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played a medal last night, shot an 85 so a wee .3 cut for me:) now down to 14, really happy with my iron play, shot 2 birdies on the back nine but my putting let me down on a few holes, two 3 putts and a 4 putt:eek: its an Alister Mackenzie designed course so greens are tough but no excuse ;)

one thing i need to cut out are the run of 4 holes when i seem to go off the rails with 7676 but hopefully that will come with more play this season...
 
Dale said:
79 off 24!!! Lol, nice work! teen's aren't going to be much of an issue with that score! Was it a comp and did you get a cut?

76 for me this evening, playing off 6, let the back nine go to pot (was nackered after a long day) - however off to Ashbury tomorrow for 5 days - Bring it on :D
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No, I always seem to play like a lemon in the comps, hence the 24 handicap :rolleyes:

And tbh its probably just as well, I could just imagine the faces if I handed a 52 point card in! :D

Wish I could have submitted it for a cut though, would have knocked me straight down to 18.

Although its only a matter of time before I crack off a good score in one of the comps the way I have been playing the last couple of games.
 
Diggsy said:
No, I always seem to play like a lemon in the comps, hence the 24 handicap :rolleyes:

And tbh its probably just as well, I could just imagine the faces if I handed a 52 point card in! :D

Wish I could have submitted it for a cut though, would have knocked me straight down to 18.

Although its only a matter of time before I crack off a good score in one of the comps the way I have been playing the last couple of games.
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Great shooting on the 79....

its a different game once you have that card in your hand, its taking a season for me to actually get used to medal play..off to a good start then the mind starts racing away and you blow it, its all in the mind..

if anyone has read 'Dream On': One Hacker's Challenge to Break Par in a Year will know all about....Great book by the way.

what was it Tiger said " after a bad shot, i take 10 steps and its forgotten about"
 
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Yeah, couldn't agree more. I find myself trying far too hard in the comps and next thing I know I have totally blown it with 3 or more 'dings'. Really frustrating.
 
Well, played today again, and back to reality with a 94 :(

Here's hoping it was just tiredness. Was hitting the ball well off the tee and fairly well off the fairways too, although I think I lost at least 8-10 shots through poor chipping. One hole in particular I drove to within 60yds of the green, then took 3, yes THREE chips to get there!!!

Only one 3 putted green which was okay though.

Going to have to work on my approach shots from 50yds and in as they are going to cost me dearly.

Any tips guys?
 
Not been playing too bad myself just recently.
Shot 87 on the PGA National last week and played a local course yesterday (Horsley Lodge) and shot 88 (playing off 18)
I had a few 3 putts though, my overall play from about 100yds in was as good as I've played, just the putts seemed to slip by.
 
Diggsy said:
Going to have to work on my approach shots from 50yds and in as they are going to cost me dearly.

Any tips guys?
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I had the same problem today, had 40-45yds left from a 180yd tee shot, but my chipping was abysmal.

My grandad almost aced the same hole he almost aced last week again today, he was 2ft away last week and today he got it within about 8 inches. Not bad for a 72 year old that hadn't played in 6 years!
 
Diggsy said:
Went out yesterday and shot 79, not bad for a 24 handicapper :D
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Well done mate. Like you say, it's harder to do in a comp, but it shows that you have the capability. Best score i had at stableford was a 49 pointer in the society i play in (i had 2 blobs on that too!), they played me off 24 but at the start of the day i asked for a cut to 18 in front of everyone as i had been playing quite well but was refused. Needless to say i got a cut after that! :D

Cant seem to get any consistency at the moment, last round went like:

Par:::: 4.4.4.3.4.4.3.4.4.4.4.3.5.3.4.5.4.4
Score: 5.5.4.6.4.7.4.7.4.7.4.7.5.7.4.4.7.7

A good score pretty much followed by a bad one. That round it was my driving, was 3 off the tee on a number of holes, and 5 off the tee on the 17th (came off with a 7!!! drive, pitch, putt!!). Gahhhh. Only 31 putts for the round too.
 
Yeah, consistency seems to be the big problem, and short approach shots killed me game yesterday, but all you can do is stick at it and keep practising I guess.

Looking like I need to spend more time on my short game at the range or in the garden at every opportunity :D

This was my round Tuesday:

Par:::: 4.3.4.3.5.4.4.4.5. 4.5.4.3.4.4.4.3.4
Score: 5.3.5.4.4.5.5.4.6. 3.5.5.3.5.5.5.3.4 = 79

Compared to yesterday:

Par:::: 4.3.4.3.5.4.4.4.5. 4.5.4.3.4.4.4.3.4
Score: 5.4.5.4.6.5.5.4.7. 4.6.6.3.7.7.6.5.5 = 94

As you can see, the back 9 is where I lost most ground yesterday. I was only 4 shots worse on the front 9 (most of which were as a result of poor chipping), but 11 worse on the back, nightmare!! Worst thing was I was hitting the ball well off the tee, and full iron shots really well too, just couldn't get the short (50yds or so) game going at all, and it really came into play on the back.


I know how you feel though about getting off the tee, there is nothing worse than standing there not knowing if you will get the ball away, and if you do, will it still be in play!! I had that very problem not so long ago and its awful.

A lot of that comes down to confidence, practise, and the odd lesson with the local pro works wonders. I was push fading every single drive for a while and it was doing my head in. One quick lesson from the pro and its now pretty much sorted.

The problem - not a lot, I was standing 2" too close to the ball, meaning I had to come inside on every shot. Thing is though I would never have sussed that myself, so the lesson was invaluable.
 
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Had my first lesson yesterday and was shocked how much difference 30 min made.

Making a few changes to my grip, stance and swing improved my consistency and hitting 10 fold!! Booked myself in for 10 lessons in total and a trip round a local course so cant wait to get more involved!!

For now I am just using some hippo clubs from the catalog but if this goes well and I feel more confident with playing ill be spending a wedge down the club shop on some custom fit beauties!
 
Shame on me for only just coming across this thread.

Not had much opportunity to play this year due to Uni but come the start of June I'll be out almost everyday until I find a job! Treated myself to a new set of Mizuno MP52s over easter. The last set I had were Mizuno Comp CTs that I got before I was full grown and they just didn't suit me anymore. Custom fit got me an extra half inch, a much thicker grip, and 2 degree decrease in the loft to suit my high ball flight and various other tinkerings that I can't remember....cannot recommend the clubs or custom fit highly enough! The clubs feel amazing and I can't wait to start playing in medals again.

When I left home for Uni 5 years ago I was playing off 4 but thats crept up to 5 over the last couple of years due to not playing enough. Took a few points off it at the end of last season so the aim is to get it down to 4 by August...all going well. I'm quietly confident that if the few rounds in easter are anything to go by that it might not take so long...just need some nice weather :D
 
Managed a quick round today, went round in 84. Was hitting really well off the tee and my iron play was fair to good as well.

Chipping still not great, but was deliberately trying to leave full shots rather than chips/pitches. I know its not ideal, but will do until I get more practise in :D
 
74 net in the medal on Saturday - hit the ball well but just didn't score.

Played a single tie on Sunday night and after 13 shockingly poor holes between us (both playing some awful golf), i was 1 up.

Off to 14th - par 3 - 190 yards. 5 iron to a 1ft to win hole!
15th - par 5 - 500 yards -down wind - Drive and 5 iron to about 12 ft for eagle
16th par 4 - 420yards - burn at about 240. Recovery wood short of burn, another recovery wood to about 15 ft for birdie and game over (4&2)!!!

Amazing where 4 under par for 3 holes comes from after being about 15 over for 13 !!! That's golf i guess!
 
medal tonight, looks a great day for it. Played last friday and got put out of the singles comp, was playing a 9 hcp, was 1up at the 18th but my second shot produced a big draw (rarely draw the ball) and end up in the trees at the back of the green, unplayable so it went to sudden death and i lost :mad:

got 35 points on the sat game and played in a texas scramble comp on the Sunday, only my second texas scramble, forgot how good the format for that is, off to a good start -3 after 5, the birdies started to disappear and we finished up at only -5, we had four lip outs:mad:
 
had a bad medal last night, started good as well, four pars and ended up 7+ at the turn, back 9 not so good, point wan....always next week...
 
Do you guys have comps pretty much every week? At my place we have 2 a month.
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Medal wise have one Sunday Medal a month and an optional medal every Tuesday, We also have all the usual comps be it singles, doubles etc etc etc.

Just realised i made the buffer last night too, result.
 
Another frustrating weekends golf!

Playing off 11 hadnicapp. Anyway saturdays round.

bogie, par, par, par, par, bogie, par, par, par. +2 front nine with 6 putts some inside 15 ft for birdie - holed none! Playing like I had the ball on a string - down the middle of fairways, solid irons - easy game!

par'd 10th and drove it down the middle of 11th still +2. Then go triple bogie, double bogie, double bogie out of nowhere!!!!!

Just about hanging on after that but lost a ball off the 18th tee and then lost my provision after the 2nd shot with that ball!! No Return finish!!

10 birdie putts inside 15ft, parred all 5 par 3's and still NR!!

Anyway - sunday doubles tie (alternate shots), three down with 5 to play and won up the 18th!! woo hoo - that's last years doubles champions knocked out!
 
Well, what a weekend!

Played in the Sussex Pav Trophy for my golf club 36 holes (Ryder Cup style) Foursomes in the morning and Singles in the afternoon. It's a scratch golf tournament, quite prestigious event for amateur and because of that you get some really handy amateur golfers entering (+1, +2 handicaps in places). The highest handicap of the team we were playing was 4, with their lowest being +1, our lowest (me) was 6.7 - you get the idea! lol

Sadly I got creamed by one of their 1 handicappers, who in his own admission played ludicrously well (he was 5 under after 12 holes with a bogey on the card, add to that I birdied the par 4 9th and par 5 11th and lost both the holes!!!!). He was a great guy, very friendly and despite the 6&5 loss I still really enjoyed the match as it was great to see a guy play that well on my home course.

Ah well, we're out of the Trophy, but into the Plate competition now so fingers crossed we can get a decent draw and give whoever we play next a game of it. :-)
 
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