Your personal trends of 2014 ... the Good, Bad and the Ugly

A little self-assessment can't hurt going into the new year ...

GOOD:

- Driving way more consistent - just grooving a nice controlled tempo, and gaining a bit more length to boot.

- Sand game - much better, made more up and downs than ever.

- Lag putting - hot and cold, but far more hot than cold ... trending well.

BAD:

- Approach shots - used to be my strong suit ... leaving too many long lag putts from easy 80-110 yd approach shots.

- Green side chipping - you know, the nice easy ones ... just can't get them tight enough for tap ins (placing too much pressure on putter).

UGLY:

- Short putting - yip city ... getting in my head - missing way too many in the 3 to 4 ft range.

-----> GO

Good - Improved substantially at every part of the game except for putting

Bad - Improvement was at different times for each part - rarely pulled it all together

Ugly - Didn't sustain improvement as the year ended

I was just going through my stats from last year, trying to analyze my game a little to see where I needed to put in the most work this year, so this thread is timely to me.   So here is is for me:

GOOD:

Driving....   Both distance and accuracy..    Both improved thanks to finally finding "MY" tempo.

Lag putting....   I seem to be able to read the greens better from 20ft+ than I am in close.

BAD:

Approach shots..   Somewhere in my quest to get usable shots off the tee, I lost my iron game altogether...     I am just now starting to find it again..

Short/medium putts..    Alignment and green reading seems to be killing me on these putts.

UGLY;

Chipping..    At the practice range, I am deadly but I have not been able to take that to the course.   I get tight and start looking up before I have hit the shot...      This is killing my game worse than anything else and is going to be one of my top priorities for 2015.