Back at it
Two weeks ago, I fell on some slippery rocks and injured my right shoulder and elbow. I had to ice down my shoulder for a few days. My elbow was just scraped up a little and healed quickly. I had a lesson scheduled for July 4th, but had to cancel as I could barely even move my right arm.
On Sunday morning, early, I finally healed up enough to get back out on the range and hit some balls. The weather was sunny and hot with only a trace of a breeze. I started out in the short game area, hitting short SW and LW shots. Fortunately, I didn’t have any difficulty getting my touch back with the wedges. I didn’t have a very good sand practice, but the sand was very wet and compacted, and I’ve never spent any practice time hitting out of wet sand.
Next up, I got a large bucket of balls and started out hitting full wedge shots. No problem there, other than the occasional fat shot. The short irons were pretty good, other than a few yards of missing distance. My long clubs were just terrible, though. I wasn’t surprised, as I have to spend a lot of time on them to hit them decently. My old problem, toe hits, was back with the driver, 3-metal and hybrid. I spent a lot of time with the driver, trying to move the contact point back to the center of the club face, succeeding only once (and boy, what a great shot that was…). I managed to move my impact point closer to the center, but I’m still an inch away from perfection. I think I need to move the ball a bit farther forward in my stance, as my most common fault, besides short distance, was a push. The hook was rarely in evidence, fortunately.
No time for putting practice, as I was worn out from all the balls I’d hit and from the high temperatures that reached the high ’90s before 11AM. Damn, it’s hot!