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Well...the wait is over!!!!!
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Gross/Net Dbl Bogies = 4/0 Gross/Net Bogies = 7/6 Gross/Net Pars = 5/5 Gross/Net Birdies = 2/4 Gross/Net Eagles = 0/2 I got a little frisky on the par 5's and tried to do too much, too fast, snap hooking the drives and failing to get any real points on them. Each par 5 had water in unexpected spots which my drives and 2nd shots found often. I lost 2 NXT's!!!! I tied for 2nd in the event out of a field of 20 amateurs. The other fella's back nine was stronger (he started on the front side and I started on the back) than mine so he won the tie-breaker. Our club champ shot a gross 78/net 75 (he's a 3 hcp). The 1 hcp we played with (who had played the course before) shot a gross 81/ net 80. My hcp. index is 13.8 so I was a bit better than that on a new course for the first time. How? I had been working on keeping my back heel down and Extensor Action. I started watching my Jeff Hull videos last night and was comparing them to Moe Norman's strokes on YouTube.com DOWN, DOWN, DOWN Vertically Un-cocking Left Wrist, Impact Fix, Extensor Action, stable base, stable head, Flying wedges throughout the stroke, it was all there. In one of Moe's tapes he said that the repeatability of his swing came from his knees going back and forth and his hands never moving or "changing their grip." This morning, I tried his stroke, (zeroed out # 3 accumulator) but I forgot the EA on the range. The stretch of the left arm though, provided good tension. I spread my stance out, slowly rotated around my right knee up until the vertically cocked left wrist was at shoulder level, and then spun around my back knee and shot that left wrist straight down, down, down.\\:D/ Moe said he never made a divot. Hmmmmm. Even on that densely packed Bermuda range, I made half dollar bill sized divots more perfectly than ever! The balls climbed mountains! Woods and hybrids, 4 irons, everything climbed high, straight on line and landed softly. I also forgot EA on the front side!! :crybaby: I screwed up two par 5's! Then I remembered EA after the last hole on the front! MUch crisper with direction and much better carry. I got away with it though because I had so much control of the DOWN with the "rotate around my back knee" swing thought. My heel stayed down on every shot except my driver. As soon as I realized I still needed the EA, the course got much easier, though I struggled with the driver the rest of the day. I started hitting my 2 hybrid and 2 wood off some tees with 200 yards + of carry for both clubs. I gross birdied the #1 and 3 hcp holes. I'm really not sure about the reason for driving problems but I bet I'm not tracing as far away from my body as I need to and tomorrow, last day before school starts with orientation, I'll really lift my RFT away from body as I rotate.:laughing1 It was so cool using my lower body to fire my left wrist right on top of the ball and see it climb!!!! Several guys gave me guff about my 13.8 hcp index. Just wait, fellas!!!:lurk: Patrick |
Congratulations, City! Way to go! Man, I love reading about your successes here.
Losing 10 strokes off your GHIN in one season (you will, you know) is really a big deal. Are you looking into a nice blade putter like mine yet? |
Congratulations. :confused1 I'm amazed.
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How can such a nice person use such inferior blade putters?
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Moi |
You can run or ride, or walk your golf course...
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:golfcart: Moi, aussi |
You're giving me 12 strokes, right? Is it match play?
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Welcome Patrick! 0253415 Current GHIN Index 12.4 57 Rounds Posted as of 9/1/2010 Did you play today, Daryl? How did you do? Pat |
12 strokes, Stroke Play.
Didn't play. I hit some balls. Worked mostly on the Elbow Plane today. I picked a large open area about 75 yards out and drew a big line with 150 golf balls. It looked pretty good. How was your first day back to school? Did you have coffee and cookies with the other Teachers? |
Well, we had fruit, coffee, bagles and a "schmearrr."
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I will start a First Tee program in December, and a Scrabble/Spelling Bee in October. I have started to hit fades on purpose with my driver. That is a first. :) Patrick |
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Next hcp period may be even lower. Be careful. As for putting. Are you tracing the target line with pp#3 with a little focus also on pp#1? I am finding great success with that and looking at the hole. Sometimes closing my eyes does wonders as well. Of course, it is easy to do those things with a nice plain putter without all the distractions smeared across the top. |
New (to me) Moe Norman, detailed TGM AWARE stroke explanations videos
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Please don't fret over the initial open remarks (I believe in warm, thoughtful opening remarks..."I love Brian Piccolo, " and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning, it's the smell of victory.") If I may quote NE VO "It's a champaign life; let's toast it up!" vid 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9l0lr019nc vid 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGTiUhQbmU vid 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVCyYKe4BL4 vid 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxg-RrZOGwo vid 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8f_d7RGRRU vid 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FenB9hwSErE Some of the vid quality is a bit shaky, but "good thinking = good golf." I think "Footloose" is on...gotta go! "Why don't you comb your hair?" Jerry and Kevin have hair; OB has hair, Hell, Yoda has hair...but Daryl...look at his avatar!!! "These girls were trying to buy us beer!" LMAO! Happy "Rush Hashana!" Moe, wherever you are, I'm buying the pitcher of pink lemonade. RIP, buddy. Enjoy! Patrick |
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