As it is nearing the end of daylight savings in Australia, it is an ideal time to log my progress over summer. The reason i thought i would do this is to remind me next summer what i have worked on. Unfortunately due to work commitments once daylight savings finishes my practice sessions become a lot less frequent. I started summer working on becoming more left side dominant as playing tennis for so long i tend to take over on the right side, which is great when i need to hook it around trees but costs me consistency. I also wanted to improve my short game as my up and down percentage was quite low. I started by trying to hit shots with my left hand on the club only with a stronger grip (3 knuckles). About two months ago i started to hit what we call toe to toe shots (half swings concentrating on toe up on the backswing to toe up on the follow through). Through December and January i made little progress score wise but felt i was pretty close. I had the occasional good round and hovered between a 7 and 8 handicap. I think i was putting to much pressure on myself as i was playing one good nine or i would be 1 over after 12 or 13 and struggle to break 80. If i look at my past 8 weeks i have learnt that you must persist and that it takes quite a lot longer than anticipated for something to change. I read somewhere that it took Tiger two years to change his swing to a point where he was happy with it again. This gave me hope, considering the amount of time Tiger spends practising compared to myself, my frustration of practising but actually getting worse began to subside. In my last 8 competition rounds i have shot 76,76,74,82,79,80,83 and last week for the first time ever parred the course with a 72. My handicap has reduced in this period from 8.0 to 5.6, my lowest ever handicap. I am now looking at making the pennant side this winter qualify and play in some state comps (play against the best players in the state) as well as my local ones.The keys for me has been my improvement in ball striking with my irons allowing me to be more confident with my club selection. I hope those regular posters from the UK and US have a successful summer like i have.