I got out to play golf at Royal Colwood on October 1st. The weather was great and I was feeling confident about my abilities, until I got on the first tee box. Not much went well for me in this round. The biggest positive about my time on the golf course was that I got to play a full 18 holes and spend time with my friends.

Let’s start with the driver… I am lost with this club. I can not seem to figure it out. Every time I swing it, I am slicing it hard right and it either goes out of bounds or just loses tons of distance and is ineffective. I need to figure this out quickly or else my desire to play is going to go out the window. I think my problem is that I am swinging “over the top” of the ball and it causes my terrible ball flight. I found a few videos that I plan to watch before my next round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYJ_3sAgSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On7K89a1Buw

Both of these videos include definitions and drills to help fix my problem.

My irons, short game and putting were all average too. I had a couple of putts that I just gave up on and didn’t take my time with so that obviously never works. And towards the end of the round I started to fatigue and when that happens everything just kind of falls apart. I only made 3 pars the entire round and sprinkled in many double bogeys on my way to shoot 91. Not great. But at least I had fun.

Ratings: Driver 2/10, Irons 6/10, Short game 6/10 Putting 5/10