Point Nine

A lot has happened over the last month.  Its exciting times for me golf wise.  Game has never been better.  To sum it all up

• Handicap is now at 0.9
• Won the Member-Member Gross at the Golf Club of GA a couple of weekends ago.  Chuffed to win a gross event.
• Went on a golf trip with 3 great dudes to a place called Kinloch in Richmond, VA - quite simply the most fantastic club I have had the pleasure of visiting.
• Shot 79 at Settindown in a state am qualifier.  Alas, I made a quad bogey on a par 3 (my 14th hole) to miss a playoff by 2.

However, I feel very positive about my game.  My swing has been reduced to two key thoughts - Create lag on the backswing and deliver it to the ball by clearing my left side.  That coupled with decent fundamental (grip, posture, stance etc) is producing some consistent play.  Its not awesome but its good enough.
The other key improvement area of late has been related to game plan.  At Settindown, I had one goal - go through my process on every single shot and once I do that accept the outcome.  Once in the round I failed to do this and it let to the quad.  I still take huge encouragement from how I got through that round.  Each shot is just a shot and if I go through my process on it, generally the result is decent.

One more thing - I purchased a training aid which I think is awesome.  I got a Tour Striker 5 Iron which is really helping me to compress my irons.  I cannot recommend it highly enough.