Recent content by Zig

I've posted before about British golfers and UK venues. The Scots/GUI/GIU have it right with local rates etc, but that doesn't help people from England playing the best courses in the UK&Ire. Not saying they should either, but it's hard to justify the sky high rates when you live just over the...

Royal County Down in April - £100 quid I think. Best there is. :)

Played yesterday - course was in stunning condition, best I can remember. Presentation, greens, the lot. Not sure about scoring conditions - we teed off at 2:50 and most of the holes going out were into a pretty strong headwind - flushed a 7iron on the tiny par 3 and it only just made the...

Have played the Old Course a few times; 3 times via the ballot, the other on the winter package, direct through St Andrews links (Old+Another with requirement to stay at local accommodation). (y)

What a great dilemma to work through with your mates! A group of us have tried something similar. Our approach has been a bit more ad hoc, and we're guilty of revisiting a few rather than heading to some of the more obscure ones. We're north-east England based, so not much locally. We've done...

Wooler is 25mins from Goswick. No brainer?

Mizuno Astrons... £80 quid second hand from a local driving range. Replaced shortly afterwards with some Ben Sayers M2I (free 2 iron... while I struggled to break 95!!) replaced shortly afterwards by my first real set. Taylor Made LCGs, step free shafts, and I was in love. :love:

I don't think I get 245 carry.. difficult to tell at the minute as I play links and it's been very windy for the last several weekends! It's either going a long way downwind or ballooning nowhere into! Get the point about iron lofts too. In my OP I'm pretty happy with the distances they're...

Got a 425 set to 9.5.

Not yet, but that's good advice, thanks. My swing speed sits right between both reg/stiff. I'm not getting any younger, so maybe it's time to try a regular. (y)

Thanks so much for the reply... my mistake.. out to in. Great spot.

Am hoping to get booked in for a lesson when the nights lighten up a bit, maybe nearer to Easter. There's nowhere doing lessons by the time I finish work. At the min, I only get chance to golf once a week, which is when I play in the comp. Hence the post looking for any quick fixes till then...

The 'Small tweak has added 25 yards' has motivated me to post. I know this isn't the WRX forum, so I don't mind posting the distances I hit it on here... I'm aware it's not as far as many others hit it. My SS is around 98-100mph. Wedge goes about 115, 7I about 150/155, and 4 iron about 180. I'm...

Love it. Understated, unfussy, top, top quality golf. Most of it looks like I guess it did 70 or 80 years ago! Have watched their twitter feed over winter and the work they're doing looks fantastic. Agree with the Muirfield/clubhouse vibe. Can only talk positively about the people we've...

Have played the European Club just south of Dublin... top class! Stayed 10 mins away at Arklow Bay Conf/Spa. Can't comment on the spa facilities as we didn't use them, but the Guinness was good, as was the food. Was basically in and out each day to play golf. Hard to find many golf courses...