From 25 down to single figures in a year

I havent added anything since post #16.

I reiterate that sentiment and caveat it with this purely personal point of view.

Practice (a lot) but only off grass.
Practice (a lot) your putting, but only on proper putting greens.

Do this and you could surpass 9, do it not and you might reach 9.

Just my 2p's
 
I agree with u cmac - it's totally different off mats than off grass, and I sometimes struggle to translate range to course. Putting will become main focus once I can get some day light at the end of day.

I think I'll shoot high eighties tomoz, given the way I have made progress this last ten days.

You know, when you just know you've improved? That's how I feel this week.....

#settingmyselfupforafall!
 
I hope you do it, be fantastic if you do. Ill follow the others and offer a small donation to the charity of your choice if you make it.

Best of luck and keep us posted.
 
Good luck mate, another donation to a Charity of your choice if you do it.
 
Robert, please don't take this as a criticism or negative, I would like to see you do it but having been in the same position I think you are making it harder for yourself. Firstly the thing to watch out for is trying to hard, I went through spells of this, tried to hard and handicap never moved, played relaxed and put no pressure on myself with no goals and it started coming down again! Secondly, I think you are making it harder to achieve with equipment choice, the xhot driver is not as forgiving as some and you need it on the fairway to get consistent. In my opinion your ball choice is also going to make it harder, nice ball but I've yet to see a higher handicapper that can control a pro v1, it will turn 10yd slice/hook into 25yd slice/hook, I wouldn't play one at 7 as it does just that for me, punishes any side spin imparted on the ball, a good harder mid range ball will serve you better, I use Bridgestone e6 but there are others like the ad333, dx2 etc These little things make the game easier
 
It's possible but not probable. It's all about having the right round on the right day. I went from taking up the game to single figure in around 18months. But, I had a job where I could play every day, and I did, sometimes twice.

Focus on putting and short game and the handicap will tumble.
 
robert.redmile said:
I agree with u cmac - it's totally different off mats than off grass, and I sometimes struggle to translate range to course. Putting will become main focus once I can get some day light at the end of day.

I think I'll shoot high eighties tomoz, given the way I have made progress this last ten days.

You know, when you just know you've improved? That's how I feel this week.....

#settingmyselfupforafall!
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Hope you do well, but it is gonna be hard. Really hard. Damn Hard! Think of the hardest thing you've ever set yourself to do. Times it by "oh my god how hard is this!" and you're almost there.

So long as you play in enough qualifiers you have a shot, but you need to be hitting under handicap pretty much all season.

Good luck to you. Be a gladiator and prove that it can be done!
 
Been following the thread and I'm wondering one thing, where do you see yourself handicap wise? I know your off 25, but in reality should you already be off a lower one, or is 25 a good representation of your current standard? Best tip if your going to achieve this target you have set is to remove the stupid shots and learn to make pars.

Good tip is to use what ever it takes to hit the fairway on par 5s, then hit a 5i or equally comfortable reliable club to leave a short iron to the green. If you can't hit greens with a full 9i then your not even close to getting near single figures. Walk up and 2 putt par. When playing shortish par 4s, again hit something off the tee to make sure your in the fairway and aim to leave a 9i in, walk up 2 putts for a par.

This is is what people are talking about when they say about the learning to get the ball round effectively. To get to 9 you haven't got to make birdies, so cut out any hero shots and just learn to 2 putt.
 
robert.redmile said:
Hi - I'm absolutely convinced I can do this. I'm an obsessive by nature, cannot stand losing, and hate to be bad at anything.
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It can be done, lots have done it, one of our forumers came close almost by accident... :whistle:

VIRTUOCITY First handicap (2013)- 24 > 22.8 > 22.9 > 23 > 22.2 > 20.6
(2014)- 20.6 > 20.7 > 19.1 > 18.2 > 15.5 > 15.2 > Rule 23 > 13.4 > 13.5 > 13.6 > 13.7 > 13.1 > 13.2 > 13.3
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My take is that you have to learn a lot about the swing, take it all on board and be prepared to relinquish everything you THINK you know about the swing.

If you're stubborn and want to do it 'your way' then you won't be able to do it in the timeframe you are allowing..... many years doing it 'your way' then yes of course you could do it,... possibly.
 
JustOne said:
It can be done, lots have done it, one of our forumers came close almost by accident... :whistle:



My take is that you have to learn a lot about the swing, take it all on board and be prepared to relinquish everything you THINK you know about the swing.

If you're stubborn and want to do it 'your way' then you won't be able to do it in the timeframe you are allowing..... many years doing it 'your way' then yes of course you could do it,... possibly.
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Thats good going, but its still along way from single figures
 
virtuocity said:
Williamalex1 will agree that if I had the inclination to practice my short game then I wouldn't have been far off single figures. A lesson for the OP.
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every time i have seen these sorts of things they all plateau around 12. I have no reason to think this chap wont either.
 
robert.redmile said:
Hi. Big day tomorrow. Course is back on normal yellow tees, and proper greens. Going off at 730 am to get first go at the greens.

Feeling good, and fairly confident of a good round- will be disappointed if I don't break 90, given how hard I've worked recently - hit around 1000 balls in practice in last week. And looking forward to putting into practice some of Bob rotella's tips about visualization, and confidence.

48 new balls arrived (titleist pro v1, I nearly passed out when I opened the parcel) plus 2 new books. Outfit is already selected for tomorrow ( grey woollen trouser, white polo, waterproof inner armour jacket, with footjoy city brogues in cream- those shoes are very gentlemanly and set off my outfit just right)

will post my card, and stats tomorrow. Thanks for all the support!
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I'm sorry, you are not going to break 90.

White polo with cream brogues? You'll be lucky to break 100.
 
Sat at work with time on my hands thinking about how I would approach this. I think this is how I would do it.....

Go get a couple of lessons to get the swing basics correct. I would then identify what my weak area is and just hammer that in the practice area until it sorted, forgetting about parts that aren't too bad. Once that is sorted move onto the next weak area, and so on.

The reason I say this is unless you have 4/5 hours a day to practice then trying to do everything at the same time will be counterproductive. If your putting a new bathroom in your house you do so one bit at a time, not fit the sink in to the wall, do a bit of tiling, put a new light switch in, remove the old toilet etc etc as nothing ever gets finished.
 
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He'd be better knocking it on the head altogether, you see these "challenge" every year and all they end up 1 of 2 ways.

They give upp after a few weeks when the realise golf is tough, or they make the whole year but dont get anywhere near thier target.

Either way just take the pressure of and enjoy the game.
 
MadAdey said:
Sat at work with time on my hands thinking about how I would approach this. I think this is how I would do it.....

Go get a couple of lessons to get the swing basics correct. I would then identify what my weak area is and just hammer that in the practice area until it sorted, forgetting about parts that aren't too bad. Once that is sorted move onto the next weak area, and so on.

The reason I say this is unless you have 4/5 hours a day to practice then trying to do everything at the same time will be counterproductive. If your putting a new bathroom in your house you do so one bit at a time, not fit the sink in to the wall, do a bit of tiling, put a new light switch in, remove the old toilet etc etc as nothing ever gets finished.
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you a security guard at the Mall? :mmm:
or clock wrong for you?
 
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