Had a nice sunny day here in PA, so I got out for nine holes with my wife. I just intended this to be a practice round, not even keeping score, the only thing I was going to think about was keeping a nice smooth tempo, no technical thoughts. And I told myself beforehand, no judgment or getting down on myself, and no complaining about the pace of play, which I knew was going to be slow. Well, I went out and shot my best 9 ever, a 31 (par 34). Again, I didn’t even plan on keeping score, but it was kind of hard not to mentally know how you’re doing when you’re parring every hole. So I think I am definitely on to something here. And when I think back to earlier in the year when I shot my lowest 18-hole score ever, I was doing the same thing then, just focusing on a smooth tempo and not any body position stuff.
I am pretty encouraged heading into the off-season now. Got my exercise plan from TPI and got a copy of @Adamyounggolf The Practice Manual this week.