Mixed bag
This morning, I practiced at Golden Bear Golf Center, on a cool and cloudy day.
I warmed up using the 6-iron, and then started hitting balls with the 4-, 6- and 8-irons. I didn’t hit the ball very well at first, so I ran my slot / lag drill for a few balls. Next up, I got out the driver, bombing the first one well down the range, and then hitting mostly fades or slices. I added the 3i HALO to the mix, but never really hit the club well, tending to hit the ball high but not very far.
Next up, I ran the pin-hunting drill, hitting a mere 6 of 20 shots with a score of 4 or 5. I hit a couple of stinkers, including a snap hook with the driver. My final drive, though, was a perfectly struck.
With the few remaining balls, I hit some 7-, 5- and 4-iron shots with the ball teed up, and with the exception of one of the 4-iron shots, hit them very well. After the relatively poor practice, that was a relief.
Next, I went to the putting green and had a pretty good speed drill. The green was running faster than usual, but I didn’t have much difficulty with speed today. I also hit a couple of balls from 45 ft, but didn’t really have that distance wired in.
I then went to the short game area and spent about 45 minutes hitting all sorts of shots with my lob and X (64°) wedge. I had good direction control today, and I struck the ball well (very few fat or thin shots), but my distance control was lacking. I haven’t spent enough time with the wedges lately.
Despite my relatively poor long game practice, I redeemed my day with good short game work.