Work Time
I am comfortably back in Bradenton and am still soaking in the experience of the last few days. My day in Orlando was a blast! I got lost a few times trying to find the Orlando outlet mall. I finally found it and did a few laps to kill time while I waited to meet with my swing coach later that afternoon.
Thankfully I was very disciplined and only bought a 40$ watch in the near 2 hours of cruising the outlet mall.
I got lost trying to find the golf course next. Google Maps really let me down that day. To keep you laughing, I got lost in Vero Beach the day before as well. I will get better at this I promise.
I finally met with my swing coach and we had a great session. We discussed what has been happening with my game since I got down here, and what went right and wrong at my pre qualifier the day before.
Having the extra set of eyes looking over my swing was great. I was thinking that there was more wrong than there actually was, my swing is looking good. All we really worked on was my posture throughout the swing, and a some minor tweaks here and there with my swing. I feel very confident with seeing these minor changes through. I feel very comfortable and confident over the ball now, and if I practice it more and more it can only get better. You can have a look at my swing from this session in my new intro video to my website here.
The putting green was were we did the most work; and believe me, I have lots to work on on the practice green now. I am basically tearing down the way I putted before(as inconsistent as it was) and starting with an entire new approach to hitting putts. There is a lot of work for me to do get it to a place of full trust and commitment, but I love a challenge. I have some drills and things to look for each time I set out to ingrain this new way to putt into my body and mind. I did it for a little while today, and it will be a large test of my patience because it was very difficult to accomplish anything my first time attempting it.
I will work as hard as possible because putting is everything. A good example is a competitor I played with on Tuesday, he had 9 less putts than I did and shot 10 shots lower than me. I need to get to that place on the greens in order to compete out in the big show. I am determined to improve and if improvements come as I know they should, this could be a very special time ahead of me.
I have a few days to work at it before I hit competition again. This coming Wednesday I will be at the pre qualifier for the PODS Championship in Tampa. I am so excited to work with this round in mind. Now that I have a better feeling for what it takes to get through to the Monday qualifier, I am eager to work at making myself more prepared for advancing through the pre qualifier.
Here’s to even more hard work…
