What’s Now
It’s a rainy day here in Ottawa, and I’m enjoying having a day to rest and reflect on what’s taken place over the past few weeks, and also look ahead to what’s coming up in less than two weeks.
The past month’s been amazing. My progress forward has been very encouraging. I’ve been working very hard with my coach on a few different things. The first thing has been my setup and plane of the club. It’s been very difficult to make these changes after years of bad habits that have hurt my consistency under pressure. That being said, we are only working on that on the practice tee. When we’re on the course, the focus is playing golf, not golf swing. This has been a challenge as well. My knee jerk reaction to poor shots was to immediately analyze the swing and this took my focus off getting the ball in the hole. All and all the work’s been very good and encouraging, and my consistency is drastically improving.
I’ve also been putting in lots of work with the flat stick. I went on a Tomi Putting Machine and it was great for my stroke. I’ve become aware of some flaws in the stroke and I’m working very hard on improving. That being said, all the work on the stroke is without a hole. When I work on the stroke that’s the only focus, not getting the ball in the hole. When I practice with a hole, the only focus is the target and the stroke doesn’t matter. This has been great work, that’s really paid off on the course.
I’m also playing more golf now than I would usually like too. I’m focusing on my routine and thought management on the course, and that’s it. I’m working on thinking in the think box, committing, and then playing in the play box. It’s been very productive. After every round I evaluate my mental game and how I managed my thoughts and it has been a steady learning curve.
I’ll be playing another one round Great Lakes event on the 20th and I’m excited to go out there and play golf and manage my thoughts properly in and effort to prepare for the pressure of Q School on the 26th. I’ll be flying out to BC on the 23rd and I couldn’t be more fired up! My confidence is rising more every day and I can’t wait to go out there and do what I know I can do.
Expect a blog after my round on the 20th
