Antneye

Played Emerald Lake in Mint Hill N.C. yesterday. It's a decent course that should allow me to shoot a high 80 low 90 if I am playing well, which I have been of late so I was looking forward to the round as a barometer of where my game is at. All in all I had a solid round and put up a 46-46 split. If not for a triple on the front and a quad on the final hole (hole 9 since we went out on 10) I would have shot high 80. Pro's: Driver continues to find the fairway or stay in play. This has been the single biggest challenge for me over the last two years that has hurt my game. Mechanics from my swing thread are vastly improved and is helping me to make more consistent ball strikes. Chipping and putting was solid all day long. I only lost one stroke that I can recall due to a duffed chip. Putting within 8' was spot on and distance control was great all day on my longer putts. Cons: Still can't avoid those handful of blowup holes that kill my score. Penalty strokes were a major issue for me, but they were mostly due to club selection rather than horrible swings. I ended up with a couple of holes where my approach shot went long and ended up lost. All in all I am extremely pleased with where my game is right now.

I found it. It seems we get a bonus of 1/10th the players FedEx points earned if they are in your starting lineup on the final day.

I have 50 bonus points for snedeker today. Anyone have a clue why?

Never mind. It is the same now that the day is over. Rookie mistake.

Can someone explain why my score is different if I filter on tournament vs. Segment vs. Season? Being the first tournament shouldn't they all be the same score?

In. I fully expect to come in last place.....but this is golf so I am used to that.

My Rangers will suck this year, but I'm pumped to watch the kids play. Rebuilding is fun when you don't do it every year like some perennial doormats.

Tag me as well please.

Yeah, I know. I keep trying to get my son to line up better but he is 16 and, well if you have kids you get it :). Just looked up tripods. Don't know why I thought they would be expensive. There seem to be fairly cheap options out there.

nope.

I haven't read this whole thread, but if you haven't seen Rectify I highly recommend it. It is pure drama. Not much action. But it is extremely well written and totally engrossing. It had a 4 season arc that fully wrapped up the story in an extremely satisfying way. Sundance original available on Netflix.

i'm sick and working from home so I got to watch most of the day. Tiger looked real good. Hope he can string three more together.

I have really been trying to focus my work on getting my head to stop darting forward and down on the downswing. It was highlighted by @iacas in my very first swing a year ago and it has always been a focus but I am really trying to address it and only it right now. Here is a quick 7i from yesterdays session. I think it is much improved but still needs work, thoughts?

I feel like I am finally starting to make some progress. My driver is getting better (but still erratic) and I am feeling nice about my iron play. Short game has gone to shit of late, but I'm not too worried about it as the long game has been what has been holding me back. I don't see much change in these clips other than you can see the axis tilt on my drive FV. It seems to have helped me make more consistent contact. My DTL view was a bad slice right so I decided to post that one to see what you all may see. It is still something that creeps into my swing. Bonus Footage of my 16 year old who is always out there working with me. His swing has come along nicely, although he is starting to fight his driver for some reason.

Played Monroe Golf Club. Put up a 49-49 split. Dissapointing number, but very encouraging results. After making a double on one, I made a quad on the par three two thanks to a pulled drive, and two duffed chips that only moved two feet. Add in a three putt and my round was off to a horrible start. I got to three and decided to just forget the bad start and continue focusing on what I have been working on with my swing mechanics. I then went on to put up 13 straight holes of bogie or par (12 bogies) before fatiguing a bit to finish the last three holes double, double, quad. The quad on 18 was a lazy blocked drive that left me in trouble to the right and I just brain darted and made poor decisions which only compounded the trouble. So bottom line, bad start and finish but in between was 13 holes that were exactly what I am trying to do at this point as a 22 handicap. The swing is improving greatly. (oh, and I putted very well. If not for a second straight round of poor chipping I would have been at least 5-7 shots better)