Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Snatching Failure from the jaws of Greatness...yet again

I'm still working on the "new swing" and while I am starting to feel more natural, I'm still struggling with consistancies.  I played 2 rounds over the weekend - Saturday out at South Riding Golfer's Club and Sunday at Army Navy Country Club (Fairfax Course).  While shot the same 99 on each course, I went about it in two very different ways.  

On Saturday I was all over the place.  3 Pars, 7 Bogies, 5 Double's, 2 Triple's, and a dreaded snowman.  I was on, then I was off.  I came back, only to lose it on the next hole.  My splits of 49 / 50 pretty much tell the story.  

Sunday was a different story.  I spent the morning reviewing some videos, both of my swing and several professionals (mainly just Tiger), and I found a couple of things to work on at the range before we teed off.  The video footage revealed a stiffness in my leg (thank you very much), and after working my swing at the range, I felt confident approaching the tee box.  The range worked paid off as I drove my 4-iron 230-yards to the center of the fairway.  I managed only one double bogie on the front nine, along with 2 Pars, and 6 bogies for a 44 - easily the most consistant 9 holes I've played.  I felt GREAT going off the 10th tee box, and eventhough my drive had a slight fade, I still managed to par the hole.  Then, on the 11th tee, I found the full on slice.  After crushing drive after drive down the middle of the fairway, I completely lost it.  Not only that, but I completely lost all touch and feel around the green.  The result was a far cry from my 44 on the front nine - 1 par, 2 bogies, 3 triple's and a snowman for the 55.  Attempt to break 90 - FAIL.

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