Golf Thread 2014 - All Things Golf!
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Fats25 said:
It was marked. I use these:-
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLF-BALL-STAMP-BLUE-LIO...
Not a Chelsea one obviously as that would make me a knobhead.
Mine has a cockerel on it. Problem was I only marked one side, and it was right near the ball type logo! In future I will mark both sides.
I am still pissed off about it today!
Good lad, COYS!http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLF-BALL-STAMP-BLUE-LIO...
Not a Chelsea one obviously as that would make me a knobhead.
Mine has a cockerel on it. Problem was I only marked one side, and it was right near the ball type logo! In future I will mark both sides.
I am still pissed off about it today!
Had a practice nine holes last night just on my own, in preparation for this weekends trip to Le Touquet!
Wasn't too bad, 14 points (blobbed 2 holes).
But I have made the decision to leave the driver at home - I didn't hit it last night and was rarely in trouble from the tee using my 3 wood.
Can't wait until the morning!!!
Wasn't too bad, 14 points (blobbed 2 holes).
But I have made the decision to leave the driver at home - I didn't hit it last night and was rarely in trouble from the tee using my 3 wood.
Can't wait until the morning!!!
DuncanM said:
BRMMA said:
DuncanM said:
Everything you say suggests you're a long hitter? Maybe work on a short 3/4 backswing at the beginning of the season until you're eye is in?
3/4 swing 3 woods and I bet you'd eliminate most of the big scores
I hit it a decent distance (290-320 driver, 205 5-iron, 160 8-iron) but thats nothing exceptional, expecially compared to what i see some guys doing these days3/4 swing 3 woods and I bet you'd eliminate most of the big scores
will get down the range and try a shorter swing, i also spent some time in my net in the garden over the weekend and realised i had gone back to gripping the club how i feel comfortable (right hand a bit too much under the club) rather than how i was taught in my lessons of having a stronger right hand, i probably need to spend some time getting the right grip feeling natural again, it's amazing how much the grip effects performance, especially consistancy
For reference, you hit your 5-iron and 8-iron as far or further than Rory, who is one of the longest on Tour.
No wonder you have big numbers mixed in with birdies, hitting the ball that hard, the margin for error becomes quite small!
My 4 iron goes 205, my 7 iron 160 and I never hit a driver 300!
djstevec said:
Dan_1981 said:
Played my first ever round under 50 last night, which for me is rather a large achievement!
Ridiculously pleased with myself.
Driving was brilliant, putting was good, Irons weren't bad. (All relative of course)
My only disappointment was my short game - sub 75 yards. I just don't know how to play the shots.
Really pleased though - only been playing since March after not playing for about 3 years.
UNDER 50?? Why aren't you on Tour?? Ridiculously pleased with myself.
Driving was brilliant, putting was good, Irons weren't bad. (All relative of course)
My only disappointment was my short game - sub 75 yards. I just don't know how to play the shots.
Really pleased though - only been playing since March after not playing for about 3 years.
cheddar said:
Rosscow said:
DuncanM said:
BRMMA said:
DuncanM said:
Everything you say suggests you're a long hitter? Maybe work on a short 3/4 backswing at the beginning of the season until you're eye is in?
3/4 swing 3 woods and I bet you'd eliminate most of the big scores
I hit it a decent distance (290-320 driver, 205 5-iron, 160 8-iron) but thats nothing exceptional, expecially compared to what i see some guys doing these days3/4 swing 3 woods and I bet you'd eliminate most of the big scores
will get down the range and try a shorter swing, i also spent some time in my net in the garden over the weekend and realised i had gone back to gripping the club how i feel comfortable (right hand a bit too much under the club) rather than how i was taught in my lessons of having a stronger right hand, i probably need to spend some time getting the right grip feeling natural again, it's amazing how much the grip effects performance, especially consistancy
For reference, you hit your 5-iron and 8-iron as far or further than Rory, who is one of the longest on Tour.
No wonder you have big numbers mixed in with birdies, hitting the ball that hard, the margin for error becomes quite small!
My 4 iron goes 205, my 7 iron 160 and I never hit a driver 300!
For reference: I've driven 325 metres with wind and hard fairways but on a cold wet Winter day it's more like 210.
As others have already said we're better off slowing down our swing, finding the sweet spot on the face and the short grass in the middle.
Tough transition though......
DuncanM said:
cheddar said:
Oh - I'm surprised Duncan, bit shocked at the "right at the bottom end for 7 day membership" - economies of scale and supply/demand I guess. I bet your facilities are in another league to here though.
This'll sound like the 'worst look how little my membership costs posts ever' but I pay £150 a year for 365 day membership + £2 for each tournament I enter.
The clubhouse only fully opens on Saturday (quite quiet here) but you can request the use of it mid-week to eat lunch etc for free or rent it exclusively for £50 a day - but we're not talking leather wing back chairs, multiple log fires, beautiful cocktail waitresses, swimming pools and gymnasiums here, salubrious it is not
For milner993 - try joining for a year, see who you meet, how you get on and how your game improves (it will) otherwise you'll always wonder what it would have been like - remember it's not £700, it's the difference between what you would have spent paying green fees and the membership costs + you'll nip out in the evening for a few holes that you otherwise wouldn't get to do.
And let us know how you go.
Great post Cheddar, oh my god is that cheap! How do they maintain a golf course with that income?This'll sound like the 'worst look how little my membership costs posts ever' but I pay £150 a year for 365 day membership + £2 for each tournament I enter.
The clubhouse only fully opens on Saturday (quite quiet here) but you can request the use of it mid-week to eat lunch etc for free or rent it exclusively for £50 a day - but we're not talking leather wing back chairs, multiple log fires, beautiful cocktail waitresses, swimming pools and gymnasiums here, salubrious it is not
For milner993 - try joining for a year, see who you meet, how you get on and how your game improves (it will) otherwise you'll always wonder what it would have been like - remember it's not £700, it's the difference between what you would have spent paying green fees and the membership costs + you'll nip out in the evening for a few holes that you otherwise wouldn't get to do.
And let us know how you go.
Decent courses in England can charge £150 a round, and I'm not joking!
In fact, the silly famous course like Wentworth will be closer to £300 a round
However I agree with Duncan, £700 a year is very much at the lower end of golf membership costs.
CRB14 said:
Shocking weekend for me. Shot a 103 in the Saturday comp and came second to last with a nett 85. No idea what's happened to me. Think it's time for some lessons. I seem to be pushing all my irons. Perhaps I've opened the face again. I used to do that a few years ago.
Ouch, that doesn't sound too enjoyable. I've had a few of those rounds recently though.
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