1st week of Professional Golf in Orlando, Florida

1st week of Professional Golf in Orlando, Florida

The car was packed up at 7:30 this morning, myself, and a buddy are headed to Florida to start the first step of many toward chasing our dream of playing professional golf. 

Whats in the bag for the tournaments?

• Driver- RBZ Tour 9.0 Set at lower/Right with Motore 6.2 X-Flex
• 3 Wood- RBZ Tour 14.5 ACCRATour Z neon Orange Shaft X- Flex
• Hybrid-Adams Idea Pro 18 Degree. Aldila NVS Tour Proto 105 X-Flex
• Irons-Cobra PRO-MB 4-PW Dynamic Gold X-100 Tour Prototype Hardstepped
• Wedges- Mizuno MP-T4 Forged. 50, 54, 58. Spinner shaft in 54 and 58
• Putter- Odyssey 2 Ball
• Ball- Titleist ProV1x 

What to pack necessities for the road trip

1. Beef Jerky
2. Apples
3. Protein bars (I prefer pure protein)
4. Peanut Butter Sandwiches
5. Lots of water
6. Almonds
7. Pandora on the radio
8. Headphones (just in case your co-pilot thinks he is a good singer)

The Drive

From Cincinnati, OH to Kissimmee, Florida it was only a 14 hour drive. That is with a few key stops to grab some food and stretch our legs. It was a nice site to see the temperature gauge that started at 17 degrees climb its way slowly to 64 once we arrived at our destination. The drive provided endless entertainment and it is shocking how much you get to know someone that you already know during a 14 hour car ride. We found many games to play along the way to keep ourselves entertained and many people to play passing tag with. (cue in the road rage here)

Accommodations

We are quite fortunate that we are getting to stay in a 4 bedroom condo in a private gated community. We have a nice lanai with jacuzzi in the back and full kitchen. Not a bad set up considering I need some relaxing and have the comfort of cooking all of my own food. Im kind of a health freak and don't like to eat out that much. We are in close  proximity to all of the cool sites of Orlando, near the Faldo golf institute where we will be doing all of our practice, walking distance to a grocery store, and 15-30 minutes from all of our tournament courses. 

First Day Schedule

• 7:00am Breakfast (most important meal of the day)
• 8:00am Workout and run
• 9:30am Leave for Faldo Institute
• -This is will include many hours of short game practice and putting with very minimal range work (if you don't have it by now you are not going to find it in one day)
• 9-Holes at a local course to get the feel for the weather, bermuda greens, and how the ball is flying
• 8:00pm Dinner Time and Game Plan
• 9:00pm Bed time. 

First tournament will be at Ridgewood Lakes in Davenport, FL. I will follow up tomorrow with a review of the practice session, feedback on the Faldo Institute (with pictures), and some great drills for everyone to use to sharpen their short game.