Titleist 913 Hybrid H-d 18

Hook machine:  I've had this hybrid for a year and I have hated from day 1. Every swing I make is an anti hook swing. It's finally out if the bag. 

I went with a toursauce favorite, Titleist. What I like most about this hybrid is I can adjust the lie angle .75 flat. That equals anti hook. It's in the bag for next weeks Sahalee Am. 

Monterey Peninsula CC

1st hole on the shore course. Downhill par 5.

There were deer in every hole. 

234 par 3 on the shore. 

Tap in birdie.  In the practice round of course. 

My caddie, Nicolai. Also my cousin. 

Par 3. 175 yards. 

Monterey Peninsula CC Score Cards

California State Amateur at Monterey Peninsula CC

I am very excited to be playing in the CSA at MPCC.  I played my first practice round at the dunes course yesterday. The course is very well maintained, minty. The greens are firm and running about 13.  You have to stay below the hole. 

This hole is a 177 yard par 3.  As you can see you can't go right. The wind is into and slightly from the right at about 15mph. The green is fairly large compared to the others on the course but they are all very undulating and have defined sections. 

Warming up on their second range, Point Joe.

3 wood up the hill on number 11.  This is a blind shot, dogleg left with a large fairway and the beach right behind you. It's June and the temperature never broke 55.

Another par 3. 186 yards. 

Original Penguin

These new Original Penguin shorts fit great. I like the leg on these because they are more tapered than most other brands. I am wearing a polo from their golf collection in this photo. It is made with the stay dry fabric. I like the cotton polos as well.  They have a nice fitted look. 

More of the Original Penguin shorts. I want them in every color. 

Golf swing analysis with video. Drills.

I have been working on keeping the club in front of me during the swing.  I was getting the club and my hands way behind at the top of the swing.  My hands were also very high at the top.  This started causing me to pull hard from the top and kind of cast the club early and come over the top a little.  My divots were toe heavy and pointing left.  This drill has really helped keep the club in front of me which has also improved the plane of the club head through the swing.  As it turns out the plane of the club head is much more important than the plane of the shaft.  Just remember that when you are drawing lines on your shaft.  The drill also helped square the divots, my hands are closer to my body at impact.  In the video you can see the right elbow staying in front at the top of the back swing, it does not slide past the seem in my shirt.  The club exits in a much lower position which is something I work on. 

In this video I am making a swing thinking of the towel drill without the towel under the arms.  The swing is getting longer here and you can see I was a little off balance at the end.  Aside from the lack of balance I love this swing.

This is my full swing.  I prefer the swing above.  I like the shorter backswing.   My club does not cross the line.  The interesting thing is that the ball went the same distance in both shots.  I am also flighting the ball a bit lower with this drill.  That is because my plane has shallowed on the way down and with the shorter backswing I have more shaft lean at impact, greater lag.  I will post some face on shots which should show the increased lag.