Congratulations, Steph, on a great round. It is especially rewarding given your frustrations of late. Most especially, congratulations on your commitment to long-term progress and your willingness to substitute today's Mechanics and Feels for those of yesterday.
The words of Homer Kelley continue to ring true (1-E):
"The student must approach instruction as a step-by-step process. The only real short cuts are more and more know-how. A careless beginning can be disastrous. Every board and every panel must be cut to fit its place and cut to fit in with the overall design. It's as premature to expect the complete results of instruction before the last factor is fitted in, understood and mastered."
While Sunday's golf made me feel much better about my game and one can't argue with the results, I need to get my stroke on video and see what it looks like. I am a little worried that I have regressed a little vis-a-vis the changes I have been trying to implement. I hope to get some video work done this next weekend. I don't think I am flipping , but I might be a little off plane. The video will tell all.
Regardless, I am still fighting the cuts which I don't like. Luke the Nuke likes them left to righters 'cause he hits it a ton, but I need to hit it straight or a little draw to boost my distance. Thanks for the good words!
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Thanks. As you can see, not only was my ball striking pretty good, but I had your kind of putting day. I missed exactly 1 putt inside of 15 feet on that last 9 hole stretch. I missed about a five footer because of a mis-read which cost me a 3-putt and a 32. Oh, well, I guess you can't make them all, but it sure seemed like I was going to for awhile.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
Thanks. As you can see, not only was my ball striking pretty good, but I had your kind of putting day. I missed exactly 1 putt inside of 15 feet on that last 9 hole stretch. I missed about a five footer because of a mis-read which cost me a 3-putt and a 32. Oh, well, I guess you can't make them all, but it sure seemed like I was going to for awhile.
Isn't it great when the little gopher keeps running in the hole? One thing I've done in the past was to keep my putting stats. I did it every round for an entire year. I wanted to know if I was as good at putting as my BIG HEAD thought I was.
My lowest putts per GIR was 1.125 (7 birdies) and I averaged about 1.71 per GIR for the year. At the time, it was a very good average compared to the Tour. And it was THE ONLY thing that I had in my game that resembled a professional, B.Y. (Before Yoda).
Keeping that kind of information gives you an idea about the best places to shave strokes.
Isn't it great when the little gopher keeps running in the hole? One thing I've done in the past was to keep my putting stats. I did it every round for an entire year. I wanted to know if I was as good at putting as my BIG HEAD thought I was.
My lowest putts per GIR was 1.125 (7 birdies) and I averaged about 1.71 per GIR for the year. At the time, it was a very good average compared to the Tour. And it was THE ONLY thing that I had in my game that resembled a professional, B.Y. (Before Yoda).
Keeping that kind of information gives you an idea about the best places to shave strokes.
I have tried to do the same on and off. One year my putting statistics had me around 30 putts per round. I don't remember my PPGIR. I am going to start keeping the stats again this year and see where I end up. Lately, my chipping (vertical hinging rules ) and putting have really improved. I am looking for a sub-30 putts average this year.
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
, but I might be a little off plane.
The video will tell all.
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