Boring Part II

How shall I begin, to tell the story of my round?

Well, it started a lot like the last one ended.  As you may recall it was with 12 consecutive GIRs and two putt pars.  The same happened today for the first two holes.  Then I pushed into a trap that was short sided and uphill from a tight pin.

The TV commentators would have been beside themselves with remarks of immenent peril.  But, the hard silted, adobe clayed (to invent a couple of verbs) trap was no problem to our player.  A full wrist cock and a smooth downswing plopped the ball onto the fringe to roll out to less than a foot.  "An easy game," a foolish man once said.

But I am not here to gloat -- did I mention the two birdies today? -- I wanted to talk about some swing changes from Sunday's trip to the range.

I finally found a smooth 10% effort with some wrist unhinging early in the downswing, seemed to make the driver really easy to hit.

I was looking for new things to try, as I've become tired of doing the same old thing and expecting different results.  Old Al Einstein had some comments on that one.

In any case I was looking for less effort and less muscle.  I found that I could do it. 

But it's difficult to trust.  As I wandered through the round I was not expecting to have my usual iron distances as my swing effort was much lower.

I over hit three greens and hit a lot of shots pin high - did I mention the two birdies?  So, I must conclude with my limited sample that this lessor method does provide as much, if not more, club head speed.  I can't remember any shots that were short.

I did hit an interesting 6 iron on the last hole.  The fairway is still muddy and I think I hit it a bit fat.  The ball started low, never got very high, but about 75 yards off the club started to climb.  It finished pin high and 20 feet right. 

I mentioned trust issues with this technique and that is mostly a problem with the driver.  Since it's been the problem child for a long time, this is to be expected.  But I had one bad drive and the rest were passable and I was happy. 

I'm playing tomorrow on a longer course.  I'll see how it goes.

The course continues to dry quickly.  The fairways are mostly mud free and one didn't feel in peril for holes at a time.