Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Went out and played with a few mates yesterday, I've been going through a bit of a slump recently which I have put down to suffering a bit from tennis elbow. Not getting through the ball properly for fear of jarring my arm etc.
But yesterday you'd have thought I'd never picked a bloody golf club up in my life!
I've lost count of the number of rounds I've played over the years where I haven't even had to hit a provisional, but yesterday??? I'd lost 3 balls by the time I'd stepped onto the 5th tee and had 2 points on my card! I proceeded to lose about another 3 or 4 balls during the round and finished on 20 points. Out of the 18 holes, there were just 2 that I played "properly" making a decent par and birdied the last. Scored 6 points from those two holes and managed another 14 points off the other 16 holes finishing on 20!!
I'm all over the place, and I just feel like jacking it all in for a few months. My set up is all wrong, mates pointed out to me yesterday that I was standing so closed at set up no wonder I was hitting big blocks or slices right. I tried to do something about it but just couldn't get my head around it. I came home aching like mad, felt like I'd played 54 holes, not 18. Promptly fell asleep on the settee, despite the wife trying to wake me up to go up to bed I was dead to the world. Finally woke up about 1.00am and made my way upstairs but could hardly walk!
Got up this morning and still ache all over. Somethings not right. Have pulled out of the game I had planned for the week-end and am seriously considering scrubbing my name from the monthly medal at Highwoods the following Sunday. The thought of going out and shooting 100 (or more) in a medal is not a nice one and I don't really want to inflict my crappola on to my playing partners.
Bugger
But yesterday you'd have thought I'd never picked a bloody golf club up in my life!
I've lost count of the number of rounds I've played over the years where I haven't even had to hit a provisional, but yesterday??? I'd lost 3 balls by the time I'd stepped onto the 5th tee and had 2 points on my card! I proceeded to lose about another 3 or 4 balls during the round and finished on 20 points. Out of the 18 holes, there were just 2 that I played "properly" making a decent par and birdied the last. Scored 6 points from those two holes and managed another 14 points off the other 16 holes finishing on 20!!
I'm all over the place, and I just feel like jacking it all in for a few months. My set up is all wrong, mates pointed out to me yesterday that I was standing so closed at set up no wonder I was hitting big blocks or slices right. I tried to do something about it but just couldn't get my head around it. I came home aching like mad, felt like I'd played 54 holes, not 18. Promptly fell asleep on the settee, despite the wife trying to wake me up to go up to bed I was dead to the world. Finally woke up about 1.00am and made my way upstairs but could hardly walk!
Got up this morning and still ache all over. Somethings not right. Have pulled out of the game I had planned for the week-end and am seriously considering scrubbing my name from the monthly medal at Highwoods the following Sunday. The thought of going out and shooting 100 (or more) in a medal is not a nice one and I don't really want to inflict my crappola on to my playing partners.
Bugger
