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Ken Saturday, June 6th – Highlands Ranch Golf Club Teed off at 6:50 a.m. with Lucas and a couple of friends. Early mornings are tough to drag yourself out of bed for, but I’d highly recommend it — we finished in just under four hours, barely saw the group in front of us, and the guys … Read more
Context First lesson in about a month after missing the last one because of a calendar error. Worked with just an 8-iron today, mostly. Started with a warm-up while Chris finished with another student. Feeling good coming out of this lesson — Chris is encouraging and I can see real glimmers of improvement, even if … Read more
Round Notes — Wednesday, May 27th | South Suburban | 9 Holes Overall Impressions Played pretty well for the most part. The driver is still the best club in the bag — feeling like I’m even getting a little more distance out of it now. Chipping is getting better but still some bad spots. Just … Read more
If you’ve ever wondered why some golf courses in the Denver area seem to punish every miss while others let you recover from a bad swing, the answer often comes down to slope rating. A slope rating measures how difficult a golf course plays for the average bogey golfer compared to a scratch golfer. The … Read more
Wellshire Golf Course Friday, May 22 · Company tournament with Lucas for his work. They had some openings so, joined just to play. We didn’t enter our scores since we won’t be playing consistently over the summer, Lucas included. Plus my play was not good Course notes Mostly straight layout with plenty of trees. Haven’t … Read more
Conditions were far from ideal — 55°F at tee time with rain coming and going throughout most of the round, annoying enough to be a nuisance but not enough to call it. Ironically, the sun came out right at the end. Despite the weather, played pretty well overall. Hole 1 (Par 4) — Drove it … Read more
Friday — Sim Session (Garage) Starting to see some real improvement in my lessons, even if it’s coming together in pieces. The old saying is proving true: it’s all in the hips. When I get my hips moving well, the distance improves noticeably — driving the hips back on the backswing and really coming through … Read more
Weekly nine holes at South Suburban. We played the back nine today, which actually used to be the front nine — they flipped them to start the year. Honestly, I like the new back nine better than the new front nine. Not sure why, just do. Played pretty well overall. Was hitting the ball solid … Read more
Golf at Lake Quivira Country Club – May 8th, Kansas City Played golf in Kansas City on May 8th with my brother-in-law, his nephew, and I suppose his nephew-in-law. We played at Lake Quivira Country Club, where Jim is a member. He’s very generous and takes us out there frequently. It’s a really nice course … Read more
Golf Lesson Notes — Wednesday, May 6 Second Lesson with Chris Warmed up and hit some shots so Chris could assess where my game is at. We discussed what’s been working and what hasn’t, based on rounds and sim sessions since the last lesson. Key Focus this week: Swing Sequencing The main thing we worked … Read more