One lesson in, six gates on the board, and a return date. This is the scoreboard we open with on 22 July — every number we said we'd move, and whether it moved.
The driver is already a weapon. The whole leak is one strike pattern on the woods and long irons.
So that is the only thing we changed — and the only thing being practised. Your own read from Cabot was the same: “my fairway woods and 4-iron have just been awful — basically a neck or bottom-of-the-face strike.”
Bridge swing to control the top; load lateral and wider; hips neutral. Four positions, one shape.
Sand is your one gaining lie (+0.29 SG) and you're 82% par-or-better after a bogey. A swing change can't be allowed to cost that.
96% from 3–5 ft and 6% three-putts. We changed grip, fit and start line — never the stroke.
Two doubles and a triple, every one off a fairway wood — seven strokes. This is the single biggest number the block is aimed at.
17% → 25% is worth about a stroke a round on its own, and it needs no swing change at all — just a start line you trust.
281 → 295 yd moves a stack of approaches out of the 18% band and into the 68–80% bands. Same swing, more speed.
The strike is trustworthy, so the woods come back into play off the tee and the block moves to where the yards live — body, speed, and a 3-wood you'd hit on any hole. The 200–220 shot stops being a decision and becomes a club.
We don't add anything. Same thesis, fewer variables: bridge swing only, one club, and we find out whether it's the top, the width or the low point that isn't cooperating. Two weeks on one position beats four positions half-learned.
A stroke a round from 10–15 ft is banked and left alone — no more putting work. The full hour goes back to the strike, and the play-by rules stay in force until it lands. Scoring doesn't wait for the swing.
You've spent a year proving you can score without your best stuff. This block is about the other half — building the shot that means you don't have to.