Lessons at Sea
Last October my wife and I went on a wonderful 7 day cruise just to get away from it all. I loved the sea days, sit on the balcony and relax just watching the ocean miles from nowhere. It is nice to let your mind relax and just to sit quietly doing nothing. Some call it meditation or sitting sanzen. I call it veggin out! 
As I sit watching the waves I saw a family of dolphins keeping pace with the ship – 3 of them a large one and two smaller ones jumping out of the water as we chugged along. I saw birds coasting along just above the water moving just as fast as we were. It was wonderful. My wife on the other hand watched from inside the room and after 2 days of inactivity she… well lets just say sitting quietly meditating is not her way of enjoyment. On this cruise was a golf instructor, now for some of you this is not news but for me it was very awesome. The only cruise I have been on before this was a 3 day excursion to Ensenada and back. So this was unique to get to practice driving out in the ocean. He was setting up the day trips to Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island. Man I wish I had known that was available. But my wife still does not understand the fascination of chasing a small ball around the park and dropping it in a hole – for 4 hours at a time. So as I said I wanted to take that day trip she put the kibosh on that Idea. But I did get some great instruction. This guy got me to keep the ball in the same place no matter what club I was using. Basically center of stance and just adjust how close you are based on club length. Now I have been taught to put the ball in the back of the stance on driver and long irons and move it closer to the center front as I got to short irons. His point was that you are trying to make the same stroke each time – muscle memory- a repeatable movement that you can duplicate each time you address the ball. Well that made so much sense to me and after a while on the driving range with various clubs I could really feel the value of that concept. Keep the ball the same place so you hit it at the same point in your swing every time and let the club do its job. Well this has helped the consistency of my game so it was well worth the time to learn. Man I had fun. Just wish I could have made it to the course in Jamaica I heard that it was both beautiful and tough! Oh well next time I’ll go and give my wife enough money and shopping malls to go crazy!
Talk to you soon again, and remember
ENJOY! treat this as if its the only life you get 
Mark-
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