Since my two 80s round in September I've played pretty lackluster, often downright embarrassing golf. A man can only take so many 50 yard pop-up drives and triple bogeys. So I did want needed to be done, practice. Yes, we're talking about Allen Iverson practice. Must have spent 6 hours cumulative this past week at the range. And unlike previous times where I'd aimlessly whack the ball around then go home, this time I really concentrated and practiced with "purpose". I even spent some time at the short game practicing chipping.
Well, the practice paid off. Had one of my best 9 holes, a 43 (+7, including 1 birdie ), despite 3-putting the first two holes. Think I was 5/7 fairways. Not a single, embarrassing pop-up. Jon Cote's tips really helped. I teed the ball up so half the ball was above the driver head, put the ball forward in my stance and had a slight spine tilt. Then it was just making a nice, wide, sweeping swing. Irons and chipping were good as well. Putting, the one thing I didn't practice this week, was probably the weak link today. Missed some very makeable 5-10 footers for par. If those had drop probably would have tied my all time low of 40. In any event, I was very happy. Finally felt like I was playing golf and not just hacking around.
Lesson, don't listen to Allen Iverson and practice with purpose.
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