// posted May 5, 2010 by Lou Schuler
And the secret is: don’t play golf.
I played yesterday for the first time since fall 2008, and I had one of my best rounds in years. I had two disaster holes — including a 9 on a par 3 — that kept me from breaking 100. But overall I hit the ball cleaner and more accurately than I have in recent memory. I hit the greens off the tee on four out of five par 3s, for example, something I don’t think I’ve ever done.
Of course the lack of practice killed me around the greens; I couldn’t get out of the sand to save my life, and even with generous “gimmes” I still managed to three-putt 6 times. I should also note that I bent a few rules during a long afternoon that included a one-hour delay for a hurricane that tore through the area right after we hit our tee shots on the 10th hole. (A lot of people resumed their rounds at the same time, and we all had to guess where our balls probably landed. I played someone else’s ball on #11, and I strongly suspect someone else played mine.)
Still: my swing felt more natural and fluid than it has in a long time. My friends theorized that it was muscle memory kicking in, but my muscles remember how to do all kinds of crazy things when I play golf, most of which I didn’t do yesterday.
The only explanation is that my body works better than it did before. I’ve made dramatic changes to my workout program, spending as much time on mobility and core training as I do on strength. Could that have made me a better golfer, even without actually playing golf?
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