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Chasing the Dream: Breaking 90 in Golf

Explore the highs and lows of golf through a personal lens, focusing on resilience, growth, and the joy of the game as a recreational golfer works toward breaking 90.

Breaking 90: A Woman’s Journey in Golf

Discover tools, tips, and techniques to sharpen your skills on the course.

Practice Routines

Uncover drills and exercises to improve consistency and accuracy.

Dive In

Lessons Learned

Review impactful lessons that shaped the path to better scores.

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Mental Game

Strengthen your focus and confidence with proven mental techniques.

Read On

Focused Practice to Break 90

Explore key stats and insights that track progress and celebrate milestones.

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Fairways Hit

Tracks the percentage of fairways hit, reflecting improved accuracy off the tee.

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Greens in Regulation

Measures how often greens are reached in regulation, showing short-game precision.

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Playing Through

Not a pro. Not a beginner. Just a golfer with a spreadsheet, a pre-shot routine, and a tendency to overshare the mishits—hoping others can laugh, learn, or at least feel seen.


Teeing Off

Not sure where to start? Here’s a curated collection of posts where I learned something the hard way—so maybe you don’t have to.

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  • Chasing Progress, Not Perfection: Why I Started This Blog
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  • My Full Swing Pre-Shot Routine
  • Mobility Before Mechanics: Golf Fitness Routine

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Practice Makes Par

Backyard Practice: The Short Game Secret Weapon

June 5, 2025June 6, 2025
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See how I practice golf at home using foam balls, wedges, and backyard obstacles—with help from my skeptical dog and a patio table.

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A four-panel digital illustration showing a female golfer going through her post-shot routine: watching the ball fly ("See It"), analyzing the shot with a thought bubble that says “Pushed right, solid strike” ("Say It"), typing into her phone to log feedback ("Save It"), and walking away with her club over her shoulder ("Shift"). The golfer wears a blue polo, green skort, and a visor, and the background shows a calm golf course.
Mental Notes

🧠 My Golf Post-Shot Routine: 4 Steps for Fierce Focus and an Unshakable Mind

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
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Turn every shot into a moment of clarity. This 4-step golf post-shot routine helps you reset, respond with resilience, and build a mind that won’t rattle.

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Beyond the Scorecard

Swings, Sand, and One Suspicious Shrub

June 2, 2025June 4, 2025
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A lighthearted league round recap at Fellows Creek: topped shots, cottonwood chaos, curious wildlife, and plenty of funny women’s golf stories.

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A digital illustration of a young woman golfer standing in a locker room, studying a wall-sized blueprint titled “Five Months, Five Swings.” She wears a ponytail, golf skirt, and performance polo, with one hand on her chin and the other on her hip, deep in thought. Golf accessories like a visor, glove, shoes, and bag sit nearby. The blueprint shows a structured practice plan pinned to the wall.
Practice Makes Par

5 Months, 5 Swings: My Golf Season Blueprint

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025
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This golf season training plan breaks your game into five focused months of improvement—designed for real golfers with limited time and big goals. Progress, one swing at a time.

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Not Perfect, But (Mostly) Pointed in the Right Direction

June 1, 2025June 2, 2025
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My first month of my structured golf improvement is in the books: new routines, better tempo, mobility gains, and a short game that’s finally showing up.

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Beyond the Scorecard

Not Keeping Score. Just Keeping Receipts.

June 1, 2025June 3, 2025
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A wry golf recap from Bird Creek GC—par saves, 3-putts, a breakout 7 wood, and the most carefully tracked casual golf round recap of the season.

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Illustration of a woman performing a wood chop cable rotation in a gym, with muscle callouts showing core, obliques, and glutes—highlighting their role in rotational golf strength.
Off-Tee Training

Training for a Strong Swing

May 31, 2025June 3, 2025
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Discover a practical guide to strength training for recreational golfers. Build power, balance, and confidence in your swing—without living in the gym.

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A 2D illustration of four women practicing at a golf clinic on a driving range. One woman with blonde hair is in the foreground just after impact, arms extended with the clubhead out front. A male coach is recording her swing on his phone, while three other women observe or practice nearby on hitting mats. The scene is sunny, with green grass, trees, and a distant flag in the background.
Course Corrections

A Draw, a Drill, and a Bit of Dignity: Notes from a Swing Clinic

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025
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Just your average Thursday full swing clinic: half swings, light shoulder strain, a golf pro with a swing capture app, and the sudden realization I’ve been swinging the club wrong this whole time.

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A blonde female golfer chips from the rough toward a sloped green while an older woman in a blue top gestures supportively from the putting surface, pointing out the break in the green.
Beyond the Scorecard

My Messiest Round of Golf — and Why I’m Glad I Played It

May 29, 2025May 30, 2025
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My first league round with the University of Michigan Women’s Golf Club was a disaster on the scorecard—but filled with lessons, support, and small wins.

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