The Past 3 Months

Bit of more scene setting.

I started my swing changes at the end of October after the season here ended. I've had regular lessons with one of the pro's at my club since I started and he's done a great job getting me down to 13 in such a short space of time.

Well he's done a great job but I've put in a lot of work as well. So he can't take all the credit.

At the end of the season I told him this year I want to push for single figures. Which he said was doable but we'd need to make some swing changes that are going to take a bit of time to reduce the impact of the bad shots.

Over the year I'd developed a bit of a flatish swing. Which to be fair worked pretty well for me. My normal shot would be a gentle draw. My bad one would be a huge destructive pull left or a snap hook.

So. Mr Pro has been gradually changing my swing to a more upright orthodox swing. And it's been a nightmare.

Over the past 3-4 months we've made so many changes I have no idea what the hell I'm doing any more. I practice hard, 2-3 1-2 hour range sessions and week and play 1-2 times at the weekends.

My scores have gone to pushing to break 80 to struggling to break 90, and my scores are getting worse, not better. I don't think a 100+ score is out of the question now.

I'm really having trouble making the changes stick. I'll have a lesson, come away hitting it great, then within a couple of range sessions it's gone, or some other problem has crept in.

A few weeks ago I almost quit the game and it's constantly on my mind at the moment. I started playing because I got so much pleasure out of the game. Right now I hate it. Literally hate it.

But I know that I can enjoy the game again, but I'm going to need to fight though these changes.

If I could turn back the clock 3 months I would. Right now I'd be delighted with my old swing back and content playing off 13. But it's too late, that swing has gone and it ain't coming back.