This weekend Chuck and I will be playing together in the Member-Member Tournament at Windermere Country Club. It’s a two day tournament in which the first day is best ball and the second day is a cumulative score between the both of us. If I shoot 80 and Chuck shoots 70, then we get a 150 for the second day. The course is already short from the back tees, but they are making us play from the white (middle) tees for the tournament. This makes it more difficult for Chuck because he will be tempted to blast his driver and get as close to the green as possible, which could bring in some problems, but it makes it easier for me because I don’t hit the ball very far. I will be playing from the white tees the next two days to get ready.
I am actually somewhat nervous because I am really uncomfortable with my swing. I was really confident with the progress I had been making, but it seems like the last week I have gone backwards. I am not hitting the ball as solid as I was, and it seems like I just keep hitting it shorter and shorter. Hopefully over the next two days I will get more comfortable and will really be working on my short game so that I can be confident that I will get up and down everytime I miss a green. My putting actually has been pretty solid lately, so I just need to make sure I get the speed down and I will be good.
Anyway, the next few days this is what I will be working on to prepare for the tournament:
1)Short game – up and downs will be really important, especially in best ball I would imagine.
2)Putting – Just getting the speed down
3)Swing Plane – Just doing the same things I have been working on the past two weeks. I keep slipping back into getting to flat and inside, so I need to get a lot of practice in on this, especially the shaft drill.
4)Alignment – My alignment has been pretty bad lately, which obviously makes me hit some poor shots. I just need to work on this with clubs on the ground and using my preshot routine to set me up well for the shot.
5)Just not thinking – With all that I am working on, it’s hard not to think, but I have to stop. I need to just feel the right swing in my practice swings and then trust that I will swing the same way in my real swing.
I’ll update you after the tournament to say how we placed, or should I say, to tell you how we won!
Pat,
Good Luck to you guys! I hope everything works out for you both. Stay Confident!
#5 is going to be your key, Pat. Just trust it and go. As a Pro, in your future, you’re going to have to learn to leave practice at the Pactice Tee. This sounds like a good opportunity to attempt that in a relatively low-stress tournament.
Best of luck to you two!
Thanks for the support guys. I look forward to the tournament.
Hope you guys played went well this weekend! Were you able to not think and was Chuck able to manage the course well from the whites?
-Bob
I took driver off most every hole leaving me a lot of 60 and 70 yard shots in that I couldn’t take advantage of. I would have been much better off taking 3 and 4 irons off the and leaving myself full shots into the holes, so no, I didn’t manage my game properly at all.