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Great question. For me, it's not so much about scores but about what I remember from the rounds which means that the home course rounds have to work pretty hard to stay memorable. My best scoring round at my home course this year was an 84 but that was a midweek round off the yellows and I...

17.9 10 comps 15 GP (inc 2 away)

We have a charity day 4 ball scramble once a year. It's a great event (if a little slow going). They supply a bit of paper with the rules on it stapled to the scorecard (which has the individual prizes for each hole etc) and it explicitly states on the bit of paper that you are not allowed to...

Sometimes for me. We have a coiuple of different groups that have reserved times on BRS and anyone can sign up - some are more cliquey than others. The main Swindle is Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday swindle at 10.30-11 am (first tee off) and everyone is welcome (including guests / new...

It depends on how you think about comparing the costs. If you purely want to compare the green fee cost to the annual membership cost, then in most cases you'll find it tricky to "break even" on the membership cost. I think I'm at 50+ rounds this year so far, and am probably just at the point...

Youtube is your friend, and if that's too long for you, follow him on Instagram. But really if you can't be arsed to read one chapter of a book that genuinely works, then you probably aren't that into golf :)

Putting. It's all down to practice. The best putters spend hours a week on the putting green. I spent 6 hours one week in Feb just putting at the club, and it has made the world of difference to me. My arccos stats have me now more often than not gaining on putting. Before the long week of...

Chipping - Get the Dan Grieve short game book. It's a game changer - My chipping has gone from being stood over a ball fearing the worst to now being quite confident - all down to that book. Several people I play with have done the same and they too swear by it. I personally find that even if...

The experiments that have been run show conclusively that out is better than in percentage wise. For me, I don't really mind in terms of visuals, and tend to defer to what the others in the group want to do, but if I chose: It's in for long putts, If I'm going to hit the stick, I'm probably...

I had this conversation with a chap I played with in the swindle on Sunday. He told me I need to hit driver because despite the fact that I won the swindle, I am a driver chicken. In March this year, it was the best club in my bag and I was loving it. I had two bad rounds and it has been in...

I’m not sure why I’d even consider a club with a large joining fee? Round our way, there’s one with a reasonably significant fee and all it has meant to me is I have no desire to play there. I’ve played every other course in the area and am a member of one that has a token joining fee (£75)...

I leave my brolly up attached to my trolley and walk underneath it while pushing the trolley. Surely that’s what it’s designed to do. On my trolley, they even sell an extender piece to make sure you can get underneath. It works brilliantly

not enough - I'm trying to get out 2+ times a week but injured my foot in April so only got out 3 times last month. grrr January - 15 May (so far) - 9

I’m not superstitious in any way but I always find someone else’s pitch mark to repair if I have a birdie putt. Some kind of Karma thing where if I do a good thing then I’ll get to make my birdie putt !

It was great - We played in March, the weather was good (dry and a little wind) and the course superb. It was frozen when we got there so we went out about an hour late, but there was only ~15 people playing that day so not a problem. Loved the practice range with the little stack of balls as...