Not ready!

What do you get when you combine several swing thoughts with windy conditions? High scores, embarrassing high scores. On to Orlando this week where I think I am going to try and focus on some very simple fundamentals. On a positive note, I was 9 for 9 on putts inside a foot last week. Unfortunately most of them were tap-ins for bogey. Gotta get better this week.

Ready or not!

Tomorrow is a day that has seemed so far off for a long time. The last couple of weeks have flown by and I now find myself in south Florida getting ready to compete in a Hooters Tour event for the first time in almost two years! My game has continued to improve daily and being back out playing practice rounds with some old buddies has been especially helpful. I still seem to have the tendency to zone out mentally on occasion, the only cure for that might be tournament golf. I tee it up at 12:57 Thursday afternoon and 7:57 Friday morning. I am 100% sure that this is what I am supposed to be doing, the first time I have felt like that since losing my Nationwide Tour status in 2002. What a great feeling, I had almost forgotten what it felt like. Thank-you to everyone for the prayers and being so supportive of me especially to my wife Elizabeth who is the greatest and most supportive wife a tour player could ever have. I know it is still a long road ahead but I am excited about taking on the challenges that are coming. Thanks for taking the time to check my blog. I will be updating more often now that I am getting ready to start playing tomorrow. You can also check my scores at Hooterstour.com.

Swing shaping up

After shaking the flu and a couple weeks of cold weather things are finally looking good for my golf game. I've had a couple weeks to focus on short game and putting mechanics and am very pleased with the progress I've been making in those areas. After a full swing lesson yesterday with Rock Hill Country Club head professional John Hughes my swing fundamentals look as good as I have ever seen them. I hit several hundred balls today and put several swings on video, including probably the best driver swing I have ever made. I would post the video on the internet for everyone to see but my computer skills definitly are not up to that! I feel like the lesson with John went really well. It was refreshing to take a lesson and not worry about looking at video or drawing lines on a computer screen. Sometimes those things can be helpful but I think keeping it simple is a good philosophy for me to follow right now. Oh and a special thanks to Miles and Will for letting me beat them in a putting contest to help my confidence. Thanks guys!