[Matt]

I've had a few incubator revelations the past week or so since returning from school. Having finally been able to practice on a regular basis, I see my game and ballstriking moving back into form by leaps and bounds. At the foundation of all this is my 'new' iron stroke pattern. Last year at this point, I was working towards 12-2. Now, I don't know if I dare say it, but I feel as though I have some legitimate control over a very good 12-1 pattern.

For the first time in my G.O.L.F.ing career, I feel as though I thoroughly understand and can competently demonstrate both Swinging and Hitting. In the past, Hitting was always a procedure I'd use for knockdown shots and the like. It used to be a secondary, less preferable option - now it's my standard iron and wedge shot. I am still Swinging my driver, 3-wood, and 2-iron, but everything else is more or less a Hit.

It's taken some work and some 'getting used to', but I'm now acheiving some unbelievable compression with my irons. It was never bad to begin with, but with say a 7-iron now it's the best it's ever been. A key thought for me, though, is...

Make sure you have a SLOW startdown, like a spring expanding.

I struggle with overaccerelation. I've been told it who knows how many times, but it's just so hard to control on the course when you're trying to bomb a driver. Now, though, I've really disciplined myself to have a very slow feeling startdown regardless of the length of shot at hand it's extremely comforting to know that if I do it correct from startdown I was only very, very rarely mishit the shot. Thanks again Lynn and Ted, as I'm sure I wouldn't be in this confident position with my Hitting pattern had it not been for our work in March.

And so the journey continues.