Today Chuck and I played 18 holes at Windermere.  I am fortunately making somewhat of a switch from a good range player and a terrible on course player, to a terrible range player and a good on course player.  I need to become good at both for confidence reasons, but right now I would rather be good on the course if I could just choose one.  My head was not working right on the range today, so we just went and played 18.  I hit the ball all right, some pretty decent shots and some bad ones.  My long clubs are terrible, but my short irons and short game are pretty good right now, so I make up for the bad drives.  I had 3 birdies and still shot 77.  Two doubles really screwed me up.  I hit what I felt were two very solid 5 woods, but when I looked up they were going straight left and in hazards. 

I was really inconsistent on the greens today.  I made some bombs for birdies, but then three putted twice, once from within 15 feet and the other on the last hole. 

The long game problem has to be solved soon because right now the only course I can play is Windermere.  It’s only 6700 yards and pretty forgiving.  Windermere’s only real defense is its greens, which are insanely sloped, and considering I am putting all right now, it’s not that big of a deal.  If I went to another local course like Orange County National or Keene’s Point, I wouldn’t stand a chance.  For one thing, I can’t hit a driver straight, and for another, I can’t hit it far.  That’s the worst combination right there.  You can get by if you are short if you can hit it straight (Fred Funk), and you can get by if you are a little crooked if you hit it really long (JB Holmes), but I have the worst of them all, short and crooked.  Anyway, Chuck tells me that wednesday is going to be a hardcore range session, so hopefully we can figure out things then. 

One last thing, Chuck promised me that if he spent one hour in the bunker with me that all my bunker problems would be fixed.  We were in the bunker no longer than 30 minutes and I already feel extremely confident in every bunker I step foot into.  Today I hit a great bunker shot, probably 20 yards or so to a pin at the bottom of a big downslope to about 6 feet and made the putt for par.  With practice I feel like I can learn some different shots for different situations and become a pretty solid bunker player.  That’s what I have been most excited about the past few days.