@Nocona Colt Abernathy head still dips a bit but this feels a lot better. I’m gonna work on it every day, thanks again!! @Tom Saguto thanks for summoning a wise pupil!
and the course is a different animal entirely. *nothing* like the range, or the backyard net. it's like performing onstage versus practicing for the show, and you usually need some well-rehearsed anchor points you can rely on to navigate without feeling completely lost at first. later something else can take over...
@joey puvel on the course you might benefit from starting small and limited in your focus, expanding later. think more 'chipping', making good contact on your shots regardless of the target, versus trying to hit the ball out of the park, or perfectly backspinning to within 3 feet of the hole. my one course visit this summer I just took a few clubs I felt comfortable using besides the putter, a wedge, 6 and 3-iron, throwing a 3-wood in the bag for a few tee boxes where I felt lucky. that was it.
(more to say on that soon, in a separate swing-vid post coming later today. I need a *lot* of help)
Thank you for the encouragement @Tom Saguto ! “Putting pressure on it” is a great mental image for me. I’ll keep at it and be patient until it can withstand some heat!
@joey puvel - Apologies if I've already conveyed this to you previously, but there has been quite a bit of dialogue here on the topic of how to transport "Ranger Rick" to the golf course. We all experience that! All I can tell you is that it is part of the process, and if your practice mode is delivering consistently solid results then it's just a function of time in terms of when/how that will translate itself to the course. As confidence in your swing grows you should find more and more that you are playing "golf" instead of "golf swing" on the course, at which point your mechanical thoughts will be reduced to one or two at the most, and you will be nearly entirely focused on your target and not your swing. An excellent book that may help you with this is "Fearless Golf: Conquering the Mental Game" by Dr. Gio Valiante. I've recommended it to several of your fellow members and many have commented on how much it has helped them.
Great job ! Short notice: Learn to aim correctly, especially if you go to a driving range. Aim go to hit the ball, go back aim, hit and so on ....
Learn the grid and be able to understand the ball-flight.
@Nocona Colt Abernathy head still dips a bit but this feels a lot better. I’m gonna work on it every day, thanks again!! @Tom Saguto thanks for summoning a wise pupil!
and the course is a different animal entirely. *nothing* like the range, or the backyard net. it's like performing onstage versus practicing for the show, and you usually need some well-rehearsed anchor points you can rely on to navigate without feeling completely lost at first. later something else can take over...
@joey puvel on the course you might benefit from starting small and limited in your focus, expanding later. think more 'chipping', making good contact on your shots regardless of the target, versus trying to hit the ball out of the park, or perfectly backspinning to within 3 feet of the hole. my one course visit this summer I just took a few clubs I felt comfortable using besides the putter, a wedge, 6 and 3-iron, throwing a 3-wood in the bag for a few tee boxes where I felt lucky. that was it.
(more to say on that soon, in a separate swing-vid post coming later today. I need a *lot* of help)
Thank you for the encouragement @Tom Saguto ! “Putting pressure on it” is a great mental image for me. I’ll keep at it and be patient until it can withstand some heat!
Beautiful start, lots to feel good about I'd say. Curious to see how it looks on the range, or even out on the course.