so it starts right and then slices even further out. That's really my biggest leak and I should start teeing off with a 3 or 5 wood instead until I fix it.
Anyway, I'm about a 30 handicapper so scoring 50 on the 9 holes I played was actually not bad. My goal for this summer is to start scoring consistently in the low 90's. I think my short game is getting pretty darn good and I only 3-putted twice today so that is coming along as well. Here's a link to my scorecard from today, courtesy of the Scorecard software for Mac OSX, made by Cynical Peak Software. I highly recommend it.
That's right. I still live and breathe each and every day. Just been busy with work and other exciting projects. We've had a few warm days here and I'm becoming very excited at the prospect of hitting the links for some golf very soon. I've been to the driving range once in Jan and might head there this evening. Reading and thinking about the game has apparently provided me a little bit of insight as to what was wrong with my completely incompetent swing. I was making very good contact the last time out.
The secret? Concentrating on just that. Contact. I found that I was swinging like a home-run hitting for the fences and so just was very inconsistent. Take a little bit off and suddenly my accuracy and predictability of range were vastly increased. I can't wait to take my game to the course this spring/summer and track my progress.
This is an amazing video of what you can do if you've got proper form when hitting a golf ball.
Today was supposed to be the last northernly golf game for me of the season. With a forecast of 58 degrees and mostly sunny, it seemed like an ideal tuneup before heading south to Florida for 3 rounds in 7 days. Unfortunately I woke up this morning to overcast skies and wet ground.
So it looks like I'll be heading to Top Golf for some work on the range. I really enjoy this facility as it provides a little excitement if I want to go with friends that don't take golf seriously. The only downsides are that it's more expensive than a normal range and they only have mats to hit off of.
My short game was much improved last round so I'll just be hitting a few short irons and working mostly on my driver and hybrids. Off the tee I'm getting good distance but still slice probably 2 out of 3 shots. I need to work on keeping the clubface closed. With my 2nd shot, I'm topping the ball far too often with the hybrids. Three putts were also way down last round. I attribute that to getting a Boomerang and actually lagging some putts 3 or 4 nights a week.
