First off, good news! I no longer am feeling any pain in my wrist when playing golf! I've been able to play 3 rounds this year pain-free, and look to play a lot more than that in the coming months.
Now to the bad news; I suck. Boy, am I ever rusty! It's been hard shaking off the cobwebs, and I'm certainly not scoring well. A lot of that has to do with inconsistency with my ball contact, but mostly, my short game is just atrocious. Skulling chips, hitting them fat, can't seem to catch them clean like I want to. I know everyone says its the short game that takes the longest to come back, but I've had just about enough of chipping the ball over the green.
So from my 3 rounds, I'll tell you where I basically feel that I stand. I know I have the ability to hit good shots, to use every club in my bag effectively, but I need to work on my consistency and my mental game. My last round was at Ballyowen, I was puring everything on the range before the round, but it fell apart on the course. And that's really on me needing to be mentally stronger during the round when standing over the ball, and having confidence that I can execute the shots. Something to work on.
I'll tell you what I missed the most over the last 8 months of not playing... there's really nothing like hitting that ball that feels so pure off the clubface, it feels like you're hitting nothing, you get that beautiful ball flight, and the ball lands where you want it to go. Best. Feeling. Ever! It brings you back for more every time, and leaves you wanting more & more. Here's hoping I can do it more often.
Sunday's round is at Bethpage, probably the Yellow Course. They're calling for some showers, but we'll probably get it in. Yellow isn't very difficult so hopefully I can execute my game plan and score well. Keep the ball in the fairway and make good contact and everything else should fall into place.
I'll let you know Sunday how it goes.
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