Team Lifestyle

Brody Fischer experienced plenty of ups and downs during his time in Arizona and now he’s ready to head home to Indiana to begin the summer tour season.

The benefits of spending the winter in a warmer climate extended beyond the ability to play golf every day and continue the work on his game.

“Being able to play golf all year has been a blessing,” Fischer said. “Not everyone gets the best of the weather in the Midwest and the best of the weather in the West. The goal of playing year-round is to keep the swing in shape and work on my game as much as possible, preparing for the summer events.”

Fischer’s scores in the three events played in Arizona weren’t accurate reflections of his golf ability.

“I will say, and it is tough to admit this, the last few months have been frustrating on the golf course,” Fischer said. “I wouldn’t call this winter a failure or waste of time because I have learned a lot from my golf game and myself, but I cannot recall a time that it was this hard to score and post a low tournament number.”

The good news is Fischer has learned from his mistakes.

“Each tournament has posed a new challenge for me,” he said. “One week I will be hitting the ball great off the tee and missing greens and the next I might be a little wayward with my drives, but make up for it with scrambling and good putting.”

Fischer’s father and coach, John Fischer, spent a week out in Arizona to help fine-tune some aspects of Fischer’s game.

That helped Fischer relax on the course and off of it.

“It was great to have him out here for the week,” Fischer said. “We went for morning walks and even hiked a little bit. Most importantly, we had a lot of time to work on the few things in my golf swing that have needed attention.”

That work involved developing a consistent stroke throughout the flight of the club.

“We worked a lot on swinging down the line throughout and after impact and really keeping the club going towards the target instead of swinging out across the line, losing speed and causing an inconsistent ball flight,” Fischer said. “With the old path I could time it right by either catching up with my hands or lower body. This caused the ball to come off the club face inconsistently if I didn’t time everything just right.”

With the improved path, Fischer’s club face is square at impact and he doesn’t have to worry about his hands catching up when the club contacts the ball.

“Everything is in a much better place at impact,” he said.

Fischer also spent time on his short game and revisited many of the fundamentals more experienced golfers tend to overlook.

“A lot of what we are working on starts before the golf swing is even made and that is the posture,” Fischer said. “Without a great posture and set up golf is that much harder and we all know how hard of a game it is, so starting in the right position is a major key. I personally feel like I have gotten away from some of my fundamentals and instead of getting back to basics I have tried to force things or do things that are uncomfortable.”

Fischer is scheduled to compete in the Louisiana Web.com qualifier on March 20. He’ll begin the 16-hour trip on Friday, March 17 and meet up with his caddie, Riley Keagle, on Saturday. They’ll walk the course together on Saturday and take some notes in preparation for Fischer’s practice round on Sunday.

“I am really looking forward to kicking off the Web.com season,” Fischer said. “The time is now and I couldn’t be more ready.”