Our first round was at La Quinta Country Club. Starting on number 10, Kevin was able to get off to a great start at -3 thru 4 holes. He said he was still uncomfortable with the swing but he was able to keep the ball in play and rolled in some nice putts. Things caught up to us on the long par three 15th as he hit the tee shot right and made bogey. Another tee shot right on 16 into a water hazard lead to another bogey. One more tee shot right on 18 ended up against a tree. All we had was a pitch out to the fairway. From there, we missed the green and failed to get it up and down. The double bogey dropped us to one over thru nine holes. On the back nine, Kevin was able to keep the ball in play and did a great job getting it around in one under for an even par round 72.
After the round, we went straight to the range to try to figure it out again. Kevin's instructor followed us and watched every shot. He wants Kevin to shorten up his back swing and smooth out the transition. Kevin is just not able to think about a shorter backswing and hit solid golf shots consistently during competition. He is frustrated and we needed to find another way to accomplish this. We had a great session as Kevin went back to a feeling we worked on last summer (keeping his head still and driving with the lower body). Kevin felt that his head moving toward the target at the start of the downswing was the CAUSE of the club getting too long and not a RESULT of the club being too long. He started hitting solid shots more consistently and it also accomplished the shorter/tighter backswing with the smoother pace his instructor was looking for. Lack of daylight ended our session but I do believe we have found something Kevin can trust out in competition. He has worked extremely hard these past few days and I'm hoping he can start seeing the results.
We play Silver Rock tomorrow morning at 9:33.
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