My lightbulb this week was from something that Calvin Peete taught me. He always preached playing golf going downhill and when I was looking at so shells golf last week my eyes were drawn to all these classic players having way more horizontal /lateral motion in their transition versus what we are seeing today. So this week I went back to what Calvin said and made sure I had that feeling of going downhill.
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And you shot 66 yesterday! WOW!
Let’s hear about that..
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Thanks John
Lowest round of the year a clean 66 in a par 71. 34 going out and 32 coming in.
6 FIR on front, 7 GIR, 2 up& down saves and 14 putts. Then on the back I had 5 FIR, 6 GIR 2 up & down saves and 12 putts.
I know it may sound strange to some but it was a very easy 66 because I was not long and left none the entire round. On my saves I was short and right and had the entire green to hit easy bump and runs to the hole.
Putting was really good the hole seemed really large and I stayed on the high side most of the day leaving easy tap ins for par.
WITB
Hogan Redlines 2-E
Hogan Super Slot 1 wood
Macgregor Eye-O-Matic 2 wood
Hogan Special SW
Miura 1957 Y grind GW
Putter was an Odyssey Pro Anser type putter.
I didn’t think about anything ABS while playing I kinda said on the first tee I’m doing the drills 300 reps a day, just go play golf and keep the ball in front of me and off the sides of the golf course.
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Exactly… leave the Mods and drills back in the garage or backyard. A few shots on the range to view today’s shot pattern, then go play that. Ball - Target on the course. Scoring is what is happening inside 100 yards.
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Received an email this morning from Nathaniel, a young college player who I have been working on the Hogan Modules with…
Hey Mr. Erickson, it’s Nathaniel.
Thought I would give you an update as my tournament season just started up again.
Played a tournament last week, no warm up balls just drills. Shot -9 for three rounds hit 14 greens each day. Won by 15. Took a while to really groove the move but really started to get it.
Got two more local events here, then I’m off to Royal Liverpool for the British Amateur, then Finland for the European Amateur, then back to the US for the US Am final stage qualifier and US Junior.
Thank you for everything, going to be body assisted hitting/holding shaft flex my way through everyone this year.
Sincerely,
Nathaniel
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- My greens misses were mostly from bad tee shots as I hadn’t at that time worked out how to do the motion with driver. I have now.
- I’ve started to play par 3’s under par. That’s never happened in the past, even when I was winning in California.
- I took my foot off the pedal and played very conservatively last day.
- The Taiwan PGA event there was won with 15 under over 4 days.
- The greens were barely 8.5 and I left at least 6 putts on the lip.
Thanks again. I know nothing about links golf, but I know how to keep the ball down. Plus I noticed it has to be a decent wind to really affect my ball if I’m holding shaft flex. So it’s onwards to Royal Liverpool in June.
Rest of year.
1. British am
2. European am (Finland)
3. US Am final stage Q
4. US Jnr Am
5. US Jnr PGA (maybe but schedule is tight).
6. US Am or a few AJGA’s
7. Macau open (Asian tour) qualifier.
8. Mercuries Masters (Asian tour)
9. Asia Pacific Am (New Zealand this year)
10. Asian and/or Japanese tour Q school for the experience and the why not factor.
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What kind of gear is he using?
College player that is competing is using modern equipment if they want to win and compete against their peers I would think. He can’t give the field an advantage out the gate.
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It’s a different game. If you change the stick, the ball and the playing field.. it’s a different game.
Snooker/Pool… Tennis/Pickleball… Baseball/Softball. All examples of games that branched off the original game by changing the stick, the ball and the field… Golf is no different.
That being said, there is some crossover in skillsets between similar games. This is where I teach. There are similarities between the two games that move a stick around the human body with a ball that is on the ground… not going into a hoop, over a net or being thrown at you.
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