Category Archives: Golf Swing

Shoulder Turn

While I’ve been striking the ball well lately, some days I stand over the ball and start to swing without any idea where the ball is about to go. For instance, just the other day my driver was spreading about … Continue reading

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Tournament Winner

It’s been about two weeks since my last post, but a lot has been going on. For starters, I was part of the 1st place team at a scramble tournament. We finished with a 12-under 60, which included 2 eagles, 7 … Continue reading

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Busy Golf Saturday

Saturday was a busy golf day. I started the day off with a drive to St. Augustine for a one hour lesson at the Tour Academy, followed by a drive back home, followed by a drive out to Deland to … Continue reading

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Lesson #1

I had my first private lesson this past Friday. We focused on my swing since my accuracy for approach shots has been pretty poor (as is evident by my less than 40% GIR rate). We started on the range for … Continue reading

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Finding the Swing Plane

Last weekend I played 18 holes and noticed something started to seem a little off with my “new” swing. Until this particular round, most of my shots were feeling pure with good compression on the ball, but on this particular … Continue reading

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What a Week

I haven’t been keeping up with the blog very well the last two weeks, but that’s probably because I’ve been busy golfing! Last post I recapped last week and how I finished off Sunday with a 78 (+6) round of … Continue reading

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Me vs. Tiger

During my last round my caddie took a few snapshots of my swing. One of the pictures reminded me of a similar shot of Tiger on Golf.com. The timing of the swings is pretty close – close enough for comparison. … Continue reading

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Consistency is key

I played a full round at Turnbull Bay today. My round started as Cink and Watson went into a playoff at the Open – the two guys I was pulling for ended up battling for the win. Great story. Anyway, overall, I’m … Continue reading

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Worst round in a while

That was a humbling experience. LPGA International beat me up pretty bad. I scored a 98. The worst round I’ve had since May, before I started playing better. My stats were pretty rough, but I didn’t get the scorecard so … Continue reading

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Weight Shift

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 … Continue reading

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