Joey's Golf Bag

This afternoon, I played 18 at North Texas Golf, going around twice on a cool, breezy, but sunny, day. As the course was not crowded, I was able to go around in a little over 2 hours.

I’ve had very poor practices for the last two weeks, but this afternoon, I got out Tour Tempo and got things mostly straightened out with respect to getting the club on the back of the ball. I’m hitting off a pull, so my distance is about a club shorter than usual. I’ll get that worked out, now that I realize that tempo was the main issue for the last two weeks.

My score:

* Hit green in regulation.

Themes:

• Tee shots. For the first couple of holes, I came up short on many holes, due in part to hitting off a pull, and also due to the strong wind. I hit only two greens in regulation on the first nine, but improved after I clubbed up on the second nine to where I hit five GIR. I had one bad chunk on the front and one on the back, and also flew the green on the last hole, about two clubs long. My best shot of the day was one of my best ever, an 8-iron to 2 feet on the 4th hole.
• Chipping. I got up and down five times. My chipping was pretty good, except for the 2nd hole, where I hit the ball thin over the green.
• Wedges. I didn’t have any wedge shots today, as all my tee shots were close enough to use a chip shot.
• Putting. I had a total of 32 putts today. I didn’t hit any putts longer than 9 ft and didn’t miss any below 5 ft. My speed was good except for the two holes that I three-putted.

I was pretty happy with the way I played today, considering how poorly I practiced for the last two weeks on my long game. My tempo was off, and Tour Tempo was able to get my swing back to something resembling a golf swing. Once I get my swing path fixed (really, really don’t want to play off a pull, as that causes loss of distance), I’ll get back to hitting the ball like I did last summer when I was occasionally breaking 90.