New Approach...

In my viewing of too many golf instructional videos on youtube, I decided that I've been trying to propel the ball with too much hands and arms and not using the shoulders or hips effectively.

So I went the other way.  Make sure the shoulders are moving the arms and the hands remaining passive.

Of course to do that, one must use the lower body to move the shoulders and that will lead one to the proper foot work.  Which means that a coil into the right leg has too happen too. 

In many ways this is the opposite of what I've been doing for a while.

I played Friday and shot 78 and shot 79 today.  Regardless of the closeness of scores, the golf today was much easier today than that of Friday. 

While applying the above mentioned techniques, I was able to hit the ball very solidly all day.  This technique works well with putting too.  I was short a few putts, but make a bunch too.  Up and downs were trivial for the most part.  Oh, I didn't make all of them, but I was well above 50%.

Tee shots were a lot better.  I might have lost two shots to being in trouble off the tee, but the rest were in play and the distance was good.

Irons were quite straight and I hit a bunch of them high, which is not my usual ball flight.

The kind of golf I like to play is to be positional.  Work the ball around the course and set up for entries into greens.  (Some day I'll get interested in putting, but for now, it's a bit of side show to the ball striking side of the game.)


When the ball goes well and you feel in control, it's a different game.  It changes what you do.  You are no longer worried about hitting the ball off the tee, but the game becomes more complex.  Where do I place the tee shot?  What part of the green do I play for?  What shot shape do I want for this chip? 

It's much more fun in this mode and I'm looking forward to the next round.