Golf Saga

Follows my golf game from inception to greatness (at least that is my hope). Includes tips, techniques, stories, rants, successes, etc... A blog for golf lovers.

Monday, November 27, 2006

Hitting Straighter!

I think that I needed to lay my bag down for a few weeks in order to get my head on straight. On Wednesday, I played an executive course near my home (The Reserve at East Bay), and I was thrilled by the results. I only sliced the ball once! Once as opposed to nearly every shot! I also hit my first G.I.R. (Green in Regulation). For those of you that don't know, each hole in golf has a "par" associated with it. Par is the number of shots that it should take for a good golfer to get the ball into the hole. For example, if there is a par 3 hole, it should only take one shot to get onto the green, followed by two putts to hole the ball.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to report that I parred the hole. Though I was shooting straighter, I wasn't putting at my best, which meant that my score still suffered. One of these days, I'll be able to put both halves of my game together in order get a great score.

The weather was great, and I was able to satisfy my itch for the time being. Until next time, swing away!

Monday, November 13, 2006

The Itch

I'm sitting at my desk, wearing a Callaway golf polo. I've just added me two sense to the Golf Link Forums, and I want to hit the links! It is cold here in Utah, but that isn't going to stop a golf junkie like me. My wife and I have had a lot going on over the past several weeks, and the only golfing that I have done is a few putts in my living room. I have to say that my 2-Ball putter is super accurate! I just want to challenge the course to try and stop me just one more time this season before I concede to the elements for the winter.

I want to try one more time to make par (by myself). I want to actually make the green in one on a par 3. I think that these are realistic goals that I can see through before I hang up my clubs until spring.

Man, oh, man do I have the itch!