Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Assessment

I've played some great courses so far.

I've had some great holes but never been able to put anything back to back.

So I'm trying to shoot par and I believe on a 18 hole course I could be 30 strokes back (on some of the harder courses).  So what's wrong?

Driver - nothing spectacular but I'm starting to keep the ball on the course and sometimes I put it just 5-10 yards to the right of the fairway.  Probably averaging around 180-220 yards.

Irons - My initial thought was that I was going to ignore this and get some good hybrids.  That initially worked as most of my drives were short and I was always pulling my Adams 4 out of the bag but some of my drives on short par 4's have required a 9 or 8.   I finally was fitted and found out that I needed a 1/2 inch longer shaft.  I also came to the conclusion that I needed some consistency so I purchased a set of X20 Callaway's during their 20% sale.

PW/SW - for some reason I couldn't get under the ball but after two weeks of practice, I'm starting to hit it a little better.  Long way to go here but my approach shots are horrible.

Putting - not so bad but I'm only consistent from about 5-8 yards out.

Next 30 days, I'm really going to focus on my irons and my short game.  Probably going to rotate 80 balls to PW/SW and 80 balls to my irons 5-9.   I'll hit maybe 5-10 balls with the driver to stay warm but I need to get my irons straight and my short game under control to get closer to the pin.

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