AZDGA’s 2023 Winter Weekly – Week 5

February 9, 2023by realchalliday

Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Dates

8-Feb-2023

PDGA Link

https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/66108

Recap

Played MPO division. Played well. The course was playing “easy” as there was very little wind and the ground play is getting very skippy. I made a nice jump putt to an elevated basket on 18 (death putt). I was driving decent, for sure scoring on the 300 ft or less holes. My putting started off strong and then I missed an easy putt. This caused me to question my putting the rest of the round and I had to be really close to the basket to get a birdie. Going to work on my mental game this week.

Every time I played it safe I was not rewarded. Being aggressive was is how I need to be.

A member of my card, Greg Chance, made an ace on hole 8. Putter dead at it.

Scoring

7 birdies, 2 bogeys. Rating : 948

Bag Highlights

Discraft : Raptor : Tour Series 2022 – Thumbers. Thumbers saved my round. As I was not confident in my swing today, being able to throw a guaranteed dart to 320 ft is exactly what I needed.

Discraft : Anax : ESP – Starting to really like this disc as I have one broken in and one new.  It has a reliable finish so I’m not afraid to put it over the water.

3 Learnings

  1. Putting is mental
  2. Need to do drills through the week because I’m already falling back to my old swing.
  3. A bad hole is not the end of the round. Reset, every hole is it’s own event.