All, preaching to the choir here but... After a winter in the basement working in a simulator I just played 3 rounds in Phoenix, AZ area. Finally got outside.
@Tom Saguto approach just works. I was so pumped.
I'm a 16 hcp and my brother-in-law is a 9. I actually beat him by a stroke on one round.. Gross (not net)
Striking my irons with KFC crispiness. Another area I was excited about was getting off the tee. This goes back to everyone having to 'feel out' their own swing. I know I was coming in steep and generating too much backspin and thus causing the ball to 'balloon' up with no trajectory. I worked on flattening the angle of attack and thus reducing spin. HUGE improvement off the tee. High backspin numbers are absolutely killer. My brother-in-law just texted me and he said I definitely get the most improved player of the year award... whatever that's worth. Scoring wasn't what I wanted to be but I was more than happy with how I was striking the ball. This is good stuff!!! Thanks Tom!
That's awesome, @Gerry_Lager!! I'm very glad to know that all your winter work on the sim translated so nicely to the real deal. And the MIP award from your bro-in-law is worth a SG Golden Ball!!