Whadda ya know, I can blog. More importantly I can express my thoughts an feelings about my life as a Developmental Golfing Pro. My road to the PGA Tour (of course this is my dream, wouldn't be yours if you were a pro golfer?), is a long one and I wake up each morning visualizing myself playing tournament golf and raise the question (in my head) how and when will I be on the PGA Tour? Some days the answer is simple and I acknowledge my current life events and tell myself to be patient, one day at time becomes my mantra.
For instance, today I was excited to play golf with my fellow classmates from Ridgewater's Marketing & Sales Program. The college had posted an inter-mural student golfing activity hosted at the shortest course in town (Willmar, MN). I spent the morning prepping for the event by heading to the Kandyohi YMCA with my little ones, dropped them of at child watch and changed so I can work out. I did no heavy lifting as I knew the torque I generate in my swing could possibly injure me. I did my best to cross-train ending it with a cool down cardio workout.
After the gym workout I got the kiddos home and had lunch and put them down for their afternoon nap. I love a quiet home, giving me time to stretch doing yoga poses I learned from time living in Arizona. I texted Keifer and Phil to see what they plan to do before we got there, the responded by letting me know they got a round in at their respective course, My team was ready to play! it showed too.
We had a blast, shooting six under on the front and seven under par on the backside of this nine hole golf course. First time golfing with my classmates and enjoying our time laughing it up and watching "eagle" Phil drop a chip in on the front nine and we got him close enough to putt in an eagle three on the par five 17th hole during this scramble team format.
All in all I my swing felt good enough to execute key shots off the tee and into the greens. A scramble format is fun so I don't get to enter a zone mindset, unless I have been zeroing my focus to play better. I had a great time not stressing on bad shots and just being aware how I was swinging the club and putting the ball. The end analysis - my driver was not my strength today, I over swung some tee shots trying to get that extra distance (for what I don't know?). The shoulder turn I have been working on is in sync with my lower core and lower-body creating more torque than I ever have while keeping balanced throughout most good golf shots. Because Valley GC is such a short track and we played a scramble format for 18 holes, I still suffer naturally from strengthening my wedge game and bunker play. I plan on saving this time for another practice round day and it still the start of the season for us Minnesotans.
