| Just getting back to this...
WBL, Knudson did an experiment. He took his setup, then had a friend blindfold him for every full swing. Shot 5-under 67. He did this only to reinforce to himself how important a good setup and dedication to the target is, and how insignificant the ball really is.
I've been doing on the Knudson plan since last Tuesday. In our Scrumble at the club this weekend, I shot 2-under 69. I had 5 birdies on the back to shoot 32, 4-under. I also had 4 3-putts.
The only caveat is that it was a scrumble. In the version in our men's club, we are divided into an A, B, C, and D player. We have 5 par 3's. You play your own ball on the par 3's. On the 13 driving holes, you need to use 1 d-player's, 2 C-player's, and 3 B-player's drives. Once you get to the drive, then you play your own ball into the hole.
So it wasn't a "real score". Though, on holes where we took my drive, 1, 4, 7, and 13 plus the Par 3's, it was. Being the A player, when we didn't take my drive because of the requirements, I was usually giving up a TON of yards.
For example, we still needed to get our B player another hole, so on 16, a 436 yard Par 4 into the wind, we ended up taking his drive just to take him off the hook. We had 215 into the green, uphill severly into the wind. I hit my 2-hybrid as hard as I could and got on the fringe. If we had taken my drive, I'd have had a 7-iron in.
This is neither here nor there.
All I am trying to illustrate is that Knudson's book seems to be working for me. I'm sure it'll work for anyone. Staying in balance is the toughest part for me so far.  |