I went out out to Teal Bend by the Sacramento Airport last week and the last two rounds were ok. One was solid, and the next round started off w/ three beers on the first three holes and was obviously a day where you have fun w/ the boys and have driving contests on each hole. Sometimes, I ask myself whether a beer or two loosens me up, or messes up my game. I think I can say with confidence that it doesn’t help.

So, I go to out to Teal Bend. I hit a great drive w/ people watching. That’s usually a good sign of a decent day. My approach shot was a little fat, but I was just short of the green. Bogey. Not a bad start. So my new approach to golf is to not over-analyze everything, but to try to focus on clean contact and feel. It’s been working well so far, but I could not get out of the fat shots funk! On top of that, I wasn’t making any putts outside of 5 feet, which you need to get your putting going.

Anyways, it was a disappointing round. Even my driver started to lose its effectiveness due to a slip in confidence.

P.S. - There is nothing more to write about Tiger’s U.S. Open victory. It’s all been said. It was phenomenal. Tiger further immortalized himself that weekend. Although, I can’t believe what Retief Goosen said. What was he thinking!?!?