My irons have improved this year, but my swing hasn’t felt quite right (especially on drives), so today I sought some professional help in Virginia. I learned that I was doing a few nasty things Hitting the ball off the heel (or near it). Hitting down on the ball (not good for drives), and tilting …
Category Archives: Practice
Nine holes under Marine One
Yesterday I played nine on the blue course at East Potomac. It was deathly slow. Two hours plus. Still, it was nice to get out and practice a little My highlight was the par-4 6th. I smoked a driver, but it drew left of the tree line. About 50 yards from the flag, I pitched …
Practicing by the monuments
I recently learned that East Potomac, one of DC’s public golf venues, offers holes “for rent”. One hour of a small hole (about 110 yards) and some beat-up range balls retails for $16. If you return your shag bag of range ball (which you need to do – they hold your ID hostage), you also …
Practice: Swing speed and pitches
Despite nagging pain in both hands from yesterday, I went to the range today for an extended practice session, hitting 200+ balls. Hitting this many balls in an hour and a half will either kill me or increase my endurance on the course, which is lacking. Hoping it does the latter. Most of my practice …
Michael Golfs 