Last Weekend

Ok, I'm on a roll.

This is a great outlet and I'm feeling better already. Been up the range tonight and am frustrated as hell. I'll cover that in the next post I think.

So what happened this weekend.

Well had a lesson on Friday and Mr Pro confirmed what I already knew. I'm not shifting my weight in the downswing.

Back swing is all good, great positions, little longer back swing than he'd normally like. But all on plane and under control.

Downswing starts with a shoulder turn but I stay planted on my right foot. I'd been trying to fix this but all i'd managed to do was incorporate a hip slide left, causing me to lean back even more and fat and thin everything.

So, he took me though an impact drill where I setup with my right heel already off the floor, then make a swing.

After a few goes I was getting a good impact on the ball and compressing it nicely.

Then into some full swings and focussing on backswing, start weight shift and then rotate back through. After a few hit the ball really crisply. Nice little draw as well.

Then we did some short game work. Wedges from 100 yards and in. Just playing little dead arm shots and getting a feel for distance for different swing lengths. Hit the ball really consistently dropping all my wedges consistent distance.

Left the range feeling really confident, really looking forward to this weekends golf.

I probably hit the ball consistently better than I probably have ever done. REaly good compression on the ball, great penetrating flight with my irons, all of them. Swing felt smooth, relaxed and powerful.

So that was Fridays lesson. Onto the course on Sat and Sun. Managed to get two rounds in.

Wish I hadn't bothered. Awful. Simply awful.

Saturday, my driving was all over the place. Hit 2 fairways all round. Irons were all fatted and thinned. Stuck on my back foot again and just couldn't get off. Chipping was ok most of the time. Putting was ok, but never really sank anything. Result 94. Ouch.

Sunday was a comp, more of the same, drove the ball a little better. But again, irons were awful. Chipping was ok(ish) couple of duffed ones and putting the same, just made nothing. Result 93.

Left the course feeling absolutely dejected. Why am I even bothering any more. Wasted half my weekend on something that just makes me miserable right now.