Day four

Today was a more relaxed day. I got to the course around nine thirty and began my day by demoing the new Taylor Made clubs that the pro shop just got and comparing them to the Titleist clubs I had tried at the beginning of the week. The Taylor Mades in my opinion were far superior and added about twenty yards of distance to my drives. They allowed me to have more control over the ball so that I could put a controlled hook or fade on the ball if I wanted too. After this I went out on the course and played nine holes with Ryan one of the people who works at the course. I left around eleven then came back at two too start warming up for my match against KUA. I played a really good match and it was close until the end.  I unfortunately made a couple bad mistakes and their number number two golfer got the better of me. I wasn’t happy and we didn’t get back until about seven but besides losing the day was great and the chance to play golf this much has really had an effect on my game. This is some of the best golf I have played my whole life and hopefully with this project not only will I learn a lot about it but improve even more than I already have.

3.5 hours today
16 hours total

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