[Hennybogan]

HennyBogan . . . .

You have been ON FIRE on this forum! Thanks for sharing all this great info with us.

I have a goal . . . maybe too ambitious . . . but you have to dream.

I am 36 years old . . . have to a job, lil' foolz and what's-her-name that take up a bunch of my time . . .

BUT!

I would like to get to scratch by the time I'm 38. You have said it's all about process. This may be a little different process but what kind of plan, process and practice would you suggest for me to achieve my big audicious goal???

Holla back please sir!

Bucket

Bucket,

First, I like big goals. They can really set you into action. Second, by placing it out here in front of others, you are giving yourself two kinds of motivation. One is that you may be inspired to do the work because you are going to have to post about it. Second, you should get plenty of support and encouragement from the other members.

The less time you have to expend on this project, the more organized and efficient you need your program to be. You may have to make substantial changes in a number of areas. One big area will be your picture of yourself as a golfer. We also have to look at the physical elements, game management, mental game, etc.

Let's get to work. I need some information about how you lose shots. We want to get pretty detailed here. The most important factor in improving your game is working on the right thing.

We will to break down all parts of your game, but in the interest of creating a useable post, let's do them one at a time.

Long game. We will let the experts here give the instruction, but we want to define any issues. We need to chart the misses. Picture the ball flight charts (not what some of them say). Pull, straight, or push. Ball curvature from there. Contact: fat, flush, thin (on the way up or down). We know that you hit lots of quality shots, but what are the bad ones? What is the cause? What can you do to reduce the variance?

Do these shots show up on the range or only on the course? Since you have asked many questions about the process, I suspect some come from shortcomings there. We are going to have to look at the outcomes. I'm going to lay out some guidelines for that in another thread (now I have to do it--one of the ways it works).

In the short term, we can be satisfied with your recollections. Later, we will want some concrete data.

Let's go.

HB