Slice of Life

Next year!

Thursday league... Par 4 over water...230 carry or so, pin at 250. I normally hit an 8 iron to the right, but decided to YOLO a drive at the green pin high about 30' right. 2 putt birdie.

98 in post monsoon conditions. Rough day, putting greens were shag carpet, fairways were garbage, and rough was about 6" tall and THICK. My buddy Christian at a 12 hdcp shot a 108 lol

Nothing spectacular during my weekend trip to Northern Michigan. My 2 best probably came from bunkers. A fairway bunker 165 yards out, had to hit a cut and landed it soft to about 15 feet. The other was a deep bunker about 40 yards out. Hit one that checked up to about 3 feet. Barely made the putt lol

Vokeys. 56 and 60. Haven't used the 60 much, have been using the 56 for almost everything inside of 80 yards. Spent this weekend in Michigan playing some pretty tough courses in pretty brutal conditions. 1st round was an 85 in the rain, 2nd was an 82 at one of the toughest and nicest courses I've ever played (and that was with an ugly 9 on a Par 5), and I finished with an 86 on Sunday. All better than I expected. Starting to come together...Hoping that my bad rounds are in the mid 80s next season.

Sorry, my swing was off due to being nailed in the arm by a bladed flop attempt. 😂😂😂 Couple more hours at the range today. Really starting to feel more natural already. Spent about 30 mins yesterday trying to pitch/chip into a bucket in my backyard. AND finally bought 2 new wedges today. My 56 and 60 degree wedges were about 12 years old. Almost no grooves left 😂

Thanks homie! Back tonight to do more of the same. Just going to keep focusing on not dipping that leading shoulder until it becomes a natural part of the swing. That and tempo are really the only things I'm trying to dial in...then once I'm comfortable, back to work on the next step. I have a 4 round golf trip this weekend at some pretty tough courses...so it'll be interesting to see if I can focus and not fall into old habits.

Really grinding at the range lately. About 3 hours yesterday... Extra focused on tempo, shortening my backswing, and not dipping my left shoulder and head (thanks @iacas). Progress is being made, but it's slow...and still feels unnatural.

Broke 80, and Eagle. I shot under Par on a disc golf course 2 weeks ago, does that count? lol

Foursome was filled lol Heritage and Legend I think?

Shot a record (for me) 78 yesterday morning. Yankee Trace near Dayton, OH. Not a super easy course. Funny thing is...I don't feel like I struck the ball particularly well. But, only one penalty stroke, and I managed to stay out of trouble and get up and down a lot.

Mixture between two shots from today. 175 into the wind, hit a 6 iron to 8'. My buddy talked me out of the 5 iron. But my favorite...Par-5, push my tee shot into the hazard on the right. Drop, and pull my 2-iron. Pure a shot way out there about 240 (not an average distance lol), and the head of the club goes about 80 yards. Club's about a month old lol. Pitched onto the green and made a 12' putt to save par.

Trending in a solid direction...94 Wednesday, followed by a 103? today. It's all good...bump that handicap up a bit so I can put some money down lol

Lot of fun this weekend, thanks @iacas for setting up another good outing. Good to meet all of you guys, looking forward to the next one.

Shortly after getting drilled with a skulled flop shot from our own @RFKFREAK (I'll post that video too lol), I nailed it. Bonus footage 😂😂