Golf Thread

Yeah, it's not been great :p

Got quite wet yesterday, if it wasn't already organised (and xmas lunch paid for) I might've bailed tbh. Trying to avoid the crazy playing in all conditions mentality of the last few years... Don't mind when the ground is wet but actually raining is meh. Even if I've got better wet weather gear now so it wasn't 'that' bad it's just not fun.

Vaguely on that note I actually used fairway mats again yesterday at Weston, not used them since the trip to Wales like 2 years ago now, found them much easier now and actually some benefits like not getting splattered with mud constantly :p There it was a £10 refundable deposit for the mat but thinking I may actually pickup a spurk or something to keep/use... Anyone havea ny reccomendations? Also can you choose to use them if the course isn't enforcing them, e.g. with preferred lies just put it down etc?
 
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Don’t think I’ve played since late September, weather hasn’t been the best in the Manchester area. Probably won’t play again until March, unfortunately.
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not great here in Ayrshire - raining for what feels like 2 weeks now

No golf in the forseeable future outside anyway
 
Appears good rounds are like buses, you wait all year and then two come along at once! Not only did I tie my PB, 84 for 41pts in the monthly stablefords, but for the first time ever I didn't make worse than bogey the whole round :D Final tally was 1 birdie, 4 pars and 13 bogeys, 42 out/42 back.
 
Was surprised to get out on the course this morning - it was damp underfoot but not as bad as I expected, but it was freezing fog so was well wrapped up

Things are definitely starting to click with another +1 for 13 holes (couple guys had to head off early so we made an early decision to miss a few holes out)

Tee game is getting there, even with some decent distance despite the cold, 3rd hole was 270yds and I had some others that were 250+ so I am looking forward to warmer weather with former fairways

Putting is always a lottery at this time of the year, but zero 3 putts was good to manage
 
Played each of the last four weekdays, ending with my best ever round today. Really feel like the new irons are settling in, but my back was a bit tired by the fourth round and I was snatching at a few of the longer irons. Putting was much better today, which is absolutely the worst part of my game.

I feel like a bit of a computer game character at times though, as if I've only got a certain amount of attribute points to spread around my game... and when I get noticeably better at one aspect of my game, another part of it falls apart. It was my driving today. What a mess.

As part of ordering some new irons, I decided to invest in a 60° wedge. Not used one before this year and it's quickly becoming my go-to club when in a spot of bother - I also find it helps get my general iron play, once I hit a couple of poorer shots, back on track once I use it.

Anyway, now that I'm getting into the game again I've decided a bit of future-proofing is in order. My six year old son has had a football season ticket with me since he was one year old, so we can go to games together. I've now bought him his first set of golf clubs last weekend and had a go on the range. He managed to clock up a 100 yard drive (not carry obviously!)! The plan is for he and I to be able to head out on the course together in a few years time.

As he went to sleep on Saturday night he mumbled "Dad... I love golf"
 
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no golf for me for a while. Knee is giving me constant issues and I think I've got it in my head now that it's gone and I can't physically swing through the ball any more, last round I played was quite poor, kept toping it as I couldn't rotate so it was all hands and arms like a duffer would play. Going to work on building up the strength in the next few months and hopefully that will get me back where I need to be at least physically, I can work on some drills to hopefully get it into my head that it's ok to swing properly again later.
 
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