I just got home from the golf driving range. I have not swung a club since last year. I started slowly with a nine iron but I was hitting the ball terrible. Took a liitle break thought about my swing Began swing and adjusting. I was soon in a groove. I moved up to the 7 iron. Then the five iron. I was hooting the ball spectacularly. I then went to the driver. Of you golf you know this is a different swing plane. I took my time and began hitting that well.
I had purchased the extra large bucket which is likev120 ball or something like that.
By this tome I was getting fatigued. But I still had quiteva few balls to hit.
My swing was changing and my mechanics were breaking down. By the time I got to the last few balls I had lost my rhythm and tempo. The FATIGUE FACTOR destroyed me.
Does this sound familiar.
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Posted by: brothelman on March 15, 2012, 11:28 pm
To practice anything when tired is to teach bad habits.
so just sit down and work on our grip.
Posted by: The WoW Man on March 16, 2012, 2:43 pm
Give me a break! Are you kidding me? Who is going to be our instructors at our next class, Butch Harmon and David Ledbetter? What’s next, yoga instruction?
Whoa! Whoa! Take it easy, keep your shirts on, just kidding. What’s our next tee time and where? But let’s get some rest first, I agree, rythmn and not getting fatigued is important.
Easy does it!
Posted by: Scan on March 16, 2012, 5:01 pm
Seriously, Wow Man you have some great courses in your home state. Do you play?
Posted by: Skinny on March 16, 2012, 10:18 pm
Practiced 3 games of bowling on Wednesday. 2 decent games and 1 good game. It was a new house for me so it took a while to find the line.
Played another 9 on Thursday and it was great. I played much better than Tuesday and was a lot more consistent. On the last hole, dogleg left par 5, I had a good drive but a little too far left. Tried to draw a 3 wood back to the fairway but did not get any draw. Hit it straight, a bit too far right and the angle left me with tree limbs to navigate. It was only 105 to the green but I could not use a wedge because of the tree limbs. I hooded a 7 iron off my back foot and it was a thing of beauty. The ball stayed nice and low under the tree limbs for a bump and run right on to the green giving me a 15 foot birdie opportunity. Lipped the bird but got my par. A nice way to end the round. I also remember using a choke down pitching wedge for a 60 yard pitch. That is a tough shot for me because I usually hit it too easy or chili dip it off the toe. But this time I remembered to take a regular swing playing it forward in my stance to hit it on the up swing. It went high up in the air and landed softly on the green about 3 feet from the hole. It was a pretty shot to watch and felt good hitting a shot I have trouble with most of the time.
Went to practice bowling again today at another house I had never been to before. Synthetic approaches with a bit of humidity so I had to use the bowling shoe slide to avoid sticking on the approach. But it was fine once I used the slide and I threw the ball pretty well.
I love practice. It is a lot of fun be it craps, golf or bowling.
Posted by: brothelman on March 17, 2012, 12:43 am
Love the seven iron trick, i carry three wedges so i do not have to hit half wedges unless i mess up.
My favorite shot is a driver just out of the ruff.
skinny is the well rounded man.
Posted by: The WoW Man on March 17, 2012, 1:22 pm
Catch you later!