Golf is Hard TV – Episode 62 – Secret Tee Box – Re-edited!
If you ever have a chance to play the executive course at Tashua Knolls (it’s called Tashua Glen), be sure to find this “secret tee” box! Watch this episode to learn more…
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The Week Continues – Day 2
Ahhh, another day, another round of golf. Today’s round featured myself and Coach Dave at Tashua Knolls and ended with us shooting 5 brand new Golf is Hard TV episodes which I’ll be editing and posting soon!
I played well today – putted extremely well on the back 9 and actually felt like I had some nice touch on several chip shots. I still am miserable in hitting fairways, but today was better as I’m getting used to my new Nike Str8-fit driver.
This week’s stats so far:
2 days
27 holes played
36 shots over par
0 birdies
5 new Golf is Hard TV episodes filmed
My "Week" of Golf – Day 1
This week, I’ve decided that I need to play golf every day, starting today Monday July 13th. We’ll be shooting some new shows tomorrow the 14th, but today I played 9 with my 2 daughters on the terrific executive course here in Trumbull known as “Tashua Glen.”
I played well for the first 4 holes, making bogey on all of them. I hit some terrific gap wedge shots and putted well. Unfortunately, the last 4 holes fell apart when I doubled #5 after missing an extremely easy putt for bogey. I sliced a ball into the woods on #6 and doubled it as well, again missing a short putt for bogey after a pin seeker that stopped about 8 feet past the hole.
While I’m really enjoying my new “Heavy Putter,” it’s taking some time to get used to it. I three putted the last 5 holes, coming up short on long putts every time. The weight of the putter is a tad distracting, but the more I use it, the more I like how it feels in my hands.
Tomorrow, Coach Dave and I are playing 18, but I’ve got no firm plans after that until Saturday… either way though, the goal is to play some golf every day this week!
This week’s stats so far:
1 day
9 holes played
+13 over par
First Round of the Year
It started so well.
I made par on my first hole of the season!
It didn’t go quite that well the rest of the round, but even so, my first round of the year was a lot of fun. It was terrific to get back out on the course and felt great to just be out there. I’ll post some video from the round once I get a chance to edit it. There are a few choice words I have to remove!
I’m sure Dave will comment about his own round, but for me, it was extremely encouraging to hit the ball as well as I did today. I’m really excited about playing this year and am hopeful that my scores will go down dramatically through the year.
My driver was good, if inconsistent. I hit it straight except for one hole where I really, really sliced it hard right. Other than that, the fairway wood felt great as did my hybrids. I’m going to have to really focus some energy on making putts though. I was well on my way to 40 putts if I had played all 18 holes. I only played 13 holes today because I had to coach my daughter’s softball team this afternoon.
Stay tuned for more Golf is Hard TV shows this week, we’ve got some golf goodness coming up including shows giving you a personal tours of the different golf social networks including Stracka, OOBGolf and The Golf Space.
Golf is Hard TV – Episode 15 – Bobby Brown
We are crazy about our home course here in Trumbull, CT – Tashua Knolls. “TK” is public (it’s a GREAT VALUE for residents) and is a 27-hole facility that features an original par 72 golf course and a terrific 9 hole, kid friendly course. Bobby Brown is the GM and runs a fantastic program. Coach Dave spends a few minutes with Bobby catching up on old times and talks about the golf course, getting it ready for the season and youth golf. Learn more, and play Tashua Knolls this year!
Father/Daughter Tournament
Finally, some pics from the tourney I played in with my 9 year old… we shot a 38, +5 on an executive course and had an absolutely amazing time.
Planning My Attack
I used Live maps to try to see where I might improve my course management on my home course. It’s interesting to take a bird’s eye view and see where I might be able to attack different holes in new ways.
On this map, I plotted our a 200 drive from each hole to the center of the fairway and 100 yards out from the center of the green (my favorite spot to play from).
Check it out and map your own attack!
I am Tiger Woods…
The weather was perfect.
The work week was over.
I had to play some golf.
When I entered my score, the handicap computer told me that the score was much lower than normal and was I sure I wanted to submit it… uhh… yea I want to submit it!
I played out of my mind. I have never, ever felt the way I felt on golf course as I did today. I wish to god I played with one of my friends (so they’d believe me) and played a full 18. But that said, the +5 (41) I shot on the back 9 at Tashua Knolls is a round I’ll remember for a long, long time.
I made par back to back TWICE!
I sunk a 20 foot putt for par!
I chipped up with a lob wedge twice to within 10 feet!
I channeled my inner Tiger Woods (hmm, maybe not – when was the last time Tiger shot +5 on 9 holes?). Back to regularly scheduled suckfests soon, don’t worry.
Seriously though, here’s what I think I did differently. I slowed everything down by 20 or 30% and took an extra club. I tried to keep my swing smooth and to stay “long” in my back. I’ve been feeling like I have been dipping down to hit the ball (lots of chunks) – staying long in my back worked for me today.
Oh yeaaaaa!
TASHUA KNOLLS WILL OPEN ON GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008.
The Last Round
Played my last round of the year (most likely) a week ago. After an hour frost delay, the greens were extremely tough. Some were frozen, and some were muddy. It was odd. My putting was horrible, and I missed 4 par chances, which is 3 more par chances than I ususally miss on any given day.
After starting horribly, I settled in and ended up with a 100 on the nose (give or take a mulligan). I was disappointed at first, then realized that I’m averaging a 98 in my last two rounds. This year was a total success on the golf course.
Interestingly, I didn’t pull my driver out of my bag once in either of those rounds. I managed to tee-off with my 3 hybrid which I hit about 200 yards. I think next year that I’ll try to figure out my driver and will most certainly have to work on length.
That said, course management is finally something I need to consider, especially mid-iron range shots. Once I started hitting the ball somewhat consistently earlier this year, I started to realize that I need to be more strategic playing my 2nd and 3rd shots. I’m pretty good from about 40-60 yards with my gap wedge, and very good from about 120-130 with my 8 iron.
I think I’ll try to play to those spots next year and see if I can lose a few more strokes. I’d love to shoot under 95 next year, maybe even get close to 90 (I’m a dreamer).
Just for the hell of it, and so I can remember, here’s my club list with estimated distances.
GW 70 yards
PW 100 yards
9I 110 yards
8I 120 yards
7I 130-140 yards
6I 150 yards
5I 160 yards
3I 180-190 yards
4Hy 160-180 yards
3Hy 180-190 yards
Driver 200-220 yards (150 with a 40 yard slice)
In the meantime as the weather gets colder, I’m engrossed with Tiger Woods ‘08 on my Nintendo DS. If any of you play, leave a comment and we can become “friends” and play against each other online.
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