Golf Thread

MR_Punk said:
My chipping is by no means amazing but I found that my biggest improvement came when I started to enjoy chipping and not fear it. Practice it, practice it some more and then practice some more, try different shots but enjoy the good ones.
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I don't usually fear it, kinda the opposite, I'll chip from a foot off the green where the conventional advice is 'a bad putt is better than a bad chip', practice it a bunch too...

But today I just kept thinning them, over and over and over again. I know it's just a 'off day' thing and I'm sure it'll be fine tomorrow :)
 
Well that's Rockliffe ticked off the list and I was really impressed with the course. As esK says the weather was cold and the winds were pretty strong today but somehow I've managed to have my best round ever (differential wise). We chose to go off the whites as they were the furthers tee boxes back out. Quite a long course and the wind was brutal in places. Walked off with a 79 which was a differential of 3.9 so I'm delighted. Previous best was 6.5 so it's a massive jump. I got into trouble a couple of times and went into the water twice so to only finish 7 over I'm really chuffed. I will be going back in the summer. As mentioned previously I had a look at where the gold tees would be and wow talk about back in the sticks. Had a rough work out and I should be a 8.2 handicapper in the morning when My England Golf updates.
 
Drove the 45 minutes to Lyme Regis yesterday, ordered my breakfast Eggs benedict (don't judge me!) But it was so nice! Got a phone call half way through eating and was told by our clubs office that Lyme only had 9 holes open that day! Gutted. Quick drive back to Weymouth an managed to get a full 18 in.
 
I was conisdering "mallet" putter, just to give me that little more forgivness on mishits, and I came accross this 2-Ball Ten on GolfClubs4Cash, great condition, minimal wear on one part, so very pleased. The only thing was no headcover with it, so bought one on Amazon anyways.

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I love me a mallet putter, I was fortunate to get a 2nd hand Scotty Cameron Phantom X 12.5 off a mate. Love the milled face but wish it was an inch longer. It has a Stability shaft in it and they cost a small fortune to replace so I have to stick to a 34" length.
 
esK` said:
I love me a mallet putter, I was fortunate to get a 2nd hand Scotty Cameron Phantom X 12.5 off a mate. Love the milled face but wish it was an inch longer. It has a Stability shaft in it and they cost a small fortune to replace so I have to stick to a 34" length.
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Yeah, I hit some putts once unboxed and it felt so nice off the face. Effortless to putt with, with that heavy head.
 
Zeebedy said:
Yeah, I hit some putts once unboxed and it felt so nice off the face. Effortless to putt with, with that heavy head.
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Confidence inspiring isn't it! For me, the same as yourself it's all about feel. I've had some putters with non milled faces and I can't go away from milled.
 
34pts this morning in the monthly stableford off the whites. Very happy and good enough to win my division :) Everything solid, just a couple of scruffy holes costing me a couple of shots.

Currently showing as a 19.1 differential on England Golf but it was pretty windy out there, especially the closing holes so wonder if it might get adjusted downwards overnight. Either way will be a counter.
 
Well, with the ******* weather up here in Aberdeen, my new net and monitor cannot be used! The weather won’t bloody ease off!

So was looking at a lesson with the pro I use, and thought I would check how much 100 balls were that I could go for after my lesson.

£10.50! absolutely insane..

What is your “local” range for 100?
 
Zeebedy said:
Well, with the ******* weather up here in Aberdeen, my new net and monitor cannot be used! The weather won’t bloody ease off!

So was looking at a lesson with the pro I use, and thought I would check how much 100 balls were that I could go for after my lesson.

£10.50! absolutely insane..

What is your “local” range for 100?
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£11 for 100. Under a roof, off mats with power tees, and Top Tracer stuff.
 
Power tees are great, you put your balls in a 'hopper' next to/below the tee then press a button and the tee drops down, gets a ball and comes back up with the ball tee'd up for you, so nice :p

100 balls at my local is £7.50 but it's super basic/crappy balls so meh, I get 10% off at least :p

Just finished the weekends golf, been ok-ish...

Friday I started off horribly, lost 2 balls on the first hole and had to pickup, then double'd the next 3, but sorted myself out and played some solid golf, after +9 through 4 I was +13 overall :eek: lots of pars, and several birdies. Weather wasn't too bad, bit of rain for the last ~2.5 holes.

Saturday was a 9-hole 'waltz' (team stableford, hole 1 = 1 score counts, 2 = 2 scores, 3 = all 3 scores and then 4th is back to 1 score counting) and we scored 37 points, surprised to come in 3rd with that and only 2 points behind the winners, definitely left more out there. Weather was worse with pretty constant drizzle and some wind, ended up soaked.

Then today I played 18 holes around my local (bristol match was cancelled cause they all bailed), played ok actually, nothing special but some solid stuff. Ground was soaked though, definitely getting to barely playable winter golf :p Wind was harsh too, apparently 40-45mph gusts were forecast. One shot was looking great, dead straight along the right side of the fairway towards the green but once it rose above the tree line it went hard left and ended in the rough left of the fairway!
 
Not seen a golf course/grass for about 7 weeks now I think....

Been at the indoor trackman place a few times but itching to be out... However 50mph winds the all weekend put pay to that....
 
Back up to 10.2 :eek: Had a couple of terrible rounds, an 87 yesterday with @Maccy and a couple of others - lost my touch with my longer irons/hybrid - some range time needed I think.
 
Survived the family "bad golf gifts" for Xmas! In fact my girlfriend didn't want to get it wrong so asked me what I'd like. She's happy to wait till the Nike Jordan's come out for The Masters. I call that a win.
 
Got out today, the coarse was very busy, the busiest I have seen it. My tee time was after a 4 ball using buggies, my god they were so slow and didn’t once offer for me play through considering I was on my own. After 3 hours any only playing 9 holes i decided thats enough and went home.
First time experiencing such slow play, 3 hour to play 9 holes. I can usually play all 18 in that time walking. Sorry rant over, I managed to score 48 on my 9 holes so was happy with that. Got some new balls and gloves for Xmas so they will be useful in the near future.
 
inflames said:
Got out today, the coarse was very busy, the busiest I have seen it. My tee time was after a 4 ball using buggies, my god they were so slow and didn’t once offer for me play through considering I was on my own. After 3 hours any only playing 9 holes i decided thats enough and went home.
First time experiencing such slow play, 3 hour to play 9 holes. I can usually play all 18 in that time walking. Sorry rant over, I managed to score 48 on my 9 holes so was happy with that. Got some new balls and gloves for Xmas so they will be useful in the near future.
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3 hours for 9 is ridiculous, assuming they were the cause of the hold up no excuse not to let you play through.
 
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