Even though I’m not feeling 100%, I needed to get out of the house and went to the range and putting green for some practice, especially since the rain let up.
The practice session overall went well, although I struggled a bit with my long irons and it took a while to straighten out my driver. However, I did realize a few bad habits I need to get rid of.
During my backswing I shift my weight to my right foot slightly, as I’m supposed to, but when my downswing goes through I either don’t shift my weight at all to my left foot or it isn’t shifted enough. The result is I hit behind the ball or top it, both of which are very frustrating results on the course.
I also have a tendency to lunge at the ball a little with my arms on the downswing. This widens my arc to where I’m coming around the ball ever so slightly instead of staying on my swing plane. This may actually be a corrective action my body is trying to make because I’m not shifting my weight enough. I haven’t figured out if that’s the case, yet.
The good thing about realizing these issues is that now I know what it feels like when I do them, and I have a sense for preventative action so I don’t do them on the course.
And I’m seriously thinking about the TOUR Academy instruction next month. I just need to get signed up.