I appologize for the lack of updates this week but I have been playing a ton of golf. I have hit all the usual courses: West Sayville, Timber Point and Indian Island. There were many positives and negatives from each round with certain parts of my game shining at different times. I’m not going to do a formal round review because there were no ground breaking round. That isn’t to say I didn’t learn anything new, just that they were very typical of the rounds that I have already reviewed so far this year.

I started the weekend a little early by playing nine holes after work on Thursday at West Sayville. It was the first really nice day of the year and I just couldn’t resist playing. Myself and a friend of mine found the course to be in very good shape. I played some pretty good golf driving the ball very well and hitting some really good approach shots from up to 150 yards. The highlight was a 154 yard approach shot on the ninth hole that landed softly on the green. I shot a disappointing 53 considering the vast improvement in driving and my iron shots. As usual my work on and around the green involved a lot of skulled wedges and three putting.

The previous days performance, and the fact that the course was packed, led me to practice pitching and putting the next day before my usual Saturday round. This week I played Timber Point again on the nicest day of the year so far, 70 degrees with a little wind, it was a great day to play golf. What I didn’t expect was to start the day off with a 58 on the front nine which isn’t that difficult. I drove the ball well again but struggled with irons wedges and once again putting. The work I did the day before didn’t really seem to help at all. I think I am going to look into a heavier putter either from Odyssey or Heavy Putters. The back nine saw some improvement in my short game but not my putting or long irons. I ended up shooting a respectable 54 on the back which is a much more difficult set of holes.

I ended the weekend with another round at Indian Island where I think things have at least started to come together. A 57 on the front with all parts of my game not looking good at all. However, on the back nine I was able to overcome some pretty bad tee shots with some finess around the green and very good putting. A typical hole involved a tee shot, a short approach shot, a chip/pitch on to or close to the green, followed by a close lag putt, and hitting the short makeable putt left over. I know that I need to eliminate the chip/pitch as I am usually close enough to hit the green from my initial approach but for now it feel like I am at least making progress. A 51 on the back, my best 9 hole round of the year, gives me some momentum going into my lesson tomorrow  as well as a special round on Saturday at a beautiful course in New Jersey. I will try and get some pictures for my next round review so I can share how amazing the course is.

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