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I started playing at a work sponsored scramble in August and have been going to the range and playing a ton of rounds at the local par 3 course since. I've been plagued by a nasty slice and had pretty much quit going to what I call the 'big boy' courses since I was losing so many balls. I figured I could slice range balls rather than my own until I got that under control and in the meantime could work on my short game at the par-3.

For a change and because there was *nobody* there Sunday morning I played the par 36 course Sunday with nothing longer than my 5-iron since it's the longest club I could hit reliably straight and got a 54 the first 9. Then I hooked up with another guy who was new to the game and he mentioned that he had a wicked slice until he realized he was setting up too far away from the ball. He moved up a little and straightened up his slice. My second 9 I got a 51. My chipping and putting were really good this round so it made up for not using woods or drivers to tee off.

Then I blew off the afternoon of work yesterday to play 18 (my birthday present to myself) and hit some balls at the range first. Sure enough, if I set up just a bit closer, maybe 3", my slice went away (as long as I remembered my grip, waggle, the plane...). Then I tried shifting my right leg back just a little and sure enough I started drawing the ball a little bit.

So I get out on the course and decide I'll use my 3-wood to tee off this time and see how it goes. I wound up getting a 51 on the front and 46 on the back. I'd have done a little better, but my slice temporarily re-emerged a couple times and I blew a couple short chips & putts.

At any rate, I'm pretty pleased with my progress thus far. I've played right around 2 months and have brought my best game (at the same course) from around 121 down to 100.

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Congrats! You will be under 90 in no time. After that though, it gets a little tougher, or at least it did for me.

Congrats again!
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very nice keep at it.. and get some hours in with a pro.. that will help for sure

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Thanks guys. I'm interested in seeing where my first real plateau comes. I hope to get down to 90 before hitting it, but we'll see.

And I do plan on taking lessons, but at this point I'm planning to wait until Spring so I can take full advantage of practicing what I learn in lessons. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to apply what I learned in a pro lesson with the weather being iffy during the winter.

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Way to go. Its always nice to see some improvement. Keep at it.

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Congrats to ya and like the man said, the 80s will come fairly quickly but then it gets tough and only determination at the range and playing two to three times a week will get you down under the 80 mark!

Golf is not a game, it's a way of life!

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Fairway wood......Flying Saucer
3-Wood....Cleveland LauncherIrons.......Callaway Great Big Bertha w/graphite shaftswedges....Cleveland sand wedge, Callaway Lob wedge putter....Claveland VAS.


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