My original tee time today was supposed to be 12:50pm, so I showed up to the course around 11:00am because I wanted to do a little extra practice before playing. Well, about 10 minutes in, Erika and I found out that the morning rounds had been delayed 4 hours due to the weather that came through last night. So, my new tee was now 5:20pm. I ended up practicing for about an hour since I was already at the course and then decided to leave and come back later.
We eventually teed off on time (5:20pm) and managed to get in 8 holes before the official blew the horn due to darkness. I am currently +2 over for my round and largely in part because I committed the cardinal sin of tournament golf......changing my swing before the round. I was unhappy with the way that I hit the ball yesterday in Houston, so that's why I originally went to the course early to get some extra practice in. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) I was able to fix some things by making a minor change in my swing. It wasn't anything drastic, in fact it was something that I was working on during the long break in February. But, as we all know, hitting balls on the driving range is completely different from hitting the ball on the golf course....in competition. I just simply could not transfer what had been been doing on the range to the course and it ended up costing me. I made 3 bogies and 1 birdie before dropping the new swing change on the 8th hole.
So, I accept full responsibility for making that mistake. On the outside looking in, it seems harmless trying to make changes in an effort to improve, but I should of realized things weren't working sooner and gone back to something I could trust. I have every intention of sticking with that game plan going into tomorrow and see if we can't right the ship and get back on track. Play will resume at 8:00am tomorrow morning where I'll pick up where we left off on #9. Hopefully good news to follow.
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