Getting off the struggle bus...

I'm going to admit it, even though I was still having fun with the stack, I was a little irked that over the last few sessions my performance had dropped off somewhat. However, I knew I wasn't alone in this battle as others had seen similar results over the course of their programs too.

Another day, another session then and to be fair it's probably the most amped I've been in a number of sessions heading into this latest one, with it also being the last in this phase of the foundation program before moving onto a different set type.

I was faced with 8 reps at 205g, 8 reps at 135g and 8 reps at 105g all with full intent (your on course max swing), followed by 4 reps at 195g with max intent (swinging your absolute maximum swing).

I started out with a new set record on the 205g at 88mph, then followed that up with a PB of 97mph on the 135g (x3) which also led to a new set record of 95mph. Set 3 saw me hit 100 twice for a PB and nudged the needle on the set record to 99mph too. Then to top things off I hit 94mph with the 195g weight and had a set record at 92mph.

Overall I gained 1mph again which now pushes me out to 13mph overall and a potential distance gain of 38 yards.

As you'll see from the opening image, my handicap has also dropped further, taking me to a flat 13 handicap with the introduction of another card of 81 that toppled an 84.

And, whilst we're talking about 84's I'd be remiss not to note the 84 I also carded after this stack session. Now, I know what you're thinking, well that's not a great score compared with what you've been carding of late and you'd be right. However, take a closer look, below and you'll note that I had two snowmen on that card due to losing a ball off each tee and scrambling badly on those holes as a I recovered.

Take those out of the equation and in the context of the rest of the round and you'll see how good a card it could have been. Also, the one on 16 is galling as it wasn't that bad a tee shot, it looked fine off the tee but just leaked into the deep rough and then disappeared. Both my playing partners helped to look for it but it was nowhere to be found.

Let's keep it up!

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