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Played at Royal Ashdown Forest today.
Course not in great condition - greens were good but fairways have been decimated by leatherjackets. Not good.
Anyway, had to give 2 shots (7 v 9), and it was a really tight match!
Halved the match, both of us had 19 on the front and 15 on the back! Very close.
Course not in great condition - greens were good but fairways have been decimated by leatherjackets. Not good.
Anyway, had to give 2 shots (7 v 9), and it was a really tight match!
Halved the match, both of us had 19 on the front and 15 on the back! Very close.
I played Petersfield South yesterday, par 5 hole and I was 6 ft from the green for 2! Chipped on to the green and it just caught the edge of the hole, an inch to the left and it would have been in for eagle! Sunk it for birdie. Was very chuffed because I’ve never even come close to an eagle. In fact the only birdies I’ve ever got were with lucky tee shots on par 3’s.
simoid said:
I just can’t stop shooting something between 88 and 91 inclusive. Keep finding a variety of ways to do it. Scored a stableford point at every hole today which was perhaps a first for 2021 
5 pars, 4 doubles, and the rest was bogeys.
Look at your stats. Find out what’s costing your shots and work on it. 5 pars, 4 doubles, and the rest was bogeys.simoid said:
I just can’t stop shooting something between 88 and 91 inclusive. Keep finding a variety of ways to do it. Scored a stableford point at every hole today which was perhaps a first for 2021 5 pars, 4 doubles, and the rest was bogeys.
Don't add up your score as you go round. 5 pars, 4 doubles, and the rest was bogeys.CustardOnChips said:
Don't add up your score as you go round.
I honestly don’t! Just revert to the mean and I’m a ridiculously consistent 15 handicap (I play at a beast of a course 
)I know what you mean though, but almost exclusively go out in mid to high 40s and come back around 40 so it’s not like I’m bottling anything
Played on Sunday at a local course but new to me. Really struggling with ball striking ( i know the reason, just not practised the fix ). Loved being out on the course but 1 in 2 shots was a thin or shank. 
What did help is that the course has alot of doglegs, and not knowing the hole layout often found myself on the wrong side for the hole.
Oh well, time to hit the range.
What did help is that the course has alot of doglegs, and not knowing the hole layout often found myself on the wrong side for the hole.
Oh well, time to hit the range.
Blackpuddin said:
Has anybody tried CBD products (oil, gummies, whatever) and found them effective?
I used the drops for my back. It's a bit of an experiment to find the best dose as CBD can't be sold as a medicine and it takes a little while to get the right dose but it relaxed my back spasm enough for me to get moving. I've never used it for golfing though.sc0tt said:
Waited a year for my birdie now 2 in a week. Scored consistently on the front 9 yesterday, out in 47 but the back 9 plays a lot harder and I went to pot.
I appear to be improving though which is good.
Birdies are like buses I appear to be improving though which is good.
:Scoring consistently for 18 holes is very hard. For me keeping up plan, focus, execute on every shot is difficult. And those lapses of concentration that cause the blow up holes.
This is why I like taking my daughter to walk round with me. She like to know what type of shot I'm intending to hit and why. Talking abot a shot really helps with committing to it. I'm trying to do the same process in my head.
Edited by CustardOnChips on Tuesday 15th June 10:49
simoid said:
Blackpuddin said:
Has anybody tried CBD products (oil, gummies, whatever) and found them effective?
For pain? Or improving golf? I’ll try anything for the latter 
Or maybe I should, I don't know, I'm too tense usually. CustardOnChips said:
sc0tt said:
Waited a year for my birdie now 2 in a week. Scored consistently on the front 9 yesterday, out in 47 but the back 9 plays a lot harder and I went to pot.
I appear to be improving though which is good.
Birdies are like buses I appear to be improving though which is good.
:Scoring consistently for 18 holes is very hard. For me keeping up plan, focus, execute on every shot is difficult. And those lapses of concentration that cause the blow up holes.
This is why I like taking my daughter to walk round with me. She like to know what type of shot I'm intending to hit and why. Talking abot a shot really helps with committing to it. I'm trying to do the same process in my head.
Edited by CustardOnChips on Tuesday 15th June 10:49
Often my bad shots start with standing over the ball without having made a decision on what I'm actually intending to do with it.
Rosscow said:
Played at Royal Ashdown Forest today.
Course not in great condition - greens were good but fairways have been decimated by leatherjackets. Not good.
Anyway, had to give 2 shots (7 v 9), and it was a really tight match!
Halved the match, both of us had 19 on the front and 15 on the back! Very close.
The courses round here have in may, luckily the greens had enough work done to avoid them, and also been putting tarpaulins on the green over night.Course not in great condition - greens were good but fairways have been decimated by leatherjackets. Not good.
Anyway, had to give 2 shots (7 v 9), and it was a really tight match!
Halved the match, both of us had 19 on the front and 15 on the back! Very close.
Courses apparently can't get the pesticides now for them.
SpeckledJim said:
CustardOnChips said:
sc0tt said:
Waited a year for my birdie now 2 in a week. Scored consistently on the front 9 yesterday, out in 47 but the back 9 plays a lot harder and I went to pot.
I appear to be improving though which is good.
Birdies are like buses I appear to be improving though which is good.
:Scoring consistently for 18 holes is very hard. For me keeping up plan, focus, execute on every shot is difficult. And those lapses of concentration that cause the blow up holes.
This is why I like taking my daughter to walk round with me. She like to know what type of shot I'm intending to hit and why. Talking abot a shot really helps with committing to it. I'm trying to do the same process in my head.
Edited by CustardOnChips on Tuesday 15th June 10:49
Often my bad shots start with standing over the ball without having made a decision on what I'm actually intending to do with it.
t pitches in style 
CustardOnChips said:
Most of my bad shots are for the same reason. I like to pick an alignment spot on my intended target line. If I'm not feeling comfortable or committed it generally doesn't end well. One of the things I need to get better at is backing off and starting again when not feeling comfortable.
If I had a pound for every golfer I'd had the "of course because if you aren't comfortable you should step away" conversation with...I could probably afford the Sports Psychologist I need to convince myself it's ok to do the same
Must admit I'm on a mission this year to try to avoid the 2 or 3 blow ups I tend to have in a medal round, Saturday's medal was a case in point:
Two big numbers caused by 2 bad swings with my 3 wood, a snap hook on 7 and big horrible push slice OOB on 13 (then missed a 2 foot putt for a 6). Massively frustrating considering how well I played for most of the rest, but it's typical for me, 6 awesome holes in a row then a shocker.
Both bad swings were far worse than anything I'm capable of on the range, which adds to the bemusement.
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