Golfing Late Summer 2012

I have been playing golf off and on since 1998 but never took it too seriously. I would go out once or twice a season or not at all (the last time I golfed was back in the summer of 2010 out in Kelowna). I would rarely go to the driving range to practice or even try to improve my game. Even when Brad gave me a free set of clubs back in 2002/2003 I still did not think much to bring my game up to a higher level...until this year. Why is this year so different? I was invited to play in a game with my co-workers. Not wanting to suck so bad (like I usually do) I went to the driving range a week before our actually tee time so that I could actually break down my swing and practice. Now if you know my golf game then you know I can use my irons without a problem but using my driver was a constant battle (I would slice that sucker all the time). I couldn't figure out for the life of me what I was doing wrong. I have never taken lessons and people who watch me swing are equally as clueless as me so there was never any good critical feedback. So the night before the range I looked up this video

I listened to what he said in regards to FTW (Forward, Tilt, Wide) and coupled that with his "Baseball swing" advice and it still didn't work. I was pissed! I went back to my irons and hit a few again and had a moment where I realized that when I stepped closer to the ball I would hit them straight, but if I was reaching they would slice. So I went back to my driver and stepped closer to the ball, added in FTW plus the baseball swing and BOOM!!!! It went straight and far!! I couldn't believe it. I had to try to repeat this and I set out 10 balls to see what my consistency was and it was 8/10!!! I was so relieved and happy that it worked and it feels like a huge weight has been lifted off of me and I'm actually excited to play and not hesitant like I used to be before because of not being able to drive the ball! Now I think I have caught the golf bug! All I want to do is go drive balls and play a round. Since that day (last Wednesday) I have gone to the driving range an additional 2 times and have a round of 9 holes set up for this upcoming Sunday. Hopefully my practice will have translated over to the real game and I will enjoy it a lot more than I usually do. I will see how this Sundays 9 holes will turn out!