Craig, I have been reluctant to play golf as the swing is nowhere near where I want it.
Hi Craig, I have been reluctant to play golf as the swing is nowhere near where I want it. But on the other hand at some point I need an official handicap, at least to perhaps take my daughter playing at some point.
Played today 9 holes real golf. Tried to just relax and have little tension and let club release. Only played irons (shorter course only par 3 & 4 holes). On quite a few shots the swing was really solid, great impact and straight. But overall result was quite bad. Regardless I am quite pleased to actually have played.
I lost three balls, one in the first hole when I tensed up on the tee, the other two on the last two holes. One of those was my regular right miss and one was too long from the tee, things really got bad towards the end. I also 3 putted once, and had three short shots I threw away by hesitation. Had some really great bunker shots, some decent chip shots and good putting on the very bad greens.
Two main takeaways. 1) I have way too little consistency in distances, this I guess I knew from beforehand. 2) On course play felt much more psychological than I thought. All good shots came when I had laser focus on my target, and stayed relaxed. Eventually if I play a longer course distance will probably be a bigger issue but I won’t do that for now. Overall playing on the course felt very different than the regular practice.
