Friday, April 21, 2006

Seven iron

Spent most of my session today with the short irons, working on accuracy. The right thumb and left wrist supination are coming along well. It was a rough start since I've got a lot on my mind. I wasn't committing with the hips on the downswing. I was also doing a really bad job keeping the club on plane during the backswing. After I got more relaxed I was hitting some tremendous seven iron shots, about 135 or so, not skyhigh at all and consistently straight. Just keep the preshot routine consistent and mind the plane.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Driver loft

Good day at the range again. Had nice control with the driver and five wood, and good distance, about 235 and 200 respectively. Still my shots are going way too high in some cases. This is probably just a case of the left wrist being prone. If I can get the shots down I can probably get 20-30 more yards out of both of them.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Right thumb

Good day at the range today despite a somewhat rough start. I slotted back into the usual pattern of letting my hands lead the downswing. I also picked up a strange right hand grip on the club in which my right thumb would wrap completely around like holding a knife.

I managed to discover and fix both of these problems halfway through the session. A proper right hand grip and a full commitment to the downstroke with the hips was producing nice mostly straight shots.

I'm still having trouble with the angle of the club face on impact. My fade has nearly disappeared but still comes out ever so rarely. However I'm still hitting shots far too high. This is costing me significant distance and makes me vulnerable to wind and other obstacles. Next time I'll work on supinating the left wrist to get proper loft.

Distances: 80 wedge, 100 nine, 120 seven and 156 five. Lots of room to improve there!

first post

Welcome to my golf blog. This is not really intended for anyone to read. It's really just a place where I can jot down thoughts about my game and how to improve it. I'm going to post mostly via blackberry from the driving range or from the course. If anyone does read this and find it interesting, I feel sorry for you. :)