I just wanted to let everyone know that my buddy and I have recorded a video review as planned on Saturday for the Medicus Dual Hinge Driver. The unfortunate part is that he uses a HD camcorder and no matter what computer program we open it in, the video is choppy. So we are currently looking for a way to get it to run smooth. If we cannot find a way we will have to re-tape over the weekend again. If that is that case I will work on a type review in the meantime.
So I’m sure all of you are aware that Tiger Woods is going to address the world tomorrow about the current position he is in and when he plans to come back. Or at least this is what is expected to happen. For fun, I’m going to offer a $25 Dicks Sporting Goods gift card to the first person who can guess when Tiger will come back. You need to have your answer in before the start of the announcement. Submit your answer by commenting on this post.
I’ve still been sticking to my practice routine. I think its working. I won’t really be able to tell until the snow melts and I can hit the course. Well, at least the range! I’ve continued to use the Medicus Driver and I think I’m pretty impressed. I will be definitely be creating a video review of it on Saturday at the local driving range. I think it should be good for anyone debating on if it worth spending the money on.
Today will be a short post since it was my day to practice putting. It wasn’t as hard as I expected working back to ten feet. I decided to change it back to twenty feet which became extremely challenging. I was about an hour and ten minutes in before I needed to stop. It’s pretty exhausting and frustrating. I had to keep reminding myself of the end goal and purpose to this. Hopefully Thursday Iwill be succesful!
Today was the first day of my new training/practice routine. It seemed to work out well, although I bet I will be sore tomorrow! Getting up early in the A.M. is never a cup of tea for me. I was able to get in about forty five minutes of cardio and about third minutes of weight training. This gave me enough time to get home and get ready for work. After work I was able to come home and work through each club as I outlined in my last post. It was a bit harder to do then I imagined. I think this was caused by working out this morning and not being a regular at the gym. 
I have also added a Medicus 460cc Dual Hinge Driver to my Monday, Wednesday, Friday practice. I was able to get a great deal on a new one off of Ebay. I ordered it on Friday and it was waiting for me when I got home today. I will do a full review of it later in the week. I will also take it out to the driving range Saturday and will try to accomplish a video review too!
Sooooo, I’m going to put myself on a basic but consistent routine. Here is the plan outlined.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I will workout at the gym for at least a hour and a half. Focusing on cardio and core strengthing exercises.
In the evening on Monday’s, Wednesday’s, and Friday’s I will practice my golf swing. I will hit 25 balls with each club, starting with my driver and working down the line to my lob wedge. I will then hit 25 balls with each club working back up from lob wedge to driver.
Tuesdays and Thursdays I will practice my putting. I will practice by starting 1 ft away from my putting cup and move back a foot with each putt made. If I miss I will then start over at one foot until I make it 10ft away.
On Saturdays, depending on the weather I will try to make it to the golf range to document distance with each club so I can track improvement.
If anyone has some good recommendations or changes please let me know. I know we have some very educated people out there around workout and practicing routines.
So it’s been quite a while since I gave an update on my progress since all these life events happened. During the summer I kept on golfing. I got out to the course on an average of once every other weekend. Everytime I played, I tried to play 18 holes to try and track a handicap. I got to the range at least once a week. I made some progress, but not as much as I would have liked. So since then I have picked up a practice net to save money and to give myself the ability to practice as much as possible. Following this post I will outline my planned practice/training routine that will get me back on track to pro status!
I apoligize to all the people who were following my blog before I dropped off the map. I got a new job that took all my focus. Shortly after I got married and bought a house. Yeah, I had a lot going on! Now I got things under control and I am back on track towards my goal of become a professional golfer. I look forward to all your input and support!
So I was on Golf Galaxy’s website to checkout the Golf Galaxy Amateur Tour schedule for my area. When checking out the schedule and prices to get in on some of the tournaments I noticed they offered a discount for people who were “Golf & Travel Consultants” for GolfConnect.com. I went on to read about Golf Connect and what they are all about. It seems to me that it sounds too good to be true and usually that ends up being the case. The way the membership packages are built and promoted it sounds just like the Amway/Quickstar get up. Which is network marketing or better known as a “pyramid scam”. I do know that Avon is the same setup but it is quite reputable and people really do make a comfortable living off of it. The question I have is Golf Connect the Avon of golf? They do offer a package that costs nothing supposedly, but it doesn’t come with all the travel perks, personalized website, and extra commission opportunities. I was hoping that someone might have known someone who has done it or maybe someone has even done it themselves. Check out the website and let me know what you think. Click Here to Check Out Golf Connect
So I haven’t been to talkative on here lately because my job has been consuming almost every minute of my day and any extra time I have had I had to find a way to practice. By the time I got in front of my computer I would fall asleep. Well since I last gave an update on my progress I have been to the golf simulator about 4-6 times. Each time I have averaged one or two over par on each whole. In my opinion this is good because putting and chipping into a screen is quite hard to judge. In most cases this is where I take an extra stroke or two. So hopefully when the snow finally disappears I will be par and birdie holes left and right. Since the winter weather keeps me locked inside I have practiced individual parts of my swing since I can’t make a full swing with out taking a divot out of the carpet or driving the lamp 250 yards. Basically I repeat the motions of different parts of the swing which my goal is to create muscle memorization. It has worked with the first part of the down swing. I start at the beginning of the down swing and repeat the motion of my hips controlling the first part of my down swing. This has truly helped, as I hit my irons clean and more accurately. I have also changed my grip which has helped me to add about 15-25 more yards to my drives. I used to have the “baseball bat” grip. I now have my pinkie finger overlap my index finger, but they do not interlock. This new grip stops me from holding the club as tightly causing my muscles to loosen up slightly. Which I then swing faster instead of hard resulting more distance. All in all for about a month or two of practice I feel my skills have advanced quite quickly. Once I get a round or two in on a real golf course I will know how much I have improved.
