On Sept. 19 I shot an 83 at Glenview Golf Course (South-West: 40-43), which is my personal best score so far. Finally broke 85, two years after reaching 85.
Some statistics for this round:
1 birdie, 7 pars, 8 bogies, 2 double bogies.
7 out of 14 fairway hit (another 2 just rolled out of fairway a little bit)
4 GIR (with another 3 very close to green)
32 total putts with 5 1-putt, and just one 3-putt.
4 up-and-down par saves
Since this summer, I scored mid to high 80s in all 4 rounds during July, low to mid-90s during August, and 80s to low 90s during September. It feels good to realize I increased my yardage for iron shots since this season, and now I can hit 6 iron around 145 yard.
Goal: need to keep up the short game, avoid 3 putts, and try to stay in 80s.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
2009 Golf Season Started
This golf blog has not been updated for almost two years now, since nothing really exciting happened during the last season. Hope 2009 will be different.
Well, my 2009 golf season just started last month, and I have played 3 rounds so far. The first round was terrible in every aspects, score, driving, iron shots, chipping and putting. If I had counted it correctly, the socre would have been beyond 110, and close to 120. But after certain point, I just lost the interest in counting how many shots I hit.
I posted a much better score, 98, at the second round. The problem was obviously in my iron shots, since all four tee shots dropped into water at the only four Par 3 holes. Without the 4 penalty shots, the score could be even better, with a chance to break 90.
The third round score was 97, and the number of my penalty shots was dramatically reduced to just 1, thanks to much improved iron shots. However, it seems I was rusty in chipping and especially escaping from bunkers. Otherwise, the socre should be lower than 97. But 97 and 98 are already within my normal range, and I should feel good about it considering that I had not practiced for almost 5 months.
The Masters Tournament begins next week, and the golf season officially starts with it to many US golfers. Looking forward to a great 2009 season.
Well, my 2009 golf season just started last month, and I have played 3 rounds so far. The first round was terrible in every aspects, score, driving, iron shots, chipping and putting. If I had counted it correctly, the socre would have been beyond 110, and close to 120. But after certain point, I just lost the interest in counting how many shots I hit.
I posted a much better score, 98, at the second round. The problem was obviously in my iron shots, since all four tee shots dropped into water at the only four Par 3 holes. Without the 4 penalty shots, the score could be even better, with a chance to break 90.
The third round score was 97, and the number of my penalty shots was dramatically reduced to just 1, thanks to much improved iron shots. However, it seems I was rusty in chipping and especially escaping from bunkers. Otherwise, the socre should be lower than 97. But 97 and 98 are already within my normal range, and I should feel good about it considering that I had not practiced for almost 5 months.
The Masters Tournament begins next week, and the golf season officially starts with it to many US golfers. Looking forward to a great 2009 season.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Another cause to left palm slipping
I found it might be off-center (closer to toe) hit that caused my left palm slipping with iron shots. If it is driver or faiway wood, then the impact is not so strong to cause any palm slip feeling.
The same old story continued in July: driver slices, or push-slices.
Two factors: open face and/or off-center hit.
Three adjustments:
1. stronger grip
2. closed stance
3. driver face closed at address
Tried these 3 combined at today's round, and managed to avoid slices most of the time. 2 tee shots were adjusted a little too much and went to left of faiway. But distance is not as long as before (would be satisfied with a drive over 190 yard now).
92: 3 par, 10 bogie, 5 double-bogie at West and East of Glenview.
33 putts, no 3-putting. Missed a couple of short putts and chip/pitch, could have broken 90.
The same old story continued in July: driver slices, or push-slices.
Two factors: open face and/or off-center hit.
Three adjustments:
1. stronger grip
2. closed stance
3. driver face closed at address
Tried these 3 combined at today's round, and managed to avoid slices most of the time. 2 tee shots were adjusted a little too much and went to left of faiway. But distance is not as long as before (would be satisfied with a drive over 190 yard now).
92: 3 par, 10 bogie, 5 double-bogie at West and East of Glenview.
33 putts, no 3-putting. Missed a couple of short putts and chip/pitch, could have broken 90.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Left hand slipping with iron shots --> gripping problem
I had this problem intermittently this year that my left hand sometimes slips with iron shots. Last week, I thought it might be I need to change my glove. Today with my new glove, after Hole #4, it still slipped with almost every iron shot. What the heck is that? I got to fix this problem.
When I got back home, I checked out my golf instruction books and now I think I figured it out. It should be a gripping problem. My left hand gripped clubs with too much fingers. I just need to use more palm to hold the club firmly, but not too much pressure though. I will try out this new grip in the driving range next week.
My pitching pratice last week paid off in today's round. I pitched to about 5~6 feet to the hole at least 3 times, but they were all wasted with my terrible putting. Today my chipping was also ok, but I missed 5+ short putts (5~7 feet) and had 37 total putts toward a 95.
My driving today was good, 9 out of 14 fairway. The misses were not bad either. 3 GIR, 2 other shots were very close to the green.
Got a birdie at Glenview South Hole #2, and that was the only putt I made longer than 10 feet today.
When I got back home, I checked out my golf instruction books and now I think I figured it out. It should be a gripping problem. My left hand gripped clubs with too much fingers. I just need to use more palm to hold the club firmly, but not too much pressure though. I will try out this new grip in the driving range next week.
My pitching pratice last week paid off in today's round. I pitched to about 5~6 feet to the hole at least 3 times, but they were all wasted with my terrible putting. Today my chipping was also ok, but I missed 5+ short putts (5~7 feet) and had 37 total putts toward a 95.
My driving today was good, 9 out of 14 fairway. The misses were not bad either. 3 GIR, 2 other shots were very close to the green.
Got a birdie at Glenview South Hole #2, and that was the only putt I made longer than 10 feet today.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Fixed driver slices, but putting not so good.
Went to Crooked Tree course's driving range on Sunday (July 1) evening and hit a big bucket of balls, mostly with driver. With the club face a little closed, my stance square or a little closed, and an easy swing, I managed to avoid slices for most driver hits.
Went to Crooked Tree on July 4th after some heavy rain and played 18 holes in less than 4 hours. Hit 10 out of 12 fairways, most of them are quite straight, right in the middle of faiway.
There are a couple of slices/fades though, but only one went far away from fairway, the other fairway miss was due to an unlucky bounce.
However, my putting was not good on the back 9. I needed only 15 putts for the front 9, including a 0-putt at a par 3 (yes, made a chip-in birdie). But I had 22 putts for the back 9, including four 3-putts.
The total score is 93 (front 9: 43, back 9: 50). Although Crooked Tree is a par-70 course, I think it is more difficult to break 90 on this course than Glenview. I would have broken 90, if I had played the back 9 a little better.
Now I need to focus on approach shots (fairway woods, irons, and more importantly: pitching shots) at the driving range.
Went to Crooked Tree on July 4th after some heavy rain and played 18 holes in less than 4 hours. Hit 10 out of 12 fairways, most of them are quite straight, right in the middle of faiway.
There are a couple of slices/fades though, but only one went far away from fairway, the other fairway miss was due to an unlucky bounce.
However, my putting was not good on the back 9. I needed only 15 putts for the front 9, including a 0-putt at a par 3 (yes, made a chip-in birdie). But I had 22 putts for the back 9, including four 3-putts.
The total score is 93 (front 9: 43, back 9: 50). Although Crooked Tree is a par-70 course, I think it is more difficult to break 90 on this course than Glenview. I would have broken 90, if I had played the back 9 a little better.
Now I need to focus on approach shots (fairway woods, irons, and more importantly: pitching shots) at the driving range.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Driver slices; 30 putts in a round
My driver somehow slices again in today's round. I hit only one fairway on front 9 at Glenview West. After adjusting to a stronger grip, I managed to hit 4 out of 7 fairways on back 9 (East course). However it hurt a lot in distance. I feel like I need to work on my driving on the range next week.
But I only needed 30 putts for the whole round, which must be my personal best.
I broke 90 with an 89 today. Just imagine if I could fix slices and keep total putts at 30 ...
But I only needed 30 putts for the whole round, which must be my personal best.
I broke 90 with an 89 today. Just imagine if I could fix slices and keep total putts at 30 ...
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Added 4-iron (Ben Hogan Apex Plus) into my bag
Tend to pull my Knight Fastrax #4 hybrid offset, so added my 4-iron back into the bag.
Played two shots using 4-iron in today's round, one off tee (about 155 yards), the other from fairway, both are ok. Will then keep this iron in the bag.
Played two shots using 4-iron in today's round, one off tee (about 155 yards), the other from fairway, both are ok. Will then keep this iron in the bag.
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