For the first time in five tries I beat Dad at our four-hole game at Maple Leaf. I'm not sure what had been the matter with my game. I had repeatedly had the thought that my confidence level was very high both standing over the shot and in between shots. I had felt that my head was in the right place the whole time and felt flexible and comfortable swinging the club. It was the weirdest thing to have such poor results after feeling so good about my game.
Even before I had lost to Dad twice in a row I lost to Charlie McKinney in the gangsome by one shot, him shooting 70 and I a 71. Once again I felt great while I was playing but come the end of the round I found out that I had only shot a mere even par round, something that I am highly dissatisfied with at this stage in my game, especially at Maple Leaf. So needless to say, my frustrations were growing as the days of bad results went by.
But today I broke that chain and won the four-holer with two pars and a birdie (we only played three holes because I won 2&1). It felt very good, even for three holes, to not have a bogey. That has defined a good round for me lately is a bogey-less round, because I know the birdies will come if I just keep giving myself chances, so if I don't have any bogeys it's going to be a good round.
I'm playing with Kim tomorrow at Oak Valley so that will be a good test of my current game. I continue to feel confident about my game so we'll just have to wait and see how the results pan out. Maybe a few putts will find the bottom of the cup.
*This has been a test for using my iPhone to post a blog.
Who Am I?
- Me:
- Sometimes I play good golf, sometimes I play bad golf. But either way I am what I am by the grace of God.
I think if you continue to put in the work that you are doing and maintain your fitness level there will be no other outcome except improvement. You can't help but get better. It might be very slow improvement but when you look back in six months or a year you will see it.
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