Recent content by Gregolf

It doesn't matter what's realistically possible. What matters is what goes on between your ear holes. Some of us play golf for the banter and that's great. Others (including myself) enjoy the process of trying to better our golf game. Believing you can always get better is the most important...

Did you shoot that 63 with 15 clubs in your bag? :P (looking at your signature)

I'm getting to Category 1 next year damn it. I don't care how unrealistic that sounds, it's going to happen. I'll quote this post at some point next year once it's achieved.

My biggest problem with short chips is good contact so either duffing it or skulling it across the green.

short chips, definitely.

Direction and contact for chipping probably

I, like many people, don't practice the short game enough. Can someone give me some decent drills for both putting and chipping?

Scratch!? bloody hell. I played with some old Irish bloke in Portugal on Sunday and he was saying he used to play in the Spanish Amateur Open every year, got to the semi finals once. He said in those days the limit was 3. 3 is a long way from scratch IMO. Cheers for the tip on Bournemouth Jonny.

I'm trying and failing to find entry requirements to the big amateur comps across Europe (Spanish Amateur Open, Portugese, south of england etc). I know you may laugh given my handicap of 10, but I'm just interested to know more about the requirements and the sort of scores that win them. I like...

Thanks for all the replies guys. Just got back but only had 2 days to golf, managed to 3 rounds in. Played Millen ium on Saturday and it was ok but not great. Vila Sol on the other hand I thought was excellent, a really good layout. Played it twice Sunday! Funnily enough I signed up to a...

Great course, great club house. Played in the Trilby Tour there this year and a practice round before hand. Will be there again before the TT event to test it out. Really nice golf club.

I'm at St. Georges Hill Golf Club, feel very lucky because I absolutely love it. Not the longest course in the world but I like every single hole of the 3 9s and there's a good club atmosphere too. http://www.top100golfcourses.co.uk/htmlsite/productdetails.asp?id=73

Watch a slow motion video of Luke Donalds swing. It's very obvious to see how his wrist rolls through impact. I think the main issue is you shouldn't be doing it manually, it should happen naturally by leaving your forearms tension free and following through correctly.

I'm off to Portugal next weekend, need some advice on which courses to book - never played golf there before. I'm on my own so hopefully they accept bookings as a single... on that note, do any of the clubs have online booking systems or do I have to call Portugal? I'm staying in Villamoura and...

lol, it needs work! I don't really subscribe to the thinking that golf is only about short game. I never wanted to settle for a mediocre swing and get really good at chipping and putting to get down to single figures. I need a solid swing too. Single figures isn't where I want to end up, scratch is!