Sup world,
September we here babyyyyyy. 2022 is flying by. If you haven't recently, take a look at the website. The weekly newsletters are now made available in our News Archive. Muni Dad Hats are now for sale in our Shop tab too. They're fire. The shape of this dad hat is not like your average dad hat. It still has a nice mellow boxy fit with the same unstructured construction as your favorite dad hat. I found this hat 2 years ago at the lodge at Steamboat Ski Resort on a spring break trip. It's honestly such a great shape and I told myself when I made hats this would be in the lineup. So stoked I found the manufacturers for it. Enjoy!
No new golf this week so scores haven't changed.
Current Index: N/A (I'll update this once I have 10+ rounds in 18Birdies)
Most Recent 3 Scores
• 78 - Balboa Park Golf Club
• 80 - Hiddenbrooke Golf Club
• 78 - Twin Oaks Golf Club
2022 Christmas Classic
Amateurgolf.com hosts tournaments for amateur golfers all throughout the country. You guys all know my goal is to play in the US Amateur next summer in 2023. In preparation, I registered for a 2-day tournament in Monterey, CA which will be hosted at Del Monte Golf Course. Del Monte is a Pebble Beach Resorts golf course and is the oldest golf course in continuous operation on the west coast. I'm stoked. I'll be documenting my preparation through quick vlogs on YouTube and then I'll be stacking footage of the actual tournament in December. Let's gooooo.
Chipping Success Level 2
Alright, so to recap, we focused on CLEAN CONSISTENT CONTACT for finding success chipping around the green. For Level 2, we're going to talk landing spots. Now that you've gotten comfortable making clean contact with your wedges under a variety of circumstances (tight lie, buried lie, ball below your feet, ball above your feet, etc.), we're going to transition those skills into getting your chips close to the hole. The goal is for your chip to be within 0-6 feet from the hole. This will highly increase your chances of converting your "up & down" which will in turn bring your overall scores lower. A mistake I had (and still have sometimes if I'm being honest), is not coming up with a plan/landing spot for my chip. At times I kind of just look at the hole and rely solely on feel and hope for the best. The problem with this is that you really don't get any feedback to learn from. When choosing landing spots, you will be able to adjust for the rest of the round. So I know if I choose a spot and the ball ends up way past the hole, I can tell that the greens are rolling out a little more and I can adjust for my next chip. Pro tip: On the practice green, hit a few chips and pay attention to how far the ball is rolling out. Walk out how many paces there are between where your ball landed, and where your ball ended up. That way, on the course, you can walk out the paces for your chips and plan accordingly. Golf is 20% skill and 80% management. If you have a chip shot that ain't that pretty but is predictable, you can MANAGE it and PLAN for it. Then once you start adding more chip shots to your bag, you have more skills/tools to leverage on the course that you can plan for too. Which we will get into in more depth in Level 3. That's it for this week, get out there and practice hitting your landing spots and see how closer you are getting to hole!
Beginner Golf Term of the Week: Dogleg
A "Dogleg" is a type of golf hole where it is shaped in an "L," kind of like the hind leg of a dog. It often requires a golf shot shape that bends.
"What is this hole doing?"
"This hole doesn't go straight. It's a dogleg right."
Hit 'em straight this weekend and I'll see you guys next week.
Cheers,
JR Montes
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