It’s that time of week. Today I shot an 8 over-par 44 for the 9-hole round for the second week in a row. Shooting 40 is just around the corner! I feel like I played better than my score indicates, though. I just had untimely bad shots. Sometimes it’s okay to have a bad shot because you can recover from it on the next shot, but today my bad shots cost me and I couldn’t recover without extra strokes.
Putting wasn’t very good, though. My guess for that is because I didn’t focus very well once I was on the green. My dad was playing with me on the course, and I had to share my putter with him which sort of changes your pre-shot routine on the green.
I’m glad of the way I was able to scramble after hitting a poor shot. Every time I had a poor shot I followed up with a series of good shots. And as I’ve been suspecting, the poor shots are coming from a lack of concentration. Nothing more, nothing less.
Today was a little different, though, with family riding and playing along, particularly family that hasn’t played the game in 15 years. It’s just a little more difficult to concentrate the full round. But that’s okay. It was fun.
I deliberately took the last two days off, which is why there hasn’t been any updates. After about 10 straight days of golf and working out I needed to give my body a rest. I’m glad I did. On the course I felt strong, my timing felt great, and I could control my swing more than I was able to last week.
Since family is in town I won’t be able to practice tomorrow, but Thursday I’ll get back into it. Despite my below average scores lately I feel like I’m on the verge of consistently breaking 80. The various aspects of my game appear to be converging, so now I just have to put it all together for a full round. I’m proud of my progress so far. Much more to look forward to.