Golf Thread

A case of what could have been this morning, if only I'd had the putting from yesterday we could have ended up much better :( Oh well, that's golf for you as my irons were generally much better today!

There was no choice as to how the holes were played. We had very fancy custom scorecards, I guess part of the inbuilt functionality of HDID, for each pairing with the other pairing they were playing with on there. The order was fourballs, foursomes, greensomes. Shots for the foursomes were based on your individual playing handicap with the other holes based on an average of yours and your playing partners. As such we got more shots than I was expecting which was nice, if only we'd taken better advantage of them.

1st hole neither of us hit good enough tee shots to risk going for the green with our second. We both lay up and are on the green in three only I'm getting a shot and my partner isn't. I manage to three put going up the hill from around 13ft leaving my first two putts short, terrible. Partner two putts so we only score 1pt. 2nd hole again I'm nicely on in three getting a shot. My partner also on in three having sprayed his 4i right of the green and chipped on. This time above the hole I blast my first putt past and it's another three putt. Partner two putts for another point. This kind of summed my day with the putter although I did make a good two putt from range on the par three 4th for 3pts and holed a nice one for birdy on 17 after my partner had stuck the approach pin high right. Also struck a beauty of a 7w to around 6ft from 165ish on the 12th which my partner converted for birdy netting us 4pts.

Ended up with 37pts (16/21) which could so easily have been 5pts better just through my putting alone, never mind my partner who felt he didn't really find his swing till the back nine. The other pair we were out with scored 41pts, they left a couple points out there but definitely not as many as us. Lead score when I left was 43 points with about ten teams having finished. A really enjoyable format which I'd happily play again.

And to finish on a high note my handicap had actually gone down to 16.9 this morning. A new low and I've still got another two rounds before one of my good counters (a 15.2 differential) comes off so hopefully I can get it even lower :)
 
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Society game today at Shrivenham, started out a bit like the two games Thur/Fri where I didn't quite have my swing after the lesson and the grip change but starting to see some improvements, oddly mostly with my driver during the early holes.

By about the 13th though I really felt the iron striking was getting better, getting back to closing the face properly even with the 'weaker' grip, last hole was a nice finish with a 7 Iron onto the green (totalled 158, think the carry was ~150), dead straight and where I aimed so always nice :)

Might try to get to the range tomorrow to continue testing/getting used to the changes but happier after today than I was on Friday :p
 
Talk to me about winter shoes please. I've just pulled out my waterproof shoes that have been tucked away since winter and they look like they might not last this one. Looking for some spikes. Had a quick browse online but nothings took my fancy.
 
MR_Punk said:
Talk to me about winter shoes please. I've just pulled out my waterproof shoes that have been tucked away since winter and they look like they might not last this one. Looking for some spikes. Had a quick browse online but nothings took my fancy.
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Last winter I picked up some of the Adidas S2G Mid-Boots, I play a lot all through winter and some of that is basically wading through swamps and they did a pretty good job really. Never any grip issues, I do/did find the spikes wear out fairly quickly, especially the ones on the heel but I had a pack of spikes anyway so just replace them every now and again. It's also probably mostly me/my weight/gait that does that.

Still got them and plan to use them over this winter when necessary but also just picked up (I love shoes :p) some Adidas Codechaos 22, the idea was something for this time of year where it's a bit wet with dew and everything but not overly muddy so spikeless but waterproof and they're fantastic, but probably not gonna be too useful in a month or so's time when it's properly wet, already had a couple of moments where I stepped into a bit too much water and my socks got a bit wet.

Neither are particularly stylish/interesting but I like both for the function they serve :)
 
Been thinking for ages about getting a 7W, recently got a Callaway Pre-owned email with 20% off the Paradym woods so how could I refuse? Paradym 7W 'like new' for £163...

Got it today and took it to the range, seems to fit the gap my 3 hybrid sits in but different ball flight obviously, that's good as the plan was always for it to replace the 3h. Completely unnecessary obviously but shiny things are good :p

Robert896r1 said:
I have wide feet and high ridges so the only shoes that works for me are sketchers. Makes my decision easy
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How do you find them longevity wise? The first winter I played I got a set of Skechers but they just seemed a little bit poor, the linings inside the heel wore through in like 2-3 months got them replaced and it happened again but I couldn't be bothered with a replacement then another 4-6 months down the line they split on the waterproof outer and became not-at-all-waterproof, almost felt bad taking them back to the shop but they gave me a credit which I spent on those Adidas boots (+£15 or something)...

Kinda put me off Skechers but they were comfy!
 
SKILL said:
Been thinking for ages about getting a 7W, recently got a Callaway Pre-owned email with 20% off the Paradym woods so how could I refuse? Paradym 7W 'like new' for £163...

Got it today and took it to the range, seems to fit the gap my 3 hybrid sits in but different ball flight obviously, that's good as the plan was always for it to replace the 3h. Completely unnecessary obviously but shiny things are good :p



How do you find them longevity wise? The first winter I played I got a set of Skechers but they just seemed a little bit poor, the linings inside the heel wore through in like 2-3 months got them replaced and it happened again but I couldn't be bothered with a replacement then another 4-6 months down the line they split on the waterproof outer and became not-at-all-waterproof, almost felt bad taking them back to the shop but they gave me a credit which I spent on those Adidas boots (+£15 or something)...

Kinda put me off Skechers but they were comfy!
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Build quality sucks. If you try to replace the spikes it rips the housing and replacements fall out within a couple of holes. The edge of the shoes comes apart from the soles.

I won’t pay a premium for them so always get them on a deal. But yea they’re comfortable as can be :)
 
MR_Punk said:
Talk to me about winter shoes please. I've just pulled out my waterproof shoes that have been tucked away since winter and they look like they might not last this one. Looking for some spikes. Had a quick browse online but nothings took my fancy.
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I don't buy into the "waterproof" shoes/winter shoes. I have a couple of old pairs of Under Armour shoes which I use in the winter time - they are battered etc but do the job.

If it's pouring rain/soaking wet on the course - I just don't bother going out to play.... :cry:
 
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booyaka said:
I don't buy into the "waterproof" shoes/winter shoes. I have a couple of old pairs of Under Armour shoes which I use in the winter time - they are battered etc but do the job.

If it's pouring rain/soaking wet on the course - I just don't bother going out to play.... :cry:
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Sadly I wouldn't play for 5 months in my area. Course is pretty wet in places for half the year.
 
MR_Punk said:
Sadly I wouldn't play for 5 months in my area. Course is pretty wet in places for half the year.
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yeah - always an issue but personally I get no enjoyment/no interest if it's pouring with rain/trying to keep a brolly up/full waterproofs etc.

Rather go to the range / sim place or practice putting in the house than go out with 4 layers/soaking wet clubs etc..... but thats just me.
 
booyaka said:
yeah - always an issue but personally I get no enjoyment/no interest if it's pouring with rain/trying to keep a brolly up/full waterproofs etc.

Rather go to the range / sim place or practice putting in the house than go out with 4 layers/soaking wet clubs etc..... but thats just me.
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If its forecast constant rain I won't bother its just no fun.
 
Went to the range last night so did my first session with the speed sticks. Swinging on my non dominant side, let handed for me, was interesting :p Completely uncoordinated, first swing I took I forget to change my grip and nearly fell over! It feels really weird, be interesting to see how much I improve over time. Saw a Bryson video recently where he played leftie and he was hitting it almost as far as he does normally, incredible.
 
Another excellent video about course management, thoughts, practice etc.

"Golf is a series of independent events".... That is a fantastic way to summaries my personal biggest change in the last few years.... I'm very good at disassociating between shots....

Lots of great stuff in here...

 
Played on Friday for the first time in 3 weeks due to work commitments. Before hand was getting close to breaking 100. But on Friday I scored 112, wasn’t a bad round hopefully will see that score come down again in the next few weeks. The falling leaves definitely makes finding those stray balls a bit harder. :cry:

I see someone else asked about winter shoes, I am currently looking into buying some, for wet days. As my current shoes are definitely not water proof. The grass was very wet on Friday and my feet got sodding.
 
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So Thursday evening whilst the GF had her golf lesson I went on Hagley's GCQ launch monitor to play around with my driver and it's setting to see which is best suited to me and my inconstant driver swing.

All I can say is Titleist Surefit has some serious amount of settings :cry:
My consistent strike pattern was mm off centre towards the toe so placed my weight in T1 which is into the toe. Brought the spin down to av 2500rpm.
By the time I'd got this far I'd hit over 80 balls so was tired. Real test is going to be Thursday. As have the chance to play Envlille Golf Club which I'm hoping to join but need two member sponsors https://www.envillegolfclub.co.uk/

Just hope the weather holds off and my swing likes me that day :cry:
 
Played Elville today. The Highgate Course at 6491y playing off the Yellow tees.

What a test. I've never played out of hether before but it likes to grab the club :cry:
Did myself justice though with a score of 86. This included 3 x double bogies and an 8 on the par 5 9th. So overall I was really pleased.
oh and two of the Par 3s were almost 215y each. seriously long :eek:

the course was in stunning condition. So dry. I couldn't believe how much roll was on the fairway. and the greens only 10days being hollow tinned were rolling so well. They really look after the place.

Will play the Lodge course next time which is supposed to be a real test too.
 
Golf is something I have always wanted to get into but I've never known how.

For someone who is completely clueless on the game (but enjoy sports and being active and the nature of Gold appeals), where would be a good place to start?

Get a cheap set and head for a round (I live in Bristol and there seems to be a good choice in the area). Or book up some lessons (range?) and see if it for me? Is it expected I would have my own clubs?

Thanks
 
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