Golf Thread

Out as usual today and actually played a reasonable round of golf, feels like it's been too long :p Nothing spectacular but 85 at Shrivenham (par 68 off the blue/winter tees though), feels like it's been a whilst since I broke 90 even!

I couldn't play on Friday cause of the rain but had a rain session and kinda randomly decided to try the ol' 2 Iron (Srixon ZU85 'driving iron' I've had for almost 2 years now) and was actually hitting it decently, put it in the bag for today and hit some really nice shots with it, only carrying ~170 but with the ball flight into wind it's nice to have in the bag.

Also out yesterday but that was nothing to write home about :p

Think I've decided on the Ping Hoofer Monsoon bag, it doesn't tick all my boxes but it seems nothing does :p Was gonna get a Titleist Players 4/5 StaDry but heard bad things about the legs after a bit of use and given I golf constantly that changed my mind... Gonna try and get it early in the week as I'm playing Cumberwell Park this week and it looks rainy... Today was meant to rain so ended up using my trolley as my interim pencil bag doesn't even have a rain hood.

So, 2026 goals:
  • Play 4 new Royal courses
  • Practice once a week (on average probably but ideally try to make once per week...)
  • Swing speed >100mph with the Driver, third year in a row, sure to happen this time :p
  • Following in Booyaka's footsteps gonna set myself a birdie target, was initially thinking 75 but maybe too high for where my game is at, 50 would be 1 in every 4 rounds ish average (assuming I do the same ~200 rounds a year) which seems doable?
  • Actually achieve my goals this year :cry:
 
Frustrating day for me yesterday.....hit a basket of balls at the range and felt fine. Back started to seize up as the day went on and I woke up this morning with all the signs of my slipped disc being aggravated - reduced range of movement and pain in the area of the disc

Got an appointment booked with my physio but hopefully meds will help settle things between now and my appointment, but looking like no golf for a couple weeks for me

Just pleased it is still bad weather and I am not missing course time as ours has been closed all weekend
 
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Good stuff from the new PGA commissioner... Going on the offence and opening the door to basically the only others who qualify - Rahm / Cam Smith / Bryson
 
It'll be interesting to see if anyone takes the opportunity... I could easily see Rahm doing it and maybe Bryson tbh not sure how long their contracts with LIV have left, especially Rahm, you'd expect for that much cash they've got him locked in :p
 
booyaka said:
Well that's coming up on nearly 4 weeks now - both courses on either winter greens or as per last 4 days - completely closed due to water logged.

Crazy stuff....

Back to indoor sim at some point this week.
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I always find January/February the hardest months, especially up in the north. The snow this week has just screwed everything. Luckily one of my friends has built himself a sim room and offers to have us round a couple of nights a week, it's a lot easier to keep the long game going this time of year.

I put a lot of hours into my short game last year though and kinda miss the practice grind getting up and down around the green, so hard to do int he winter.
 
JamesH85 said:
I always find January/February the hardest months, especially up in the north. The snow this week has just screwed everything. Luckily one of my friends has built himself a sim room and offers to have us round a couple of nights a week, it's a lot easier to keep the long game going this time of year.

I put a lot of hours into my short game last year though and kinda miss the practice grind getting up and down around the green, so hard to do int he winter.
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Is Consett your home course? Never played there despite working in Shotley Bridge and Consett area for a couple years

A girl I worked with and her husband were members there but don't ask their names as I can't remember lol
 
TheCSSDoctor said:
Is Consett your home course? Never played there despite working in Shotley Bridge and Consett area for a couple years

A girl I worked with and her husband were members there but don't ask their names as I can't remember lol
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Yeah it's my home course, it not a nice course to carry I can assure you that :cry:
 
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