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As I sit here creating my final inquiry post, I ponder a few things. The first question I have is, what was my goal with this project. Well, my goal with this project was to make myself a better golfer by holding myself accountable to actively attempt to improve. Did I improve? No. The answer is no. I would say parts of my game have taken strides while other parts have severely regressed. The parts that have improved over this semester have been my chipping and iron play. My irons used to be the worst part of my game as I could hardly hit them well but now they are the strongest part. My chipping has always been pretty consistent and it held the course and then some. My driver is a different story sadly. Through the summer I was able to stripe the thing and I had the most confidence in the world. Now I can’t even look at it. I’m scared to use it! Golf is such a weird sport because it is so hard to have all facets of your game going well at the same time. If my driver is solid, my irons are off. If my putting is dialled in, my chipping falls off a cliff. It is hard sometimes but I keep reminding myself that I’m not a professional and can not hold myself to such a high standard.

My second point of ponder stems from the project itself. Did I have fun with it and was it helpful? To answer the first part of that question, yes I had a ton of fun. It was a very unique project and the fact that it was low pressure and stretched the entire semester was very cool. I really liked how much freedom we had with it. We could basically do whatever we chose. For the second part, I think it was helpful in the fact that I was able to document parts of my golf game that were good or bad but I would’ve liked to have done more inquiry. It turned into more of a blog of sorts rather than an inquiry project but that’s ok.

In the end, I had a lot of fun with it and that’s all that matters.

Thanks for reading!

I was unable to get out and play golf this weekend due to weather and other circumstances. However, my dad has set up this makeshift golf net in the basement. Before its repurpose, this area of our house was home to a hockey net where I would shoot pucks. That’s why there is plywood painted with “Yesaki Arena” on the back wall there. Now, since nobody in our house is practicing hockey, we put this net up and bought an artificial turf mat. In all honesty, I don’t find myself using it that often. Maybe that’s why I am regressing at golf, because I am not practicing enough.

In the videos, you can see a slow motion golf swing. The problem with hitting balls in the basement is that I am always worried in the back of my mind that I am going to hit the ceiling either on my backswing or my follow through. However, it is cool to see my swing in slow motion. Seeing the impact of the ball and watching it sail into the net is quite satisfying. In terms of the swing, I have this problem where my hands are much too close to my body when I am impacting the ball. You can see how compact everything is in these videos. I have had this problem for a while and I am not sure how to correct it. My ball striking is pretty solid in both clips.

Maybe I should start utilizing both the net and slow motion more to try and improve my game…