I had a hand injury so I decided to take most of the 10 days off to recover and relax my hands; however, I did spend a couple hours pitching and a couple hours at the gym to prepare my health with Dongki coaching me and discussing golf as my instructor. 9,703 remain. Random stat: I spent some time also on the range at CGCC before pitching, but the injury in my hand was severe and scared me from continuing; however, the injury has less pain with each day of rest.  Continue Reading …

On October 14, I went to the gym to meet Dongki and I practiced my swing with a ball and pvc pipes after running on the treadmill. There was a lot of focus on keeping my body posture steady on the back swing and adding a lot of power more on the down-swing. I took off the day of October 15 to recover due to hand pain. 9,707 remain. Random stat: I have tightness in my hands and a sharp pain in my middle left finger, but it's not as stiff as the last time I had hand stiffness, which went away after 3 weeks of no golf; however, I hope to recover quick and hit less on mats and have stronger hand strength to avoid repeating this injury again.  Continue Reading …

I went with Larry, Amber, and Dongki to Canyon Gate and after a couple hours of practicing on the range, we played 5 holes on the front 9 and practiced different clubs for various scenarios on the course. It was a nice 88 degrees today, which is somewhat hot, but awesome compared to the 100+ degree summer heat. 9,709 remain. Random stat: I didn't have as much consistency or distance as yesterday as I was a lot more tired than normal due to the amount of practice I had compared to the last month schedule, but I'm overall doing way better overall in my distance and accuracy than last month.  Continue Reading …

I caught a flight right after the Butch Harmon School to SF to attend the Hearthstone Americas Championship so I took the day off and then flew back to Vegas and spent Monday, October 11 taking care of errands in the morning and then business followed by spending the entire afternoon practicing with Dongki critiquing my golf swings and then taking my visiting friends Larry and Perry to play 6 holes on the front 9 of Canyon Gate, where I led most of the scrimmage. 9,712 remain. Random stat: During my practice with Dongki, I consistently hit drives over 200 yards including total drives of 220-260 yards, which are the longest drives I hit ever.  Continue Reading …

My wife and I spent 3 days at the Butch Harmon School of Golf with Butch Harmon and Staff. It was a priceless learning event and an opportunity to learn from the great Butch Harmon himself.   For the first day, we started warming up with each of the coaches critiquing our swings. After a couple hours, I went to the video bay and got further critiques. My swing path and posture was critiqued by Butch and Vic. Butch said that the ball needed to be more in the middle of my stance and critiqued my body posture and made my legs more parallel and square to my swing path. Also, Vic had me focus on changing my swing path so that it would more likely hook than slice. I started off the day  Continue Reading …

I had a lesson with Dongki on October 6, where I spent 2 hours on the driving range at Canyon Gate Country Club and 1 hour on their putting greens. I've been focusing on getting my shots more straight and have been experimenting with a lot more hooks than normal and a few draws. The grass was super green as it was completely fresh and new. 9,737 remain. Random stat: I had a couple drives that went over 200 yards, including a shot that was my longest distances.  Continue Reading …

My golf handicap on GHIN is still 26.7. I had a lot of work to do due to a large product launch for work and I also got sick so this lowered a lot of my golf time so here's a summary of my 3 weeks. Training with Dongki September 15-16: Practiced with Dongki at the gym with various jumps and using a device to practice swings. Also, did a lot of throwing of a large ball and practice swings with a PVC pipe. September 23: Went to Badlands and did hole 1 and hole 2 repeatedly to practice different clubs and swings. Then I went to the pitching greens to practice different distances. Butch Harmon School September 17: Practiced having a left fit turned slightly to the left and keeping  Continue Reading …

I wished happy birthday to my dad via phone and then drove to CGCC for lunch with Ben, Paul, Madison, Amber, and Faon. We then played 9 holes after hitting the range. As a six-some, it was slow play, but a lot of fun and the weather was nice. 9,752 remain. Random stat: Got an an adjusted score of 57.  Continue Reading …

Went to CGCC with Ben, Paul, Madison, and Amber to practice on the range and putting green for an hour after brunch. 9,756 remain. Random stat: Did the putting game for distance at different 3 yard increments and I made it to level 4; also, I checked GHIN and I have a handicap of 26.7.  Continue Reading …

Played the front 9 at CGCC with Stephanie and Amber. 9,757 remain. Random stat: Got 1 par and a score of 59.  Continue Reading …