I recently made a switch from traditional to belly, and so far have loved the results. My stance was out of whack, wrists too involved, and I obviously had trouble making putts. It occured to me that solving many recreational golfers problems with a belly putter seems like an easy solution. Or as Hank Haney described,

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LAW 1:
No matter how bad your last shot was, you
should have Inner peace knowing that a shittier
one is yet to come. (This law does not expire on
the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural
tendency to extend over the course of a
tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime.)
LAW 2:
Your best round of golf will be followed almost
immediately by your worst round ever. The
probability of the latter increases with the number of people you tell about the former.
LAW 3:
Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. (Though
this cannot be proven in the lab, it is a known fact
that the more expensive the golf ball, the greater
its attraction to water. Expensive clubs have
been known to be partly made with this most
unusual natural alloy.)
LAW 4:
Golf balls never bounce off of trees back into play.
If one does, the tree is breaking a law of the
universe and should be cut down.
LAW 5:
No matter what causes a golfer to muff a shot, all
His playing partners must solemnly chant “You
looked up,” or invoke the wrath of the universe.
LAW 6:
The higher a golfer’s handicap, the more qualified
he deems himself as an instructor.

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The area where a single digit like myself can improve the most is in short game and putting… this blog is about how i have come up with making a boring activity like practice putting meaningful and add a little pressure that you will have when your on the course and you have one attempt at a putt… just figured i would talk about my mentality when i putt and practice my putting. I rarely have more then 30 putts a round… typically i run around 26-29… my highest lately was 32 putts…

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I’m currently a 3 handicap and playing mediocre in my opinion.

Some rounds I go low and play great, for example i shoot a 34 on a par 36 (only played the front 9 of the course). The course wasn’t extremely tough, but it’s not simple either. I went and played 18 holes at a harder course over the weekend and shoot an 80. I couldn’t putt worth a crap. 34 total putts later it was a mess.

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Awesome course and they have done a lot of work to get the course back to a top notch course. Plays long nice hard fairways and greens are lighting fast.  Satff is excellent and go the extra mile.

Summer has arrived with a vengeance with temperatures in the upper 90’s having a huge impact on golf hackers like myself. First, there is the obvious, HEAT! It’ll sap your energy affecting your strength on drives and your concentration on putts. But there are positives & negatives to the summer heat. Let’s start with the positives, the Fairways! The water deprived fairways are hard as a rock. Drives stir up dust on impact and roll for miles. Ok, maybe not miles but at least another 20 yards. Very good for a hacker like myself. Even the sand is hard making it easy on those fairway traps to take out an iron and pick the ball right out the trap & down towards the green. But then there are the negatives. Hit a ball fat and you may break your wrist. And greens are as slick as glass. Fast, fast, fast. And finally there is the sweat factor. Just when you’re ready to grip it and rip it, a huge drop of sweat runs down your forehead and into your eye. And don’t even think about using that excuse when you top the ball.
So yes, it’s summer and it’s HELL out there. ALL punes intended.

As promised, here is my review of FreeCaddie
for Windows Mobile. First, a disclaimer: I don’t work nor know anyone
associated with the company making this product ;-). So I went to play
Douglaston golf course in queens, ny. Had the course loaded, along with others
from around my area, well in advance. On the first tee it was showing the same
yardage as the marker and there after it was pin point on every hole. On 17th
tee box had a little comparing to the “golf ginnie” and turned out that I had
exact yardage that the ground marker was showing unlike the ginnie which added
few yards. Also a nice feature of the free non limited trial was the shot
measure. In the end I liked this thing so much that I decided to spend 25
bucks for the pro version.

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I got this book last weekend, it is essentially 150 pages covering the golf swing.  It describes every step in detail, including the way the swing should feel and what to visualize.  I got it because it showed how to ‘work the ball’.  I figured that if I could learn how to hit a fade or a draw, I could understand why I hit a hook and slice and stop those types of shots.  I have yet to go to range to try the techniques outlined in the book.  We’ll see if it helps or just messes with my head this weekend.

On Wednesday before the Masters, my fiance asked me, “Why does it always seem like Tiger comes from behind to win tournaments?”.  I simply told her, intimidation.  Michael Jordan once said that he never tries to force things, he let’s the game come to him and if your patient, it will happen.  Tiger Woods is the same way, he sort of eases his way into a lead.  When Tiger Woods is playing behind you both physically and on the leaderboard, the field always has to keep in the back of their minds, “Where’s Tiger”.  They become intimidated, and nervous, wondering if the score they have will be enough to hold up and in return forces them to attempt shots they normally wouldn’t attempt.  Even when he is having a bad week, bad for Tiger is good for most players, I would take Tiger’s bad shots in a heartbeat.  So as Tiger continues to play his game, the rest of the field is constantly looking over their shoulder, and before they have time to focus on the tasks ahead of them, well he has taken the lead. 

For anyone who is looking to update, upgrade or just getting a new putter for the hell of it, I strongly recommend that you first read a copy of “The Art Of Putting” by Stan Utley.  This guy teaches many of the top pro’s on putting and short game and is considered by many to be the leading authority on this part of the game.  I read his book last year and realized that I had been doing in wrong for the last 36 years. In fact I had never putted correctly ever, yet I had maintained a 10 - 12 handicap for most of this time.  The guys I played with would laugh at me when I would 3 putt from 2 feet and I still hold the Saturday morning record for 57 putts ( 5 x 2 putts, 11 x 3 putts, 2 x 4 putts and 1 x 6 putt on the 3rd. )

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