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Out for the usual Friday golf today, playing the comp, Stableford again this week (next week is Medal off the white tees). Kinda wish I could play on Wednesdays cause the tees are way easier mid-week 
But, wouldn't have made that much difference as I played pretty terribly, no idea what I scored stableford but it won't be much, 112 strokeplay. Hit some nice shots, even linked some together for a few holes (1 par and 5 bogeys isn't bad), 'ok' fairway and GIR stats, kinda poor putting but the big issue was wayward tee shots and some silly mistakes getting into bunkers etc. Just meh overall.
Planning to play tomorrow same course, Sunday is Shrivenham with the society stableford and Tuesday is St. Pierre Stableford with Golfpairs. Busy few days and hoping I find my game somewhere tomorrow...
But, wouldn't have made that much difference as I played pretty terribly, no idea what I scored stableford but it won't be much, 112 strokeplay. Hit some nice shots, even linked some together for a few holes (1 par and 5 bogeys isn't bad), 'ok' fairway and GIR stats, kinda poor putting but the big issue was wayward tee shots and some silly mistakes getting into bunkers etc. Just meh overall.
Planning to play tomorrow same course, Sunday is Shrivenham with the society stableford and Tuesday is St. Pierre Stableford with Golfpairs. Busy few days and hoping I find my game somewhere tomorrow...
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Crazy how certain aspects of your game rise and fall in relation to each other. My bunker play these past few weeks has been incredible. Catching the sand perfectly every time, always comfortable in my stance and getting some lovely releases out to within 8 feet on some vicious greens. My approach game however has been atrocious. Catching things fat and landing short or not judging the greens appropriately and getting some nasty kicks I really should have foreseen. You couldn't have paid me to hit a decent 56 on Wednesday. Just reverted back to bumping anything that was 50/60 yards out.
Regardless, getting perilously close to breaking 90 now. Shot 93 mid week which I was really chuffed with. Think the dry spell we've had is absolutely helping as I'm not the longest hitter and the rollout is doing me no end of favors.
Regardless, getting perilously close to breaking 90 now. Shot 93 mid week which I was really chuffed with. Think the dry spell we've had is absolutely helping as I'm not the longest hitter and the rollout is doing me no end of favors.
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Yeah, everything just varies so much
I did a bunch of bunker practice a bit ago cause I was utterly awful and pretty sure I got better, doesn't help that the bunkers at Woodlands are pretty bad, distinct lack of sand :/ That one bunker did suck though, got it out with the first shot but not far enough and it rolled back down in 
Nice, the rollout definitely makes a huge difference, hit another 260+ drive today, and a bunch comfortably over 200, doesn't seem that long ago that I was really happy to get barely past 200 and now I'm way further, and obviously everything else is rolling out too
I did a bunch of bunker practice a bit ago cause I was utterly awful and pretty sure I got better, doesn't help that the bunkers at Woodlands are pretty bad, distinct lack of sand :/
That one bunker did suck though, got it out with the first shot but not far enough and it rolled back down in Nice, the rollout definitely makes a huge difference, hit another 260+ drive today, and a bunch comfortably over 200, doesn't seem that long ago that I was really happy to get barely past 200 and now I'm way further, and obviously everything else is rolling out too
Funny old day - not hit a ball in about 3 weeks nearly (need a rest mentally from golf) - Showed on first 2 holes... 
After that played very solid - Big stick (driver) didn't find many fairways but was long enough and in light semi rough most of the time it was playable. Course has firmed up a lot in last couple of weeks.....
Putted well.... Birdie on 5 was lucky - was probably going 6-8ft past hole from about 35ft but smashed the flag and dropped in.
Still 77 gross will be another cut so into the 6's tomorrow for first time in my life.... (currently 7.0)
After that played very solid - Big stick (driver) didn't find many fairways but was long enough and in light semi rough most of the time it was playable. Course has firmed up a lot in last couple of weeks.....
Putted well.... Birdie on 5 was lucky - was probably going 6-8ft past hole from about 35ft but smashed the flag and dropped in.
Still 77 gross will be another cut so into the 6's tomorrow for first time in my life.... (currently 7.0)
Had a rather interesting weekend of golf, I receive my fitted taylormade stealth’s irons about 2 weeks ago. Played 3 rounds this weekend in total on the first round my 7i head just came flying off, narrowly missed one of my group and flew off into some long rough, all 4 of us spent about 30 minutes trying to find it letting a few groups through and we just could not find it anywhere. I didn’t even ground the club or anything was a pretty smooth hit, none of us in my group recall me taking any bad ground shots either to have loosened it.
Very disappointed with Taylormade, just took them all back to AG for them to be returned, checked then fixed or replaced. Guy in there today said he had someone bring back an m4 PW for the same issue a few weeks back so it’s really shunted my confidence in their QA. Will be no golf for me for a few weeks at list which will suck but I’ll just get some more range time in with my driver and wood I guess. I’d hope for more than apology as it could have been some serious damage to someone being struck by a chunk of metal going 100mph.
The 3 rounds I played where very up and down too, played a new course to me (Ruddington grange) and hit a beautiful drive off the first tee (par 4), probably one of my best drives to date followed it up with a nice chip onto the green and preceded to 3 putt as I didn’t really have time to practice on the green and sent my first putt miles back out the other side. Carried on playing well for a while till I lost my club head then I lost all confidence in my irons as I just kept thinking what if it happens again.
All 3 rounds I played I just had the worry in my end and I was playing without my 7i which is probably my most used club in the bag.
Not entirely sure what I want to happen, I know it’s a very rare thing to happen so I’d like to give them a chance but hearing others have bought recent clubs back to that same store makes me wonder if I should just reject and go for ping g430s instead which were my second choice. That would mean even longer without clubs though. Alternative push AG/TM to maybe throw in a free hybrid or something as an apology for the issues.
Very disappointed with Taylormade, just took them all back to AG for them to be returned, checked then fixed or replaced. Guy in there today said he had someone bring back an m4 PW for the same issue a few weeks back so it’s really shunted my confidence in their QA. Will be no golf for me for a few weeks at list which will suck but I’ll just get some more range time in with my driver and wood I guess. I’d hope for more than apology as it could have been some serious damage to someone being struck by a chunk of metal going 100mph.
The 3 rounds I played where very up and down too, played a new course to me (Ruddington grange) and hit a beautiful drive off the first tee (par 4), probably one of my best drives to date followed it up with a nice chip onto the green and preceded to 3 putt as I didn’t really have time to practice on the green and sent my first putt miles back out the other side. Carried on playing well for a while till I lost my club head then I lost all confidence in my irons as I just kept thinking what if it happens again.
All 3 rounds I played I just had the worry in my end and I was playing without my 7i which is probably my most used club in the bag.
Not entirely sure what I want to happen, I know it’s a very rare thing to happen so I’d like to give them a chance but hearing others have bought recent clubs back to that same store makes me wonder if I should just reject and go for ping g430s instead which were my second choice. That would mean even longer without clubs though. Alternative push AG/TM to maybe throw in a free hybrid or something as an apology for the issues.
Played my society game today, they keep their own handicaps and I was on 40, it "should've" been higher as the scores for the last round which I struggled at hadn't been entered/applied, anyway the ground is a lot drier now and I've been largely playing ok so decided to play my 'joker' (one round a year, declared in advance, doubles score basically)...
Best round to date
strokeplay wise it was 96, +27, first time ever under 100
Front nine was also a 46 so best ever 9 as well.
Stableford that was 49, got the win (although second was 45!), our team won as well with 3 of the 4 scoring >40
Good day all around It wasn't even that clean really just recovered well when I did make a poor shot, kept my head down and putted well. 1.8 putts average, 3 pars, 7 bogeys.
Got the golfpairs comp at St. Pierre in Mathern on Tuesday, gonna try to get to the range tomorrow as I was a bit off with my irons generally, leaking right, but on the basis of that it might actually be ok
Best round to date
strokeplay wise it was 96, +27, first time ever under 100 Front nine was also a 46 so best ever 9 as well.
Stableford that was 49, got the win (although second was 45!), our team won as well with 3 of the 4 scoring >40
Good day all around
It wasn't even that clean really just recovered well when I did make a poor shot, kept my head down and putted well. 1.8 putts average, 3 pars, 7 bogeys.Got the golfpairs comp at St. Pierre in Mathern on Tuesday, gonna try to get to the range tomorrow as I was a bit off with my irons generally, leaking right, but on the basis of that it might actually be ok
Just watched/finished watching the highlights of the US Open...
Rickie! No... Kind of a shame but really good to see him up there and playing well for 3 days at least, comes across as a really nice guy.
Also Rory got close, for a change recently.
Kind of a shame but really good to see him up there and playing well for 3 days at least, comes across as a really nice guy.Also Rory got close, for a change recently.
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A good weekend of golf to report.
Started off with a range session on Thursday. Wasn't entirely convinced with my swing especially my irons but I put it down to me trying to swing to hard.
Fast forward to the Saturday and I played a round against my father in law. Started off unreal with 3 bogeys, a birdie and a par to open up a 8 stroke lead. Only to give back 3 of those with back to back quad bogeys. I then messed up simple putts to turn a par into a bogey and anouther par into a double bogey. Rest of the round remained steady but the heat and humidity made it hard going.
Finished the round with a 94, my lowest score to date. Had some nice drives although a little flat in places and my chipping was on fire with some unreal flop shots over bunkers to land it within a few feet on the pin. Unfortunately my putting deserted me at crucial times along with some fatigue due to the heat cost me breaking 90.
Anyway I'm still happy with the score, beat the father in law by 2 strokes and had my handicap cut by two for the successive week.
Onto Tuesday's lesson, just not sure what to work on. Maybe putting as I've never had any tuition regarding that aspect of the game. Would be interested to know if any of you guys have had any experiences regarding this aspect.
Started off with a range session on Thursday. Wasn't entirely convinced with my swing especially my irons but I put it down to me trying to swing to hard.
Fast forward to the Saturday and I played a round against my father in law. Started off unreal with 3 bogeys, a birdie and a par to open up a 8 stroke lead. Only to give back 3 of those with back to back quad bogeys. I then messed up simple putts to turn a par into a bogey and anouther par into a double bogey. Rest of the round remained steady but the heat and humidity made it hard going.
Finished the round with a 94, my lowest score to date. Had some nice drives although a little flat in places and my chipping was on fire with some unreal flop shots over bunkers to land it within a few feet on the pin. Unfortunately my putting deserted me at crucial times along with some fatigue due to the heat cost me breaking 90.
Anyway I'm still happy with the score, beat the father in law by 2 strokes and had my handicap cut by two for the successive week.
Onto Tuesday's lesson, just not sure what to work on. Maybe putting as I've never had any tuition regarding that aspect of the game. Would be interested to know if any of you guys have had any experiences regarding this aspect.
Congratulations on breaking 100, always a nice milestone.Played my society game today, they keep their own handicaps and I was on 40, it "should've" been higher as the scores for the last round which I struggled at hadn't been entered/applied, anyway the ground is a lot drier now and I've been largely playing ok so decided to play my 'joker' (one round a year, declared in advance, doubles score basically)...
Best round to date
Front nine was also a 46 so best ever 9 as well.
Stableford that was 49, got the win (although second was 45!), our team won as well with 3 of the 4 scoring >40
Good day all around
Got the golfpairs comp at St. Pierre in Mathern on Tuesday, gonna try to get to the range tomorrow as I was a bit off with my irons generally, leaking right, but on the basis of that it might actually be ok
Well done guys some good golf this weekend.
Blimey feel for Rory, I watched the front 9 last night and just had a feeling it was going to be de ja vu from st Andrews. It's bound to happen for him at some point. Amazing stuff from Wyndham to see it through.
Won my knockout tie on Saturday with a good 3&2 victory. Played some really good stuff and went round the full 18 in 78 (+7 gross) off the whites, course handicap was 9.
Decided to bench the Rogue ST Max driver as everything has wanted to go left recently, and brought the TM stealth out for the tie. Hit every fairway on the front 9 and missed 3 on the back 9, and on those holes I ended up birdying them!
Blimey feel for Rory, I watched the front 9 last night and just had a feeling it was going to be de ja vu from st Andrews. It's bound to happen for him at some point. Amazing stuff from Wyndham to see it through.
Won my knockout tie on Saturday with a good 3&2 victory. Played some really good stuff and went round the full 18 in 78 (+7 gross) off the whites, course handicap was 9.
Decided to bench the Rogue ST Max driver as everything has wanted to go left recently, and brought the TM stealth out for the tie. Hit every fairway on the front 9 and missed 3 on the back 9, and on those holes I ended up birdying them!
Tough game tonight in Foursomes - playing a couple of young lads of 0 and +1 !!
Good game - we got 7 shots (should be 8 but due to course works happening one of the holes is out of play and deemed halved for matchplay purposes - that was a shot hole for us!!!)
Anyway - real close game all the way - All square after we won 13 and 14... I lost a ball with a bad swing off the tee on 15th - gave them the hole, they lost a ball on 16th after going for the big tee shot over the burn at around 270 yards.... we then lost 17th after putting one on the water.
18th par 5.... We made a miraculous par after twice being blocked out behind trees.... but they canned a 15ft putt for a par 5 as well to win 1 up.
All this whilst my mates putter had a bit of the face fall off so he had to use mine for the last 9 holes....
Good game but no repeat of last years win in the doubles final....
Good game - we got 7 shots (should be 8 but due to course works happening one of the holes is out of play and deemed halved for matchplay purposes - that was a shot hole for us!!!)
Anyway - real close game all the way - All square after we won 13 and 14... I lost a ball with a bad swing off the tee on 15th - gave them the hole, they lost a ball on 16th after going for the big tee shot over the burn at around 270 yards.... we then lost 17th after putting one on the water.
18th par 5.... We made a miraculous par after twice being blocked out behind trees.... but they canned a 15ft putt for a par 5 as well to win 1 up.
All this whilst my mates putter had a bit of the face fall off so he had to use mine for the last 9 holes....
Good game but no repeat of last years win in the doubles final....
Not hit a ball in 3 weeks, shoots 77. Me, right now.
It's an impressive score card, so envious of the steadyness of it. Teaches a nice lesson on the relative (un)importance of FIR, too!
Had my third lesson yesterday. Swing had fallen apart these past 4-6 weeks, or so, and went down a rabbit hole that was making it worse. Stripped things backs, tweaked my posture, and adjusted my feel for how my hips rotate in the takeaway (to get my trail hip moving back and up, rather than my lead hip forward and down), and I was striping it; my 'after' videos were showing a massive improvement in my rotation through impact (removing my flippy tendancy), which was a great bonus.
Need to drill this all in while it's still fresh, and will hopefully be back to making progress.
Thanks....
I think whilst my swing has improved, and subsequently my handicap - Biggest improvement for me over last 2/3 years has been mentally.
Nothing bothers me anymore on the course/about my game.
I'm going to hit bad shots/make bad swings - that's part of the game..... But just don't make bad decisions that lead to bad swings/shots. If I make a good decision but make a bad swing/shot - that's fine.....
I used to carry bad shots/missed putts/bad breaks with me for the next 3 or 4 holes - still frustrated about it - now, it's gone - forget it. That round the other day was a classic..... bogie/double start - once I got on 3rd tee, those holes before don't matter as i can't change them - make a good decision, make a good swing and get on with it.
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