Did I miss much😀

[kid2]

Hello all,
I trust and hope you are all in good health and are still hammering out opinions and ironing out issues like there's no tomorrow.
It's been a while. Nearly 2 yrs I think.
It's funny, I feel like I'm a new person and haven't a clue what to say 😁.Have I missed much?

I'm still playing, that hasn't changed. But what has is my goals. I remember saying in posts before that my goal was to get to CAT 1. That is a lot closer and I'm still not satisfied. I've been on a very long journey of ups and downs and a lot of soul searching. I've doubted what it was all for at times but realised what it is im chasing at the same time. I
The game has had me feeling like i can't put a foot wrong for months only to be walloped in the face and brought back to earth with a bang sometimes for months also all the time questioning am I good enough to get there. I'm currently sitting at 5.7 for the start of this season and I finished the end of last season consistently breaking 78 so I'm getting there.
I don't want to sound or come across as arrogant or cocky or self centred because I'm far from it. But what I hope will be of some use, to may be some people on here following a similar journey is that I can at least give you some advice on how I've reached the current handicap.
What I have done wrong.
What has helped me.
And what I've learned along the way.

Oh and my goal at chasing a draw ended last July following a really really bad 10 weeks of my game going completely to bits..
I'm now a happy fader of the ball and full of a new found confidence in my game.

Which poor ol Bob had said to me many times. I eventually listened Bob.
Gotta learn the hard way sometimes. 👍

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Welcome back and good luck reaching the goals. Nothing much has changed.

 

[Imurg]

No, sorry, don't know you....


Good to hear from you again!

Nothing much changes, people come, people go, people come back, people get infractions, stuff gets spouted yada yada yada...

And update your Sig!😀

 

[kid2]

How's things Homer.
I see you've broken the half century. ! 👍

 

[kid2]

No, sorry, don't know you....


Good to hear from you again!

Nothing much changes, people come, people go, people come back, people get infractions, stuff gets spouted yada yada yada...

And update your Sig!😀

Just did Murg. Good to chat again. I've had a complete change of weapons over the past 2 reasons. I'm gone old school with the irons and dropped the 3 and 4 irons for 2 hybrids. Oh and a driver with lots of loft.

 

[bobmac]

Welcome back.
Nothing's changed, people are still ignoring my advice

 

[kid2]

Welcome back.
Nothing's changed, people are still ignoring my advice

😂😂😂

Well you'll be happy to know im playing a nice soft fade now Bob. With a battered old set of Mizzy Mp32's.
And I've broken down my game practice now to just putting, short game and Wedge practice from 120 in.
At this stage I've a swing that wants to go left after Impact so I just open up a little and hit the ball from the inside with very little hand action through the ball.

Lots of confidence in the irons and longer clubs when you can aim a little left of everything and watch it peel back into target.
I want through 2yrs of standing in tees and over shots aiming down the middle not knowing what shape was going to unfold in front of me. It does little for confidence and just breeds indecision.

 

[Tashyboy]

How's things Homer.
I see you've broken the half century. ! 

yup and some of them were worth reading


Heyup up me man and welcome back

 

[kid2]

yup and some of them were worth reading


Heyup up me man and welcome back

😂😂😂😂

I wont going searching for them now at this stage anyway. I'm sure 1 or 2 may get resurrected again sometime.

 

[williamalex1]

Welcome back kiddo , well done and keep it goin :thup:

 

[Curls]

Welcome back chap, sounds like you've made great progress, I'm hoping to make inroads this year not by trying to lower my handicap, but by becoming better at golf. I reckon the numbers will do their own thing if I do. That sound about right?!

Hope you crack Cat 1, certainly a huge milestone in this crazy game that I hope to one day have a pop at myself.

 

[Tiger]

Welcome back and congrats on the progress you have made :thup:

 

[kid2]

Cheers lads.
Curls if its of any use the trip from 10 to 7 was probably the most frustrating and slowest. It's probably more to do with the inconsistency across parts of your game more than anything else .
Only advice I can give is not to miss greens from wedge to 8 or 9 iron distance. Doesn't matter where you are from the flag just get on the green... then after that practice your lag putting and putting from 4ft. Get this right and you'll take pressure off with the odd missed green. Develope a way of getting the ball rolling in the green as fast as you can from chips.
Check out a method called the 6-8-10.
It's simple and straight forward and once you can master that it's relatively easy.
I see too many players with too much lift around the greens when they don't need it.

And have fun. Keep the pressure off and know that if your in a sticky spot your focus becomes more about making bogus rather than par. Above all costs minimise your damage. Bogies can be cancelled with an odd birdie. Doubles are killers.

 

[Curls]

Cheers lads.
Curls if its of any use the trip from 10 to 7 was probably the most frustrating and slowest. It's probably more to do with the inconsistency across parts of your game more than anything else .
Only advice I can give is not to miss greens from wedge to 8 or 9 iron distance. Doesn't matter where you are from the flag just get on the green... then after that practice your lag putting and putting from 4ft. Get this right and you'll take pressure off with the odd missed green. Develope a way of getting the ball rolling in the green as fast as you can from chips.
Check out a method called the 6-8-10.
It's simple and straight forward and once you can master that it's relatively easy.
I see too many players with too much lift around the greens when they don't need it.

And have fun. Keep the pressure off and know that if your in a sticky spot your focus becomes more about making bogus rather than par. Above all costs minimise your damage. Bogies can be cancelled with an odd birdie. Doubles are killers.

Wooooah there Kid that sounds like good advice, did you remember which forum you're on?



Cheers chap!

 

[stevek1969]

Welcome back Kid glad to hear you've got down to single figures pal

 

[richart]

What did you do to get banned for two years ?

Welcome back.

 

[kid2]

Wooooah there Kid that sounds like good advice, did you remember which forum you're on?



Cheers chap!

No worries pal... This forum and everyone I became friends with on here even though I've never actually had the pleasure of meeting any of them face to face have always been full of help and always there to have a chat with.
It's a place you'll have plenty of help on and there will always be someone on here that has gone through the same ups and downs with their game.

 

[kid2]

Welcome back Kid glad to hear you've got down to single figures pal

Cheers pal... a lot of frustration with a lot of soul searching but I've come through it stronger. It wasn't easy though...
Still not happy. I want more now that I'm down. Always the same. Greedy out. 😁

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Welcome back and great work on reducing your HC - that's really impressive , well done :thup:

 

[kid2]

What did you do to get banned for two years ?

Welcome back.

😂😂
How are you Rich.
Banned..Me.... Never.. I was always good.

Just got too bogged down with information overload pal and hadn't a clue how to sift through what I needed and what I didn't.

I went chasing a better swing which had me getting lessons and trying to draw the ball.
Bob to be fair to him has always said from day one to be careful because it's a very hard thing to achieve. It took me 2 yrs to realise that I hadn't the timing or the swing pattern to be able to hit a draw consistently. But in chasing that my swing became a little more neutral and I now but a lovely power data with plenty of distance and I now have bundles of confidence.

It's amazing how the game makes you think.
When I was trying to draw the ball I had a 2 way miss going on. I literally hadn't a clue what was going to turn up from one round to the next. I went from taking healthy divots to taking none. My swing got so shallow that my misses were thins and tops and the high right block with severe books thrown in for good fun. 😯

And one day I decided enough was enough. It was either tighten the fade or give up the game. So I went back to fading the ball and began shooting consistently below 80.

Oh and I had the putting yips as well for about 3 months last year. My game went to pieces so I'm now left hand low and couldn't be happier. It's one of the best things I've done.

That's kind of the short version... 😉