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Richmond, VA, United States
Just taken up golf again after a five year layoff. Trying to get down to be a solid single figure handicap but age, ability and agility are my biggest handicaps at present.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

YoYo Golf

Generally happy with game at the mo but scoring seems very inconsistent flopping between high 70's to mid 80's. Main causes being disaster holes and crapola putting on the the hollowtined greens. At least my handicap revision has come through with a further cut to an index of 6.4 (from 7.1) which means I'll be playing off 7 from the whites at RCC.
Need to work on my consistency and putting. Interestingly enough picked up a book from the Library by Tiger's first coach (Rudy Duran) on how to teach kids which I thought would be useful for our two kids. Tried some of the drills on the range last night myself and I swear blind that its added another 10-15 yards to my irons and driver!!! Could be the wind blowing the other way but all shots were definitely more solid and consistent. Can't wait to get out there and try it again and of course converting it to the course is an entirely different matter. I need the improvement if I'm to keep my handicap down and improve to my target of under 5 by the end of the year. I also tried his putting drill of putting through a gate 3 inches ahead of the ball. This seemed to work too but I still see a few hours of practice getting my putting stroke much better if I'm to shoot low scores. Would love to equal or beat par at least once this year!!