Friday, July 2, 2010

Things that make you go "Hmm..."

I've noticed for some time now that I play bunker shots better than any other so I decided to look more closely.  Here's what I found:

a) I move around a lot [I don't mean during the shot but before the shot.....a la Julius Boros]

b) I waggle a lot

c) I look from ball to target a lot

d) I get a very strong "sense" of the shot  [not of the ball flight so much as how the swing will feel as I execute it]

(a), (b) and (c) all happen at once while I'm standing over the ball. I wait until (d) kicks in and don't start the swing until it does. When I do finally swing I just do what I've already "seen" and "felt".    All up,  (a) to (d) takes about 10 seconds. 

Overall I would describe it as a much more fluid and flowing feeling than my other shots.  From walking to the ball to hitting it, the whole process feels seamless. Fairway shots feel a bit stilted and contrived by comparison.  Hmm...

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