I realized if I really want to get the most of my golf rounds, I really should be walking rather than riding. The amount of calories (and steps) you burn when walking doesn’t really compare to when you are riding a cart. You also save a few bucks per round too. The thing that had been holding me back up to now was my back, as I felt back pain during my round so I really did not think I could last walking 18 or even 9 holes with the way my back was. However, after making swing changes and seeing a physical therapist, I finally got to a place where I could play pain-free. It really is a liberating feeling and if you’re going through a similar situation, I highly recommend you seek a good PT, especially one like mine that specializes in golfers.

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After using the Ping Hoofer Lite stand bag for a couple of years, I was looking for something new to replace it. There’s nothing wrong with that bag and as I mentioned in my review, if I had to use that bag for the rest of my life, I would be perfectly happy with it. However there were a few things I was looking for in a replacement. I needed something that was still pretty light, was made of a durable material that was easy to clean/keep clean, and I really wanted someting that was a little bit less common. I saw that the Vessel Player was pretty popular but also pretty pricey and I wasn’t looking to spend that much. I watched a couple of video reviews of the Sunday Ryder on YouTube and saw they had a leather version of this bag so I became interested in that.

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In the past few weeks, I’ve been rebuilding a lot of my golf swing. I’ve been trying to reduce sway in my backswing, loosen my grips and wrists, implement proper weight transfer, work on a full shoulder turn, and fix my early extension. It’s just a lot of things to think about at once and impossible to do all at once. On the range, I tried doing one or two things and once I got those down, move on to the others. It’s also often been said that if you’re out there on the course, you should have at most one swing thought, let alone a dozen.
I recently watched a video of Bryson DeChambeau giving a lesson to Grant Horvat, and he said something really interesting. If an instructor is giving you a swing thought and you can’t immmediately implement it, it’s probably not the right swing thought for you. Or it needs to be explained to you in a different way. It really resonated with me because lots of times instructors (with good intentions) will give students a swing thought and the student just cannot implement that change after dozens of tries. I’ve definitely had this happen to me on more than one occasion and it made me walk away from the lesson wondering if golf is just not for me because I don’t have the raw athleticism or hand/eye coordination for it.

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In my search for the perfect light stand bag, I saw a lot of positive reviews of the Ping Hoofer Lite bag. I wanted someting that was lightweight but still had enough storage and was of high quality. At $245, I felt like this bag seemed a bit steep for what it is compared to the Ogio’s and Sun Mountain’s of the world, but I figured Ping has been making and refining this bag for so long that it must be worth the price. It has a great reputation and from what I understand, a lot of high school and college teams use this bag.

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After a multi-year hiatus, I’m back! To make a long story short, a lot of things happened in life that kept me away from the game, such as the birth of my second child and becoming the assistant (to the) coach for my son’s soccer team, which in itself is a hilarious story because I know literally nothing about soccer. As far as the blog goes, I was previously hosting it on WordPress which was running into a lot of issues and I really didn’t have the time to switch platforms until recently. But now I’m back and starting to play consistently again.

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