Practice 4-20

[chilly]

Days like today make you wonder why you'd take the time to practice.

Started off hitting 50yd pitches to a target. This actually went well, figured out some of my issues hitting fat/thin were because I was hinging quite a bit and then getting flippy through impact. Concentrated on pulling from the left side, and had a lot of good solid shots by the end.

Moved to 7i. Tough day here, either pulled everything, or tried to swing down the line and got flippy through impact resulting in a weak little fade. Never really figured it out, tried making sure my right arm was staying tucked, but this would cause me to flip through impact. Frustrating. Didn't get my camera setup so I don't have that to view either.

Hit some hybrids, which have been giving me trouble. This actually went well, hammered the first five or so. Then I got flippy again and the fades started. Finished with a couple good shots after I concentrated on not starting the downswing with my arms.

Move to drivers. Hit a few different ones to start to narrow down to my gamer. Settled on the 9015D, which was appreciably longer then the others, and just as forgiving. Here again, had trouble with pulls, or flippy fades. Worked on swinging to the target, but again that caused me to get flippy through impact. By the end I was hitting good shots by slowing my tempo, but nowhere near "solid" on the day.

Went to the chipping area and hit 20yd chips at the flag, this went extremely well. Again, my misses are caused by getting flippy through impact instead of pulling through impact. Sounds familiar? Once I got into the groove of just rocking my shoulders and pulling through, hit a lot of solid shots right at the flag. Moved to different locations so I couldn't just groove the distance and had success, have to keep this in mind.

Decided to play a couple quick holes. First tee hit a weak fade with the driver, hit the 50yd pitch thin, and over the green. Kill me now, I hit over 50 of these exact shots. Dropped another, concentrated on pulling through with the left side, and stuck it at 4ft. Big spin, great direction and distance, this technique makes pitching easy...if I remember to do it. Chipped the bladed pitch on the green pretty well and moved on, getting dark so I didn't putt.

Second hole was par 3, hit another weak fade, short right with a 7i from 175yds. Did a bump and run with the 7i because it was convenient, went well and I got up and down. Working more on the bump and run and loving it.

Third hole is very tight, 370yds. Decided to test the driver although it's dumb move. First two balls push sliced. Got pissed and hit two more, dead pulls left. Threw clubs back into the back and went home...clueless as to how to get the driver going.

Oh well, hopefully the short game work (when I'm not blading short approaches) will keep me from breaking shooting 100.