Day 59: Los Feliz Par 3

Late in the afternoon, my gal and two friends went and played the Los Feliz Par 3. This was the first time that any of us had been there and the first time that the 3 of them have ever played golf.
It's interesting trying to show someone how to swing the club after 59 days of trying to learn how to do it yourself. I kept it very simple - the grip, the stance and the swing.

It is a great little Par 3 for beginners. I believe the longest hole is 135 yards. The mature trees actually make the course pretty difficult. I was very impressed by how my gal and 2 friends played. They understood the concept and all of them hit the ball pretty straight. I believe that was the first time that I have ever played a course with someone who had never ever played before. It was fun to see the high level of concentration with each shot - you could see all of them really trying to focus on how they needed to coordinate their bodies with the corresponding shots. It really was a lot of fun to see them in action. For people that have played before, most shots are fairly straight forward and require little thinking - you just step up and hit the ball. But for my gal and friends, you could see just how much they were focusing on what they wanted to do - it was a beautiful sight to see.

As for me, I shot a 4 over - 1 birdie, 3 pars and 5 bogeys. I considered this to be pretty good being that the club that is giving me the most control problems right now is my sand wedge. I have a tendency to get a little shank-a-delic with my sand wedge. However, one swing thought that has helped me (from an earlier post - Day 50: Part Two) is to imagine there is a pane of glass sitting in front of the you and the ball. When you hit the ball, you want the clubhead to break the plane of glass, not your hands. The only problem is that when I do this, I hit left of your intended target line. Regardless, hitting a nice ball left (which can be adjusted) is much better than hitting the dreaded shank-o-la.

 We finished all 9 holes before it got too dark. After a fun round, we all went to Gingergrass for some great Vietnamese fare.