Kevin and I arrived in the desert around noon on Sunday. I flew into Phoenix, AZ and drove over. Kevin flew straight into Palm Springs. We met for lunch and then headed over to the host course for some practice. The Humana is a pro-am played on three golf courses with the cut coming Saturday night.
Kevin's instructor, Rickey Sullivan, flew in on Monday and arrived a little after lunch. Kevin and I spent all morning working on the short game until Rickey arrived. Once Rickey arrived, we went to work on the range. They worked on getting the club swinging left through impact. After some good work, we went out for a late practice round on the Nicklaus course.
On Tuesday, we played the Palmer course. Rickey has three students in the field this week; Kevin, Scott Brown, and Tommy Biershenk. After spending the morning with Tommy, Rickey met up with us for the back nine. Kevin was hitting his irons well, but still struggling with the driver. After the round, we hit more balls and made an adjustment in his setup. Kevin hands were getting too low at address and Rickey moved them up, getting Kevin into a better position. Before dark, we headed back out and tested it on the course.
Our practice round on Wednesday was on La Quinta. Kevin was still struggling with the driver but he is starting to have a better understanding of what he needs to do. After nine holes, we decided to go put some more practice in on the range before playing the back nine. I left Rickey and
Kevin on the range and went out to finish my course work. After some lunch and more practice, we went back out on the course. We ended up playing 18 more holes before we ran out of daylight.
We all have put in a lot of work this week. We're not hitting it perfect, but Rickey loves what he sees. We tee off tomorrow at the La Quinta course at 10:30. We are playing with Kevin's good friend Tommy Biershenk. It is a great pairing for us during the pro-am format.
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