Average Joe to Golf Pro

My journey from amateur to professional and a place for golfers to come together

Archive for February, 2010

Feb
22

Review Still to Come

Posted by Average Joe

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.

Feb
18

Get a Gift Card – Tiger Woods To Speak

Posted by Average Joe

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.

Feb
18

Still Going Strong

Posted by Average Joe

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.

Feb
16

Day Two

Posted by Average Joe

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!

Feb
15

Day One of Training

Posted by Average Joe

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!

Feb
11

Practice/Training Routine

Posted by Average Joe

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.

Feb
11

Here is where I stand

Posted by Average Joe

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!

Feb
10

I am back!

Posted by Average Joe

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!

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