Iron Man - Race to beat Darkness

[Par Fore]

Haven't played much in a long time, figured it's time to see what a few hours can do, mixed with a little motivation.  Came up with a 5 month practice routine that has reasonable time expectations that can work within a two infant, two income household.  Had played to a 13, figure I'm more like a 20 handi or so right now, so will measure May as a baseline and September will be the payoff.  Will develop long term goals later, just want to try 5 months and see how the old back holds together.

Play time - will play weekly on Tuesday, can race to the course and tee off at 6pm, play until I can't see.  Additionally, can do short game practice for 45 minutes on Thursday, and 90 minutes on Saturday and Sunday while the kiddos nap - 30 minutes chipping, 30 minutes putting, 30 minutes full swing.  Hope to work in a full round each month with all the clubs.

Sticks - I have a 2 door Wrangler, so am limited to what I can fit in the back - tiny carry bag with a 3, 5, 7 and 9 irons, as well as a PW, 52, 60, and putter.

Course - Indian Creek Golf Course in Carrollton Tx is within a few minutes of the office, has two courses for variety, and a decent practice area.  Using only irons, the front men's tees are at 6000 and 6200 yards respectively.

Yardstick - during each round, I'll track the distance, club hit, 1-10 rating of the strike, fairways, greens, putts, and score.  Figured this will not only track stats, but how well I contact clubs in each class....ie, long irons, mid irons, wedges, and putts.  Hopefully I can track progress.

Tuesday, May 5th - tee off at 6pm, from the jeep to he first tee, 2 club wind, dark clouds, but did not actually rain on the course until 8pm.

Tee off on 10th hole, Lakes Course, 5954 yards, 68.9/121 - completed 15 holes, 10 through 6

Par for those 15 holes - 60......Score - 71....11 over for 15 holes

Fairways - 8

Greens - 4

Putts - 26

Birdies - 2

Pars - 3

Bogeys - 7

Other - 3

3 iron - 4.7 average, overall poor, but most of the struggles were the first few holes - used from tee on most holes.

5 iron - 5.5 average, only a couple of shots

7 iron - 6 average - every shot was a 6, nothing special, just passable

9 iron - 8 average, a few strong shots

52 - 7.2 - all over the place, mostly solid, but a couple really bad shots

60 - 7, all over the place, a couple of bad chips were 1's

Summary - windy round, hit the ball all over the place, but had a couple of birdies with a lucky chip and a solid putt off the green....enjoyed the round, rain came in right at 8pm.  Rough early in the round, but played the last 6 holes in 1 over. For tracking purposes, likely going to limit tracking to long irons, 3 and 5, mid irons, 7 and 9, and then just wedges and putting.  Realized I didn't leave/have much room to rank the putts, but most were a foot or so short and missed on the amateur side...really weak.  Anyone in the local area is welcome to join at 6pm on Tuesdays.  Back shifted a bit yesterday, hopeful to be able to practice a little this weekend, in a lot of pain today.  Hopefully, this might give others some ideas.....not sure how all this data will help, but it's a start.

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Play time - will play weekly on Tuesday, can race to the course and tee off at 6pm, play until I can't see.  Additionally, can do short game practice for 45 minutes on Thursday, and 90 minutes on Saturday and Sunday while the kiddos nap - 30 minutes chipping, 30 minutes putting, 30 minutes full swing.  Hope to work in a full round each month with all the clubs.

I recommend changing that ratio quite a bit…

[Par Fore]

Thanks for the link.....no practice today, back is acting up, hoping to at least get in some short game tomorrow.

[Par Fore]

Between my back and the rain, no practice since last week.....but felt well enough to play today, a local high school was having matches on the Lakes so I stepped up to the Creeks Course......had fun, hit several bad shots, and a few good....about a 1 club wind, cloudy but no rain, the rough was still wet as we've had tons of rain the last few days....enjoying using irons only, playing up on the front men's tees

Tuesday, May 12th - tee off at usual 6pm, 10th tee was open, Creeks Course, 70.6/134, 6217 yards, played 10-5th hole

Par for those 14 holes - 56......Score -66 ....10 over for 14 holes

Fairways - 9

Greens - 3

Putts - 26

Birdies - 0

Pars - 5

Bogeys - 8

Other - 1

3 iron - 5.8, some really good drives the last few holes

5 iron - 6.5

7 iron - 7, overall fairly solid

9 iron - 9, strong shots in this range

52 - 5, a couple of poor shots really hurt here

60 - 7.5 hit some good chip shots around the greens

Better overall round, better chips around the greens, most putts were a foot weak and missed on the amateur side.