First off, I appreciate all the support I received even though my putting resembled Ray Charles driving NASCAR. I was having fun and made a few birdies after I adjusted, but my adjustment was way too slow.
More golf for Monte needed. I can say it’s all mental for me now.
My daughter is fine. No concussion, just a nasty bump. For those that didn’t see the update yesterday, that is why I WD’d.
On to today’s topic.
This year, I am going to do free clinics. My wife works for Southwest, so I can fly free and I can go about anywhere for the price of a hotel room and a rental car for a day.
If you can organize one in your area with a course willing to host it, promote it and get people there. Maybe the local PGA will sanction it for the local pros as part of their yearly class attendance. I will be entering the program soon as well.
I’ll come out there, bust some drives, hit a few trick shots, talk about golf and the swing, tell a few stories, answer questions and take a look at a few people’s swings.
Here are my motives. It’s fun to do, I want to make people better at golf and enjoy it more…and build “my brand.”
It is a win win for everyone. The course gets to bring traffic to their facility and provide a free service to the community. The golfers in that area will be exposed to the latest, simplest and best 
ideas about the swing and golf instruction out there.
I get exposure.
Spread the word.
Email me if you are interested and have a facility in mind.
monte.scheinblum@yahoo.com
Posted by Bob on January 20, 2012 at 4:13 am
I will check today about coming to NE Ohio in May or June, and get back to you with some open dates. Thanks Monte!
Posted by Wally on January 20, 2012 at 5:17 am
Monte look up the villages in central florida, their website is http://www.thevillages.com.
Nine championship, thirty executive(with 200yd par 3′s). 504 holes of golf. 70000+ residents.
Posted by Exilgolfer on January 20, 2012 at 7:21 am
Does Southwest fly to Sweden? I’ll get you a lot of people
Posted by Monte Scheinblum on January 20, 2012 at 8:00 am
No. If you guys flew me in and put me up in a hotel would come.
Posted by cdnmike on January 20, 2012 at 9:02 am
Monte,
How many over par were you when you WDed yesterday? I see that -1 is the number that you would have had to shoot.
Mike
Posted by Monte Scheinblum on January 20, 2012 at 9:32 am
Plus 5 with 8 to play.
Three 3 putts, a 4 putt and an OB in the first 7 holes will get you a few over.
Sad too, because the shots that usually give me trouble on that course I got through.
The putting was dumb. Not bad putting, just not adjusting to a shorter stroke for the faster greens.
Posted by cdnmike on January 20, 2012 at 10:13 am
Just remember when you are playing next Thursday that you don’t have to go super low to make it to the next stage. I bet around -1 makes it all the time. Par is a good score.
Posted by Monte Scheinblum on January 20, 2012 at 10:32 am
I have no preconceptions about score. I am working on getting comfortable and getting out of my own way.
If do those things, what happened yesterday turns into a qualifying score.
As far as your question from a previous post..I am doing the Tour qualifyings because they are close. LA and San Diego are less than an hour drive to those events and Phoenix, i can visit a friend and try that one for the price of a rental car.
I need to get comfortable playing tournament golf again. Since 2008 I have played in 5 or 6 total.
I am not putting poorly, just wasn’t prepared.
Like I said, it’s all mental for me. It sounds dumb, but I am good enough today to qualify and make the cut in a Tour event physically.
I am not good enough mentally to win a $2 nassau against a 5 handicvap even up on some days…LOL.
I am going to shoot some 75s, 78s and 80s when the course is setup tough and will just shoot 67 one day and I will be fine from there on. I need to do it once to remember how easy it is. Because a lot of failure in the past has made it seem hard.
Like I said…mental.
Posted by cdnmike on January 20, 2012 at 10:40 am
I understand that. Hard to get over the mental part with limited reps though. I guess that’s what I was referring to. Playing a few tournament rounds a year won’t get it done.
When the tournament rounds are rare, the rounds become a big deal.
Posted by Monte Scheinblum on January 20, 2012 at 10:56 am
You understand perfectly. That is exactly it. I will get past it, but will struggle until then. It’s part of the process, just like when I speak about swing changes.
You make the proper effort and you get better at some point.
Posted by woody on January 20, 2012 at 9:27 am
I hope these clinics get taped. I just watched a good clinic by Moe Norman on Youtube, 49 minutes. Later, you might want to make them (or excerpts) available for pay.
Natural Golf had a buyout, and people who now own the rights to some Moe videos have removed them from Youtube, available now only to subscribers. They’ve taken down over a half-hour’s worth of Moe, that I know of.
Posted by projectscratch on January 20, 2012 at 2:37 pm
The question is Monte, would you have left to tend to your daughter had you been -5 instead of +5? Just kidding, glad to hear she is OK. I always freak out when my son gets a boo boo too.
Posted by Monte Scheinblum on January 20, 2012 at 2:43 pm
I probably would have because klunked the same exact spot and had a bruise about 10 days ago.