關於愛，我是個小學生。

The cloudy afternoon, the very one on March 18, as cloudy as my mood, when I tried Dondi's D2 with stiff shaft, to see my carry and trajectory. It turned out that there still was a 'good carry' between his lie and mine, 30 yards or so, which made me totally discouraged. Can't I use stiff club yet? Why does it remain such a great gap with a driver, his ball was on the middle net while mine at the bottom? Is there anything wrong with my swing? Not a case, if it were a misunderstanding to watch my ball land over 200 yards with a 3 iron. But why is the carry of 3 wood longer than that of a D2? I wondered that for a while, staying mute and confused at the range...

Then after a few tries, I noticed the gimmick. To hit a driver or long woods well needs more a consistant take-up and grip pressure, rather than hit with them HARD. Hardness means rigidness of my torso and thus means the slow-down of my swing, with hardened arms and wrists. I always forgot what Ernie tirelessly focused: 'I hit with a driver as hard as with a niner.' Indeed, he turns his supple body with smoothness, which will make his take-up more and thus stronger torq. 

So the factor of my weak driving distance no. 1: Tighened body and arms, too much grip pressure, which hinder the smooth follow-through that will enable faster club head speed. 你長虹經天、榮馬現蹄了沒？

When I use a wood, I mostly neglect the inner path of my right hand and forget to keep my right wrist cocked as possible right before the impact. What is worse, I also forget to keep my hands within the line from my nose to the ground, which would be devastating to make a big slice. Each club's path is different, yet the path of both hands is about the same, never over the imaginary line from the nose virtically downward to the ground. The path of hands determine the path of club head, while the path of club heads deterimines the power and the path of the ball.

So the factor of my weak driving distance no. 2: The neglect of the steady down swing path of both hands, namely, the overlook of hitting the ball with the hands, rather than with the falling down of the right elbow. 你寶鴨獨立、八色長虹了沒？

Since I didn't carry out the said 2 issues, I hit poorly. So I cared the consequence of each swing. Hence I watched the ball abruptly before the club went sheer down at the impact, too early to come about to a jerky finish. And my ball sliced. And I cared the next shot even more. And the lousy result continues...

So the factor of my weak driving distance no. 3: The unableness of proper head stay. 你笑盡英雄了沒？

十四未成，何以能榮？恥矣！

Later, I calmed myself down, taking a deep breath and trying to retrieve my regular tempo and proper power, and I saw a vitreous prism refracting some excellent hue emerging out of the valedictory net.