I Finally broke 90 today!

Last week was very frustrating. I had a feeling a score in the 80’s was within reach, but with almost every shot hooking to the left, I actually did worse. This week after a few small changes to the grip and downswing, shots started straightening out. The result: 88.

Even without a pitching wedge, which I lost during practice last week, I recorded 2 birdies and 5 pars. Oh yeah, and a gigantic 9 on a par 5. I guess I need more practice with bunker shots. Next goal: 85.

Since I can’t get the video to work on this blog, here is the link to a couple of swings.

Andy 1

Andy 2

Justin 1

Here are some pictures from the round at Royce Brook East my friend Justin and I played at 2 weeks ago.

Justin hitting from the rough back to the fairway. Love the socks.

Walking up to to a 60 yard shot that I probably messed up.

Trying to hold a balanced follow through.

Justin taking a practice swing for his tee shot.

Setting up for a big drive down that wide open fairway.

This was the last hole where our drives landed just a few feet apart.

Justin also sent me some videos of our swings. They will be up as soon as I figure out how to upload them.

I added a new page showing my latest scores. It’s the link under “Features” titled “Score Progress Tracker”.

I almost broke 90 yesterday but just fell short.

It all came down to the last hole. I totaled 83 strokes coming into hole 18, which was a par 5, so I only needed a bogey to get an 89. First, I sliced my drive to the right side. I found the ball on another fairway, and when I tried to hit it back to the correct fairway, I lost it when it hit a tree. My first lost ball of the day. I then had a 150 yard shot that landed 15 feet from the pin, giving me a decent chance to make that putt and salvage bogey. But, I proceeded to make my first three putt of the day to card an eight on the last hole, making my score a 91.

Next time!