Golf status

I cannot wait to play golf this Friday! I was unable to play last Friday as I had hoped due to work. In addition to Friday, I will also be playing on Saturday in a tournament with my golf group. This is the last regular tournament before our big tournament in two weeks.

I have been practicing almost everyday. I've had to make a few adjustments to my original practice plan, but in general it's worked out great.

I have another lesson this evening. Last weeks lesson was very informative. Anyone who plays golf semi-regularly should take a lesson especially if they have a video camera. The mental image you have in your head of what your swing looks like will be shattered once you see the video. Ugly doesn't even begin to describe it. During the winter I worked on a fixing a bad habit. I tend to open the club face too much on my back swing which causes me to hit right. After working on it I pictured myself as having a perfectly positioned club face, but the video showed I hadn't fixed the problem at all.

My instructor also gave me a few other items to work on. I usually tend to hit the ball too low. Now when I hit it right following his corrections I get a higher trajectory on my shot. It's going to take a lot of practice to ingrain these changes.

I have also been working like crazy on my short game. Yesterday was my 2nd putting only session. I had never gone to a course or a range before last week and just putted. It was great knowing this was all I was going to do and I could focus all my attention to it. My putting is rock solid right now and my confidence is high. As for pitching, I developed a nasty shank off the hozzle. I would either hit a perfect pitch or shank it. Hopefully my instructor can help me tonight with this one.