Success personal pointers I found successful for my irons and driver

I first experience a leap in my iron making ability after I played pitch and putt. I focused on the key points

- Grip - V's in both hands pointing to the right should. I used to put the right hand on top of the left, but I've been playing with them separated so far. This goes against my instructors teaching, but applying my tennis background where I had good success with many coaches I found that each coach has specific technical elements that they wanted to stress. Some adjustments I've tried and adopted. Some I didn't listen because it didn't work. So applying the same philosophy I've experiment with what worked and tried to incorporate a best practice whenever I can

- Swing for irons and hybrids - For irons I try to keep the wrist firm and bring the club back and maintain an awareness of where the club and an awareness of a pendulum of a circle when swinging. When I make contact I like to hit through the ball to maintain solid contact and for the irons I try to brush the ground and aim for the sweet spot. Follow through in the direction that I want before wrapping the follow through around my shoulder

- Driver - The swing with the driver has felt wieder and different than the irons probably because of the huge driver club head. My problem when hitting a solid shot until today was getting over 125-130 yards. Today I experimented with taking a larger slower back swing and cocking the wrist a a bit and cranking the shot, but maintain intense focus on hitting the ball on the sweet spot and hitting through the ball. Success him some around 175 yards today consistently and straight and for a bonus with a cute girl that could swing well beside me.

Shoulder - I try to take a deep should turn to generate power

Head - I try to keep it down until contact to focus on where I'm hitting

The success I got reminded me when I used to experiment with different ways of hitting the serve, the forehand, and the backhand. Sometimes through just playing you would discover a technique that just worked for you and you end up adopting.
What I can generalize is that there are many ways to hit the ball with much success.

Why Golf this Summer?

So its the middle of June and since some friends and I began golf lessons at Mayfair with Shingo I'm surprised that my interest in Golf continues to escalate even though at times I think I still suck on certain days I leave the driving range wondering why I'm not getting better even with 8 lessons under my belt.

To break down why down why I like Golf and how I got to this point I'll speak about these points

How I got to this point
- Lessons with a great instructor, Shingo at Mayfair
- Investment in a set of TaylorMade Burner Irons
- Going to the driving range regularly ay Mayfair and also been to Mclearly twice, Mylora once, Westwood Plateau once, and Musquem twice
-Pitch and Putt at Central Park
- Full Golf Course at Furry Creek
- 9 hole Westwood Plateau

Why I enjoy it
- Its based on beautiful scenery with well maintained grass and lakes that helps put me in a relaxed mindset
- Business Potential - There is a social and a networking aspect to the sport

- It's fun - Its fun to head out to the driving range and hit some balls to forget about work or school especially when I hit a solid shot with my 5 iron and its got the good height, past 125 yards though the foot ball post at Musquem, and you get to hold the follow through and admire the shot.

- Its Challenging and multi-dimensional - Hitting a golf shot is a frustration in itself and still is. However, when you hit that solid shot on the sweetspot all is forgotten. The sport is frustrating for sure and it takes some investment of time, money, and practice to establish a certain skill level. You need to master different types of shots to be successful. The powerful first drive. The second shot on the fairway. The short game with the irons, and then the putting. You also have to deal with the elements a course with hazards such as ravines and lakes. I'm not there yet, but I plan to overcome these challenges. I find progress slow but rewarding with this sport.

I feel that that I'm on a similar path that I've been on before with Tennis and IT that I both committed many years of time and passion into and have been rewarded for it. This is exciting for me and even though I still think I suck when I went to musquem today and I made some adjustments on my swing and smacked consecutive 10-15 drives 150-175 yards with a solid hit this was truly exciting. I've created this blog for those to share in my quest to conquer the frustration of golf and accomplish a level of mastery in this game. I hope you will join the adventure