Pre-Season Golf

[kfowler]

As the snow has finally melted here in Michigan and we're starting to see some days warm enough to play, I plan on hitting the links for the first time next weekend. Assuming it doesn't snow again. Our handicap season doesn't start until May so I've thought about using some of these pre-season rounds to work on some things while on the course. This is typically a great time to do this since the courses are sparsely populated.

One I was considering was dropping alignment sticks down before shots. It'll be interesting to see the difference. Another would be chipping around the green.

Got anything you plan on working on while on the course?

[Fairway_CY]

Wow... May? Really?! That seems awful late.

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to play practice rounds like that. Our first round will be two weeks from Sunday (3/28) and it'll count... just not towards handicap.

Each tournament is a stroke play (net score) event... and you play a singles match and a doubles match (same partner or blind if your partner doesn't show) within your group.

There are 13 such tournaments throughout the season. As a team... I don't expect much because my partner and I are both rookies to the club and I don't know how dedicated he'll be, so I see me being paired with a blind score every round. As for a single... I'm hoping for a 9-4 record or better... which SHOULD keep me in the mix right up to the end. Including the club championship and bumper rounds (used as sort of a playoff) there are 19 opportunities to win a tournament and qualify for the Players Championship at the end of the season. My goal there is to win at LEAST one event, hopefully two... and qualify for the Players Championship and HOPEFULLY compete there too.

So... practice rounds for me will be few and far between, if they exist at all.

Good luck!

CY

[walk18]

I'm still waiting for courses here to open too. Frustrating thing is the snow is gone but nobody opens until next week. I was really looking forward to playing this weekend! Grrrr...

[DavidFehertysBike]

As the snow has finally melted here in Michigan and we're starting to see some days warm enough to play, I plan on hitting the links for the first time next weekend. Assuming it doesn't snow again. Our handicap season doesn't start until May so I've thought about using some of these pre-season rounds to work on some things while on the course. This is typically a great time to do this since the courses are sparsely populated.

The thing with the alignment sticks sounds like a great idea. I know when i finally got out to play last week, it was the little things that were all screwed up. Like alignment, ball position and such. Short game was a mess too. A long lay off really reminds you how rhythm dependant short game and putting is.

[Meddle]

I'm working on a completely different chipping and putting technique for this season. I first tried it out on the course last week with some success, and I'm excited to improve on it on the practice greens. With the full swing, well, it feels like I'm constantly tweaking something all the time.

[kfowler]

Wow... May? Really?! That seems awful late.

You're right. I justed checked and our season starts March 29th. I find that funny since most courses don't even open until late April. Everything is still VERY wet in April.