great session.

one of the best sessions at the range I've ever had. First of all, it's a beautiful day, with temperatures in the low 70s, clear, blue skies (thanks to the rain yesterday) and strong sun.

I was hitting the ball well too. The low irons were working beautifully. Distance was consistently long. The signs were worried I might hit them. I felt like I was making good ball contact too. Wedge was going about 100 yards. The seven was travelling 135. My loft issues were mostly under control. I didn't hit a single skull.

My 5 wood was going a comfortable 190. A few loft problems here, but the accuracy was impressive. Maybe it's because of the lack of wind?

The driver was kind of wild. I hit a few off of the heel of the club which I think was just the usual hip-leading problems. When I made contact, it was solid and travelled straight and long.

Just need to keep drilling the fact that the hip leads the shot, working on stance and grip, and remembering to supinate before contact.

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.

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.

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. :)