Nephew finally tied me this morning, partially because he had a good round for him and a lot because I had a terrible one. I noticed lately I've been holding the club too far out from my body and bending over too much, causing me to come across the ball. I worked on fixing that this week, and it makes a huge difference when I hit the ball cleanly, but I'm not hitting it cleanly as much because I'm still getting used to the new stance. I need a couple practice range sessions. So today was just one of those days where nothing went right. First hole - Usually play a 7-iron, decided to go 6 because the pin and tee placement were both making the hole longer, hit it pure and flew the green completely Second hole - Hit a pretty good one that was about to land pin-high in the light rough just to the right of the green on the same side as the pin, plunked the only tree on the hole and got send back 30 yards short Third hole - Took three tries to get out of the tee box after striping every drive in warmups Fourth hole - Only par of the day Fifth hole - Decent drive, flubbed first approach, hit a good second approach but it catches the wrong part of the green and slopes off. Respectable bogey. Sixth hole - Hit the greenside bunker, first time I've had trouble getting out of a bunker since my first week golfing. Seventh hole - Play my usual club for this hole, catch it pure with the new swing, fly the green by 40 yards and into a creek that isn't even meant to be in play for that hole Eighth - Thought I stuck it in the middle of the green, hops back after it lands and spins back to the false front, rolls off entirely. Pitch shot almost goes in but rolls through. Dangerous downhill putt from the fringe, I try to barely hit it, it still rolls all the way back down. Ninth - Weird mishit. Made like a weird deep thunk sound, went high and maybe 50% of the distance I intended. Maybe hit the top edge of the club instead of the face? Flubbed first chip too. Ended up about 8 shots worse than I've been averaging out there. No big deal, still had fun with nephew. I'm excited about the new swing. I was really getting a clean, straight ball flight even on my drives in warmups. Should help a ton with my distance problems.