I’ve been watching a lot of rocket launches lately and I’m always intrigued by how they treat weather-related risk. They establish a percentage likelihood of go-weather for launch, but even if it looks iffy they proceed with preparations on the assumption they’re launching. They abort only at their last possible opportunity. That very much described …
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A Routine of Sorts
I’m begining to settle into a practice routine. I went to the course directly after work today, and immediately ran down to the water cooler to pick up some bottles, since the temperature in DC was in the 90s(!). Waters in hand, I found the shadiest practice green in the short game area and hit …
Pre-curfew Curves
It’s quite the time to be alive. Just as we were starting to emerge from the shadow cast by coronavirus, we were driven back indoors by rioting and looting. In DC, we’re under a 7PM curfew. That meant that this Tuesday I had to go to the golf course a little earlier and experience more …
Weekend practice
Yesterday was painful. I went to the range late in the day, after the successful Spacex launch, and struggled, and struggled, and struggled to hit long irons. I hit 150+ balls in the hot, muggy, buggy dusk, but all I managed to do was hurt my forearms. I was utterly defeated, and I knew I …
Should I take my long irons out of the bag?
Problem: I can’t hit any iron above a 9-iron reliably, and the contact for those long irons as I practice/attempt to fix them is painful and potentially damaging. I am driving it well. Question: Fewer clubs would make it easier to focus on practice, and not hitting long irons would save me some pain. Can …
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Hello, sweet competition
It’s been a blissful few days since my last post, on May 22nd. First of all, “the Match 2″ featuring Tiger, Phil, Peyton, and Brady was fantastic. Second of all, Barstool Golf’s scramble match with Kevin Kisner was another delight, extending the exhibition fun. But most importantly, my club rolled out the revised schedule for …
600 Balls later
This week I hit the range hard to get my irons and wedges working. I hit 600+ balls over the last three afternoons (plus some putts and chips). The first 500 of those balls were fairly unproductive, although I did make some posture improvements and ingrain the grip change from last week. I felt like …
Professional Help
Since returning from my covid-forced golf abstenince, my golf game has been terrible. It certainly wasn’t professional before courses shut down, but when I returned, I could barely hit an iron in the air. After the initial joy of being able to play again wore off, I grew increasingly frustrated that I couldn’t fix my …
Golf Never Felt So Good
After a near-two-month government-imposed golf hiatus, I finally went to the range and played 9 socially distanced holes today at TPC Potomac. It was glorious, and I am sore everywehre. I certainly didn’t factor a two month hold into my improvement plan, but I was pleasantly surprised at what elements of my game survived the …
Weekend Golf
Saturday: It being above 50, I played golf this afternoon at TPC Potomac. I started off on the range, hitting about 150 balls with a variety of clubs. I was making very good contact, so I moved over to the course. On the first hole I piped a drive down the middle, about 217. From …
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