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Swing Tweaks – Granny Edition Followup

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Categories: Golf • Hackers

Yesterday’s round at Hidden Valley with my dad was glorious. 8:15am, long shadows, cool air, beautiful course. The greens were as smooth and fast as they’ve been all year. In fact, the speed was so much faster than I’m used to I gagged away three shots in the first few holes while trying to adjust. One was a 3-footer which I sent six feet by and two others were 3-putts for bogey when birdie was looking possible.

Once I adjusted to the speed I started making putts and on the 10th, saw a 20 foot birdie putt roll in with the purest and straightest roll I’ve ever seen come off my putter. There is nothing better than putting on smooth and fast greens.

I shot +3 on the front. I had it down to +1 after going -2 on the back for a while but gave up one coming home. A fantastic and near impossible up-and-down on the 18th gave me a final score of 74.

The new swing didn’t work perfectly. I had some timing issues and a few pulls and pushes. But the shots were still controlled and not wild at all. The worst scores I carded were a four bogeys. The new swing took double out of the equation.

3 responses to “Swing Tweaks – Granny Edition Followup”

tedcaldwell says:

July 25, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Hi Tony, We have greatly improved the metrics on the ShotWatch since you last previewed it. I can send you one to try if you like. i think you’ll like the new version. Ted Caldwell
JamesLongHale says:

July 25, 2010 at 8:38 pm

That is SO COOL thank you’re playing with your Dad. My Dad taught me the Game.
Howzit says:

July 26, 2010 at 9:38 am

Don Trahan, the “swing surgion”, teaches the limited turn 3/4 backsing. In the last year it has taken me from the mid 90’s to the mid 80’s. Check it out at PPGS.COM.