Yes,there is such a thing as a good 93!
 

The good news:

Elbow controlled putting works, even on topped-dress greens with sand 1" deep. (I hit six putts in the hole hard enough for them to jump out of the middle or lip out and go far, far away.) Adjusted by holding the end of the grip and metal. The line was great (subtract four strokes for too much power.)

Hitting is very dependable as long as I play the ball forward of the middle. I was bombing my driver straight and long until I broke the handle while thrusting my right arm. Ball shot out under trees and took an 8. (Easiest hole on the course a par 4 and worst I've ever taken was a 5, subtract three strokes.)

Imagining a straight line through the ball to the was very helpful.

The bad news:

I pushed about a dozen wood and iron shots about 5-10 degrees off-line. Solved the problem with placing the ball more forward in my stance and fully extending. I was afraid I would run out of arm but then I remembered the plane goes below the ground and I just needed solid contact and full extension along the line and trust that I would automatically step forward to aid extension.

I realy need to give myself more margin for error in playing shots under trees. I made several nice punch shots that would just clip the skinniest branck and deflect wildly! (Resulted in an 8 and 6 on two holes where a 6 and 5 are customary. Subtract 3 strokes for learning a lesson!)

Yes it was a 93. Someday soon, it could be an 83!


Patrick

Would you kindly elaborate? I don't understand what you mean by driving the hands straight down to the ball. Aren't you always driving the hands in a straight line to the ball from R shoulder height, but on a diagonal line? Are you saying that your hands at top are almost even with the ball, hence a much steeper downstroke? How does the nutcracker come into this? Thanks.

Pretty sure I saw some PGA stats recently whereby the average angle of attack with driver was something like -1.9 deg.......that my friends is hitting DOWN

That doesn't mean its a good thing though.

It is pretty much inarguable that you gain more distance by hitting slightly up.

Its a great move for control....not the best move for distance.

I have changed from hitting down to hitting up and have gained a lot of yardage, I still think I am probably a few degrees shy of where I should be hitting up but its a good mix for control and distance.

hitting up
 

Your handicap is ?

6.0 right now, down from 10 when I started with TGM.