Finally, good weather
I’ve been unable to practice since Jan. 13 due to a week of travel and a week of bad January weather. Finally, today, the cold, cloudy weather cleared out of here and I was able to go to Golden Bear Golf Center to practice. Though the temperature was in the mid-40’s, it was quite comfortable since there was virtually no wind.
I started out in the bunker, running the sand drill, then hitting a dozen balls out of the sand, getting every one of them out, but without good distance control. I then hit a variety of pitches and chips. My touch was pretty poor today, that’s what goes first when I can’t practice. My main issue was hitting fat. I wasn’t pleased.
Next, I went to hit some balls. On mats. I hate mats. I hit poorly off mats and they tend to cause me to sweep the ball instead of taking a divot. Even so, I hit the short irons and wedges pretty solidly, but my long irons were pretty shaky, and the driver, well, just bad.
Did I mention that I hate mats? Well, I hate that rubber tee even worse.
I finished off my practice with a good speed drill followed by some lag putting. Surprisingly, my putting had barely suffered at all from my two week layoff.
OK, my game is pretty shaky after two weeks off. We’ll see what happens on the course tomorrow.