Catching Up

It's been a week without a lot of high and lows.  I've been scoring pretty well, but still fighting the long stick.

It became clear on the 17th hole that my shoulder turn was lacking.  Why, o great gods of the golfing realm does it take so long in the round to become apparent?

That led to a spectacular up and down on the 17th and a simple par 5 with birdie possibilities on the 18th.

A drive down past the traps, a simple hybrid to 100 yards and a smooth wedge to 12 feet or so.  Left the putt a bit short - which was my miss on the day and wrapped up a 77 while only hitting two solid drives all day.

The weather has been cold for a couple of weeks, but today I saw the sun rise on the way to the course.  The high has returned and heat will soon follow. 

We've been playing early in the morning with tee times about 7:30.  Temperatures in the high 50s, with low 80s when completed.  The grass is wet and greens not mowed for the day, but a nice time to play.  The play goes pretty quickly then too, so a 4 hour round is not much of an issue.

My use of the tour tempo for the putting continues to do wonders for my putting.  My lines are a lot better and distance control is very good, even on the long ones.  For those who may have joined the blog later, I'm trying to swing into the ball twice as fast as I took the putter back.  I'm giving it a bit of a hit.  The short putts have become trivial.

Played with a couple of strangers on Thursday with Ted.  They were really loose about the rules and improved lies and conceded lots of 3 footers.  Tom said that who wants to watch someone grind over it to make it?   Just pick it up and keep going.  It led to a more relaxed and entertainment oriented session than trying to "be a golf pro."

Along those same lines, I played with a threesome who were in a tournament where all putts had to be putted out.  I swear that if they made a rule conceding all three putts, they would spreed up play by 20 minutes a round.  Watching bad putters grinding over their 4th putt is not worth the time.

That's about all of it.  I'll try to remember to take a huge back turn the next time I play.  I'm going to invent the driver that allows you to write notes on it with chalk - useful for slippery minded aged golfer.

Play well my friends.