Curls
Journeyman Pro
Not quite Phils massive drop but I'm thrilled with it!
A few of great matchplay results over the past couple of weeks (against good established players) and another good result at the weekend (42 points, including 2 blobs lol) and while I worked out I should be cut to 13.4 I got a general play cut to 11.4, did a little dance when I found out.
Started the season at 17 and felt it was a little high, but as the season progressed I improved rapidly and see myself going lower still, whether single figures is achievable this year or not I don't know but I'll give it a bloody good go, my season target was to get into Division 1 (12 or less) by the Club Championships in September and it looks like I'm there.
I struggled to find any form last year, lessons kept knocking me back, every time I improved a little I'd go for another lesson and lose it again. I realise it was necessary to have those lessons to balance me and get me away from the Nicklaus-type swing I'd learned, but it was a case of "paralysis by analysis" and over the winter I worked on a few things myself and have tried to strip out as much technique from my head as possible. I have 1, maybe 2 key swing thoughts but that's it and I'm enjoying my golf so much more, reading Zen Golf was a big turn around in how I approached the game. I also struggled with putting, Bob made a nice video on tempo which I was clearly doing wrong that helped my lag putts and on the recommendation of Slicer30 picked up Bob Rotellas book, which in effect is 100 pages that could be written in 1, but has had a profound effect on my putting which is no longer my Achilles heal, so hats off to those boys.
Happy Curls.
A few of great matchplay results over the past couple of weeks (against good established players) and another good result at the weekend (42 points, including 2 blobs lol) and while I worked out I should be cut to 13.4 I got a general play cut to 11.4, did a little dance when I found out.
Started the season at 17 and felt it was a little high, but as the season progressed I improved rapidly and see myself going lower still, whether single figures is achievable this year or not I don't know but I'll give it a bloody good go, my season target was to get into Division 1 (12 or less) by the Club Championships in September and it looks like I'm there.
I struggled to find any form last year, lessons kept knocking me back, every time I improved a little I'd go for another lesson and lose it again. I realise it was necessary to have those lessons to balance me and get me away from the Nicklaus-type swing I'd learned, but it was a case of "paralysis by analysis" and over the winter I worked on a few things myself and have tried to strip out as much technique from my head as possible. I have 1, maybe 2 key swing thoughts but that's it and I'm enjoying my golf so much more, reading Zen Golf was a big turn around in how I approached the game. I also struggled with putting, Bob made a nice video on tempo which I was clearly doing wrong that helped my lag putts and on the recommendation of Slicer30 picked up Bob Rotellas book, which in effect is 100 pages that could be written in 1, but has had a profound effect on my putting which is no longer my Achilles heal, so hats off to those boys.
Happy Curls.
keep it up!
