Today was another downswing day at PKU. We are always focused on the crease and the right side resisting on the backswing but then we continued to work on the left shoulder staying low and the lower right side starting the downswing. Patrick wants me to allow my arms to slowly drop on the downswing as the club goes down on the downswing. Once the arms drop Patrick stops me and starts the turning process with my core and the impact bag.
We did about 15 to 20 reps with the impact bag. For the first 35 minutes of the lesson I hit the ball great and could feel my hands and arms actually being low through. Then, out of nowhere I started to shank the ball. Every time I think we are making progress something happens in my swing that not only causes me to hit the ball poorly but to hit shanks or simply horrible shots. Its either super fat, toed or shanked. I have it all.
It is just crazy how hard golf is. Once again, I wish I didn’t care and could just go to my lessons and turn it off afterwards but that isn’t the case yet. I am getting closer and closer to not caring as golf is just too hard. I have been through 265 lessons and I still shank the ball. Why do I really care? What does it matter?
I think by the time my lessons are to the point where I am hitting the ball well I just won’t care. There are more important things in life than trying to develop the body to hit a white ball straight. I know that I will get super excited again sometime in the future but it won’t be for awhile. It just isn’t with it to get emotional about it anymore. I have a business to run and traveling to do.
