Scrupples

Struggled all last season with getting distance from the the tee box and the fairway. Didn't matter where, i just could not get great distance. Driving average had dropped to around 240-250. 150 club had went to a 7 iron. Used to be a soft 8 or a nuked 9 iron. I blame it on the fact of hitting forty, and trying to correct my swing flaws and over thinking my swing. First nine holes played exactly average for my new yardages. Stepped up to the number 10 tee box and ripped the best drive I have hit in over a year. 304 yard. (Confirmed with both range finder and GPS within 3 yard of each other. I have been getting around 270 on this hole recently.) Granted it was downhill, around 25 feet in elevation drop from the tee box to the landing area before a creek. But still 304. Definitely not expecting this to be the new norm, but I will take it.

Thanks for the welcome.

I have been a long time lurker trying to soak in the knowledge on this site. I hope to have some information that I may be able to add one day. As of now I am a student with little to no valuable information to add. I have played at golf for 25 years. Until this past year I have never tried to improve as I would play only once every other month at most. Now I am trying to play at least once per week and hit the range ~3 times per week for about 1-1.5 hours each trip. Hopefully I will be able to improve to a 10-12 handicap by the end of 2013. Looking forward to gaining as much information as possible over the next year.