Day 35: Crankin' It

Today, I was back at the range and letting it fly.

I warmed up with my 8-iron and then moved around in the bag quite a bit. I used my 60-degree, then grabbed my 3-iron, then picked up the hybrid over to the PW - so on and so forth. I was hitting the ball pretty well.

One thing I need to remember and it helps to go through it in the waggle is to hit my right elbow on my right hip prior to my address. This is my way of thinking about coming inside-out and keeping my right elbow in at impact. Anytime I do that I seem to either hit my target or come close to it.

I also need to always remember to square my shoulders to the target. I have a tendency to have my shoulders pointing way left of the target line, which also opens up my hips, which makes me come across the ball and promotes either a push right or the dreaded slice.

I used the ol' Fred Couples school of thought and saved my last 10-12 balls for my Driver. It took me a couple balls to get into the groove, but I finished by absolutely spanking the last 6 balls straight as an arrow - not sure if that has ever been done before by me. I noticed that my hands were really snapping the club head through at impact and the weight of the club head was carrying my body around to the finish. The more I would square my shoulders to the target, the straighter the ball would go.

It was both a liberating feeling and a spooky feeling to just let my hands go through the ball like that. I noticed that my follow through was a little flatter than normal. However, the ball-striking was fantastic and the shape of the shot was a bit low, but smoking hot. I like that. I am going to go back to the range tomorrow and finish again with the final 10-12 balls and see if I can't find that swing right away and drill all the balls like that.