Hell yeah, I worked quite a bit on my short shots in and around the greens a while back, it was pleasing to see that that was all coming back on the last 3-4 holes. Makes a hell of a difference to your game if you can get to within 6ft of the hole regularly. Starting to stiffen up a bit now like :-(
Was useless for 14 holes today. Managed to get my life together for the last few. Just about managed to hit enough good shots to keep me coming back for more .
That’s the trouble with the game. When you are **** its the few good shots that yiu remember. As you get better you start thinking more about the bad shots and how good your score could have been without them. Always find when I havent played for a while my driving, long game is okay but my short game is crap. My putting is streaky anyway so doesnt really make much difference.
Played 16 holes yesterday, missed two due to fading light. Shocking start, no warm up, 42 front nine doh, the last seven two birdies in a score of 26. A score of 68 with two holes left, played the six par threes in 18. Shocking start shows the value of warming up and a few shots beforehand.
Definitely mate, i'm exactly the same. If i just have a bit faff about on the putting green and whack a few balls in the nets it always takes me a good 4-5 holes to find my game. Finally got access to the BRS system last night so I can go on and book away to my hearts content now Upgraded my apple watch finally and went for the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier which arrived yesterday so i'm itching to get out and give that a go on the course and see how it helps. Thinking of an early finish on Fri for 9 holes (at least) with hopefully a full round on Sat morning if I can squeeze myself in before the comp guys tee off.
Yep. Its amazing how you can still launch a massive straight drive out there in no time. Yet your chipping and putting go to ****. And you know what they say, drive for show, putt for dough. Weirdly once you play regular and get your chipping/putting sorted, you often develop a slice or hook on your driving. Its the only thing in life which makes me curious about a greater being or god. Simply because I can only assume some **** is sitting up there pissing himself with laughing at the frustrating nature of the game he created.
Go for it mate, how many times are you planning to get out per week? The fact that you are a five minute drive away is a big plus.
I'm hoping to get a full round in once a week at least (this work stuff kinda gets in the way) as well as one or two 9 holers for practice just until I get back up to speed.
Nice one, you are right about work though, damn thing gets in the way. At the moment I'm playing two full rounds and also two nine-holers, the wifey and kids have noticed this I do better when I'm out with my playing partner, I've told him that one of us this year will shoot under par, everything will go right on the day. We are both shooting in the mid 70s now and getting better!
I tend to use one of these. Find that they are very accurate for distances, good reading putts and never any problems with batteries running down. Apparently they must also do course bookings as well as she also offered to squeeze me in on a Saturday morning. please log in to view this image
Played a few holes this afternoon. I was just about to walk off the course when a chocolate labrador came striding over to me, snarling and frothing at the mouth like an angry Birmingham City fan. The dogs owner and a young girl shouted at the dog to return to them. Meanwhile the dog snarled at me, I stood my ground and the dog eventually backed off. At this point I said to the woman that the dog wouldn't have attacked me had it been on a lead. The young lass with her then said the dog doesn't bite and the owner said it was because I was carrying my bag and clubs...on a golf course..having played golf...that I was to blame. At this point, I resisted the urge to wrap my driver around her and her dog's head, and an argument ensued. All told the dog went for me three times. The woman never once said sorry and didn't put the fat ugly dog on its lead. Stupid cow.
