My first week in Lakeland is wrapping up. I competed in a SunCoast Series event at Huntington Hills, which is one of the courses we will compete on for Duramed Futures Tour qualifying. Check out full results.
I shot rounds of 77-79-77 to finish T27th. I have continued my streak of 8 rounds in a row under 80, which is definitely encouraging. What I thought I would do is tell you about my week in the Good, Better, How format. If you recall I used this way of analyzing my play in an earlier blog entry.
What was GOOD this week:
- Putting-I averaged 29.3 putts/round. Anything under 30 is pretty solid.
- Driving-I hit 85% of possible fairways this week.
- Up & Downs-I was able to get up and down for par 64% of the time and during the 1st round alone I got up and down 8 out of 11 times.
- Consistency-Made 14 pars each round. Really pleased with the steadiness.
- Decisiveness-Played briskly and assertively, with confidence. This has been a goal of mine.
- Transistion-Was pleased with my transistion back to Florida golf...bermuda grass and windy conditions are not typical during everyday play up north!
What I could have done BETTER:
- Over par holes- I had 2 doubles and 1 triple over the three rounds. Need to minimize my bad holes into bogey...no worse.
- Birdies- Not that you can control the putts falling in but I typically make a birdie or two per round.
- Greens in Regulation (GIR)-Averaged 38% over three rounds. This needs improvement!
HOW I will prepare for next week:
- Drills-Will continue to work on my ball striking to sharpen my irons.
- Putting-Will work on mechanics and distance control for long putts but also on specific drills to "make" putts. For example, I like the 8 birdie drill. Setup 8 tees around a cup anywhere from 3-20 feet. Going through your routine, see how many of these birdie opportunities you can make.
It was a good week and with a bit more polish (and less doubles/triples and more birdies!) I will be in good shape for this coming week for the SunCoast event at Imperial Lakes.
I also wanted to take an opportunity to introduce you to Tom Lynch. At the end of August, at the prompting of my mother, I decided to see Tom for a few lessons. He is located in Allentown, PA, my mom's hometown. We have been working together since then on my full-swing and short game and I am pleased with results I have seen in just a short time. I have been hitting the ball longer, stronger and definitely straighter. More of my misses are pin high or long of the green. Before seeing Tom Lynch my stroke average on the Futures tour was 80.63; my stroke average from the Albany, NY Futures event including the last 3 events (NE Open, MD Open, SunCoast-Huntington Hills) is 77.8. Very exciting! I am continuing to work with Tom Garner on my short game, putting and course management. I am fortunate to have such a great team!
That is all for now. I will be resting and practicing this weekend as well as enjoying a Neil Diamond concert and Tampa Bay Lightning game. I will tee it up again on Tuesday, October 28th so check the SunCoast Series website and look for an update from me next week!
Until then,
Mary
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