The Golf Blog: Thinking About a More Balanced Approach

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Published: July 19, 2010

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It's been almost three weeks since my last entry, but I've been working on my game nonetheless.  I've gotten in a handful of rounds with practice sessions sprinkled in between.  My game has been steadily improving and for the most part, struggling only in areas that get neglected during practice.  Because as I'm sure many can attest to, when one area is struggling and another is going well, the area that needs work gets it during the ensuing practice, and the area that does not, well, does not.  

Unfortunately for most of us, golf isn't our life and therefore the time spent perfecting it is compromised.  Nevertheless, we press on.

For my last round this Saturday, I tackled a 6,368 yard course that only two weeks earlier got the better of me as I shot a 97.  This time around, though, thanks to my driving being slightly better, leaving me with more accessible approaches, and my putting more rhythmic, I shot an 89.  What's more, because of fluid strokes with the flat club and an 8-Iron chip in on the first hole, I accomplished an earlier goal  I set out for myself: playing a round of 18 with 36 putts or fewer with at least two birdies.  

The chip in on No. 1 marked the first and after a 120-yard pitching wedge over towering trees to within four feet on No. 10, I had two birdies in a single round for the first time in my playing career.  Having finished the round with 29 putts, I'm happy to report a 2010 goal has officially been checked off.  But not without some psychological angst.

Before I get to the four foot putt on No. 10, allow me to backtrack to the first overbearing mind hurdle I encountered.  Not to bore you with the details of a horrendous hole, let's just say it had it all: a three-putt, a penalty stroke, a little ping pong golf back and forth over the green, all culminating with a quadruple bogey.  Now look, writing ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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