Golf Random Irritations

Recently have been making it over to the club maybe once a week midweek but work has been busy so fairly late. On Friday I spotted an opportunity to go a bit earlier but as I stood from my work chair the last time felt a twinge in the back. Went anyway, swang fairly well but felt generally uncomfortable so exited after 9 holes even though it was a peaceful and beautiful evening ?
Today have been trying a few things, but am now at the point of withdrawing from the drawn competition tomorrow that I had been looking forward to ??
 
Lost a ball on our silly 13th hole, yesterday, it has quite a severe drop to the green from around 100 yards so you're shot to the green is blind.
Creamed a drive down the middle, pured an 8 iron bang on line,.even my pp who has been a member there for years said it was perfect and would be in the middle of the green.
We get down there and yep, it is nowhere to be seen. Had to NR the hole as we had another group waiting on us and I didn't fancy the 200 yard walk all the way back up the hill. My first ever NR in a medal round so I was a bit miffed but thankfully the computer sorts it all out for you now.
 
Beezerk said:
Lost a ball on our silly 13th hole, yesterday, it has quite a severe drop to the green from around 100 yards so you're shot to the green is blind.
Creamed a drive down the middle, pured an 8 iron bang on line,.even my pp who has been a member there for years said it was perfect and would be in the middle of the green.
We get down there and yep, it is nowhere to be seen. Had to NR the hole as we had another group waiting on us and I didn't fancy the 200 yard walk all the way back up the hill. My first ever NR in a medal round so I was a bit miffed but thankfully the computer sorts it all out for you now.
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I lost a ball on the 8th yesterday. Drive leaked slightly right. We saw it bounce in the fairway, and roll into the semi. Where it disappeared.

I was only one over and playing very well at the time.
 
Popped to the range at chelsfield earlier as I’m trying something different with my set up and had the pleasure of meeting “mr unasked for range advice”.
 
Dando said:
Popped to the range at chelsfield earlier as I’m trying something different with my set up and had the pleasure of meeting “mr unasked for range advice”.
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Yeah, but that elbow does get a bit wayward..:whistle:
And as for your hips - well I think we leave it there....;)
 
4BBB Open yesterday. One of my group had a hole in one but sadly it was a raised green so no one realised. It was only when we were half way up the fairway that someone from a group ahead motioned to the ball being in the hole. It was the guys 3rd hole in one so he was quite relaxed about it but it was still entirely flat. The buzz and excitement of seeing the ball roll near to the hole and then dropping just was not there.
 
Took up the club's offer of two free lessons to members as part of the compensation for lockdown, and in the last two comps have managed a passable imitation of a golfer, with 37 & 38 points(39 points being the play off for the board comp in the second one :mad:). The irritation; being beaten in both by a point by my 4BBB partner's 12 year old son, who's smaller than my golf bag!! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

The other irritation is having moaned that having played like a drain last year & seen my handicap get cut under WHS, the 37 points saw me go back up o_O Just how does this system work?
 
Blue in Munich said:
Took up the club's offer of two free lessons to members as part of the compensation for lockdown, and in the last two comps have managed a passable imitation of a golfer, with 37 & 38 points(39 points being the play off for the board comp in the second one :mad:). The irritation; being beaten in both by a point by my 4BBB partner's 12 year old son, who's smaller than my golf bag!! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

The other irritation is having moaned that having played like a drain last year & seen my handicap get cut under WHS, the 37 points saw me go back up o_O Just how does this system work?
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It's just demonstrating what you already knew....

That 20 (well 21 now) rounds ago, you shot a seriously good score! Now that that has been 'dropped', your average score for the 8 best from last 20 has been 'poorer' in spite of the latest being better than most.
 
Had a lesson Tuesday. Not had one in over two years since taking a break.
My pre lesson swing won me two comps and dancing in single figures. But wanted to make sure I was in good shape.

I got a bout of shanks now.
 
Slow play, I got an evening booking. I followed 3 guys who were late on their booking slot by 5minutes. Not great but forgivable. Then they proceeded to play slowly, sink every putt and spend more time looking for lost balls ( rough and second cut is up for board comps .. so off line and your in trouble! ) But they were oblivious to the fact that they were causing too much standing time on tee .. I should have bought my trolley with the seat!
At the end I completed 16 holes, but prior to that I started hitting 6-7 shots into the green as no one was behind me.. they had realised the moon would have been out by the time they got to 17.
It’s a bit frustrating when you get a collection of muppets together ☹️
 
Jamesbrown said:
Had a lesson Tuesday. Not had one in over two years since taking a break.
My pre lesson swing won me two comps and dancing in single figures. But wanted to make sure I was in good shape.

I got a bout of shanks now.
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Crumbs.

My advice? Don’t play for a week. Don’t go to the range. If you do anything hit the practice green and chip/putt.

Then go out for a practice round, not a comp. Your natural full swing will return.
 
Curls said:
Crumbs.

My advice? Don’t play for a week. Don’t go to the range. If you do anything hit the practice green and chip/putt.

Then go out for a practice round, not a comp. Your natural full swing will return.
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It’s an easy fix, I’ve been there many times but not for a few years.

Just try to hit it out the toe, I eventually find middle sacrificing distance for strike until it becomes the norm.

Played in an open this morning, no shanks thankfully.
 
Standing on the first tee for a competition and realising that everything looks blurred because I picked up my reading glasses, rather than my single vision ones when leaving the house. Had to play in an old pair of sunglasses that I had left in the bag.
 
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