Golf is a sport that requires practice in order to play our best. Rarely can a golfer just pick up the clubs and naturally score well. It takes practice and effort to hone our skills. There is one vital aspect of practice that many amateurs overlook when practicing and that is immediate feedback. As Chris Ryan suggests, without feedback during practice sessions your time wasted. Instant feedback is best when practicing and Ryan suggests an easy drill that will help improve our ball striking when playing our irons.
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Improving Your Golf Game One Shot At A Time
To improve any golf game away from the course takes a bit knowledge and understanding about your swing. Currently, I am using video, alignment sticks, aim points, and now impact stickers. Yup, instead of using foot powder on my golf club, I bought some target stickers that attach to my clubs. This is new to me and I am still getting used to the information it is providing.
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Warming Up in the Rain!
First, I want to thank everyone for the awesome support and positive comments over the last couple of days. I am truly grateful to have so many people in my corner as I competed during Wing Playdowns.
To cut to the chase, I made the team. I finished third overall and I will be heading to the Regional Competition in Petawawa in July. Since 1990, this is the 20th time I have made the base team and been given the opportunity to play at the next level of competition. Through the years I have finished first 1 time, third 3 times, and in the top 10, 15 times. I have had a good run so I am hoping to continue my good fortune next month.
Today was a the survival of the fittest. It poured rain all day. I am not talking light showers, but hard rain for most of the round. It was raining so much, I had to remove my hat when putting because the constant stream of water falling on my putter was too distracting. By the 5 hole, I was soaked to the bone. But, as seasoned golfers will tell you, any day in competition is a great day!
Today was my worst round of the tournament. I shot an 87. A smooth 46 front and 41 back. Believe it or not, it was the 4th best score of the day. The final score was not as disturbing as how I got there; the 3 doubles and 2 triples were especially rewarding! When I blow a hole, I do a great job doing it! Take those scores away and I played rather well. I will say that my chipping and putting was not as sharp today. I missed 6 putts under 5 feet. But, that is life on the golf course.
I did, however, take a couple of lessons from today’s round. First, I need more dry towels in my bag. Second, don’t forget your rain pants in the car. Lastly, in the pouring rain, I need to take a bit off my swing. Because of the wet conditions and the fact that I do not wear a glove, my grips were very wet and swing hard did cause some difficulties.
Regardless of my score, I made the team. That was the goal of the tournament.
On a side note, I am being fitted for irons and a new driver tomorrow. I am very excited about that to say the least.
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
500 Followers!
Today is a major milestone for The Grateful Golfer; we officially have 500 members on the grateful golfer team. I am so excited to continue sharing positive thoughts, helpful tips, and humorous stories about the awesome game of golf.
Everyone contributes in their own way to the success of our message and I want to thank you all for your support, positive feedback, and outstanding insight. Every day I am grateful to hear from everyone and look forward to reading what you have to say.
Today 500; tomorrow the moon! I am a grateful golfer! Thanks for participating.
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