As I mentioned in my last post, I had a little breakthrough with my golf swing progress last week. After some exciting practice sessions, I was eager to try it out on a golf course, and I had a great opportunity to do just that on Friday.
I played with two friends (the 4th canceled last minute) in a fun charity tournament to benefit The American Cancer Society. Since it was a scramble format, there was no real pressure on my swing to tempt me back to comfort since I had two others to back me up if all went wrong. However, with their 35 and 40 indexes, I did have some work to do. They were actually quick to point out that when I went last and we really needed to hit a green, that’s when I performed the best. Not really a surprise to me; I dig the pressure.
Photo right- honey badger that ate the canary
Photo below – gallery on 18 at tourney
My swing felt great. Sure, I had a few that missed the mark but overall I am striking the ball much better. I should have counted the greens I hit but we were having too much fun. We shot even par so you know I had to have hit a bunch of them. I was sticking them pretty tight, too. I also had a nice chip-in for birdie. Made a few fantastic putts as well. I love this game!
There was only one hole in the closest to the pin contest and it was for all golfers, not split by gender (although we did have about a 15 yard advantage – 135 vs 150). Honey badger nailed it! 7 iron, no roll – sat right next to its ball mark about a flag length below the hole. Photo left – with tournament organizer & not unhappy about winning.
I got some more practice in yesterday – below is the 7 iron swing that won me 110 clams. You can see it’s still a little loose on top so I have even more room for improvement. Â As I remember shouting a couple times on Friday – THIS IS FUN! Some more practice this week and maybe I’ll go test it out in my own scoring round. Breaking 80 is still the goal!
July 25, 2011 at 1:57 am
“Honey Badger” is the perfect name! You have inspired me to obtain a serious swing, once I return from Arrrrrrrmy Training in “beautiful Ft Bragg”…and that’s NOT the one on the Calif. coast!
HOOAH Honey Badger!!!
July 25, 2011 at 5:48 am
Grip is too strong. Left trapezoid is tense. Left shoulder needs to be higher than right but not this way. You need to tilt upper body to the right until the back of the left hand is lined up just to the inside left leg.. Turn your left foot out at setup. Top of the swing is a reverse tilt. Upper body needs to tilt to the right at setup, contact and follow through. If your setup doesn’t repeat, your swing won’t repeat
Let me know if you have more questions. Great work!
July 25, 2011 at 6:30 am
looking good! keep “pullin’ through” with that left wrist! and congrats on the closest to the pin!!
July 26, 2011 at 1:22 am
Wow Dave – good for you with the swing and the Army training! Thank you for serving!
Jay: Thanks for the encouragement. My wrist and hand are actually hanging in there. I am talking myself out of the pain! (c:
Coach (Jay Lim): Wow – this is what I get for choosing a remote coach? A lesson (or two) crammed into a blog comment? Haha… that’s a lot of thoughts to have in my head and still hit a golf ball. Guess I’ll be practicing in front of a mirror first! Um… I remember trapezoids from geometry… is that the same as a trapezius? Let’s see… work on what comes first, first.
BTW – good thing I’ve got honey badger blood – that was a tad harsh & deflating. Perhaps you need some coaching on coaching.
July 26, 2011 at 3:43 am
That’s correct! Work on what comes first. Make it subconscious, then move on to the next thing. Your brain can only think of one thing at a time so you can have a few swing thoughts during the swing – something on the setup, something on the backswing, etc. Harsh?!?! I was merely stating facts
July 26, 2011 at 4:38 am
It’s okay with me coach – facts can be harsh. As you can see. 😉
August 6, 2011 at 5:21 am
Keep it up young lady. “Honey Badger” will have you in the 80s all the time. Then that 79 will be waiting for a hot putter.
I’m not a coach but “Honey Badger” will become sweeter quickly by just a little weakening of the right hand grip and rotating the right hip and not letting it slide to the right on backswing.
August 26, 2011 at 9:54 am
Good swing 😀
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