Orikoru
Tour Winner
No podcast to listen to at lunch because my favourite golf ones are all still on hiatus from Christmas/New Year. 
Golf Random Irritations
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
My club have increased the number of competition rounds you need to have in order to be eligible to win a board comp. Pretty sure it used to be 4 but it's now 8 in the last 12 months. I'm currently on 5, and entering the medal tomorrow will make it 6. 
sunshine
Well-known member
My club has gone the other way, decreasing from 8 to 6 scores, 3 of which have to be competitions.
sunshine
Well-known member
By the way, surprised you have a medal in January. Also thought you only entered stablefordsMy club have increased the number of competition rounds you need to have in order to be eligible to win a board comp. Pretty sure it used to be 4 but it's now 8 in the last 12 months. I'm currently on 5, and entering the medal tomorrow will make it 6.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
The 'monthly medal' and 'monthly Stableford' continue through winter, just no board comp til end of March I think.By the way, surprised you have a medal in January. Also thought you only entered stablefords
What made you think that? 90% of the board comps are medals so I wouldn't be worried if that was the case!
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Mates who are not replying to messages about this years golf trip. Yeah ok go on........fire away.. 
Orikoru
Tour Winner
And the same week as they announce this, the competition entry fee has gone up from £3 to £4. Very suspect.My club have increased the number of competition rounds you need to have in order to be eligible to win a board comp. Pretty sure it used to be 4 but it's now 8 in the last 12 months. I'm currently on 5, and entering the medal tomorrow will make it 6.
sjw
Well-known member
Thin iron shots! Argh! Consistently happening all day and no idea why.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Keep your head down.
3offTheTee
Tour Rookie
Hearing Sky Sports today mention The Ryder Cup is exclusive on Sky. It is just over 8 months away!
was due to have my first game on Sunday, Saturday was glorious, heavy frost overnight and went onto frost holes so didn't bother. thats now 6 months since i touched a club, let alone play.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
The demise of my favourite YouTube channel...TXG. Any regular watchers will know what I mean.
They got bought out by Club Champion a couple of years ago and the chanel seemed to lose its way a bit but was still very watchable
Now the 2 main men, Ian and Mike, have left and the channel is in the hands of CC....the first videos have been dull, uninspiring and similar to the hundreds of other golf review sites....
RIP TXG.....at least I've still got my ball marker.
They got bought out by Club Champion a couple of years ago and the chanel seemed to lose its way a bit but was still very watchable
Now the 2 main men, Ian and Mike, have left and the channel is in the hands of CC....the first videos have been dull, uninspiring and similar to the hundreds of other golf review sites....
RIP TXG.....at least I've still got my ball marker.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Putting together a new driver shaft this morning (first time for a few years) and forgot to check shaft diameter verses adapter bore. All glued up and it would only go in a few mm.
I was using fast set glue and had to clean the whole lot off before I could start again after reducing shaft diameter a touch.
I was using fast set glue and had to clean the whole lot off before I could start again after reducing shaft diameter a touch.
rulie
Head Pro
Experience is what you get right after you needed it.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Feel v real in golf is so strange. I've been working on shortening my backswing for more accuracy - at least I thought I was! Decided to take my phone holder to the range just now so I could video myself. Watched it back, and this 'short backswing' still gets to parallel at the top. All I've really done is slow down my swing I guess - it feels about three quarters, but no, my body just takes over and makes it a full swing anyway. So weird watching something back and thinking "huh? that's not what I did.."
Weirder still is that I used to have a very short backswing, two or three years back - as seen in video evidence that I posted on here and people said it looked like a half swing with no wrist hinge. A few swing changes later and now I'm physically incapable of shortening it again.
I'm still seeing decent results though, I think, so maybe just the feeling of shortening it, which is actually just slowing it down a tad, is enough to get me swinging better. Or do I keep working at actually shortening it?? Baffled.
All I've really done is slow down my swing I guess - it feels about three quarters, but no, my body just takes over and makes it a full swing anyway. So weird watching something back and thinking "huh? that's not what I did.."Weirder still is that I used to have a very short backswing, two or three years back - as seen in video evidence that I posted on here and people said it looked like a half swing with no wrist hinge. A few swing changes later and now I'm physically incapable of shortening it again.
I'm still seeing decent results though, I think, so maybe just the feeling of shortening it, which is actually just slowing it down a tad, is enough to get me swinging better. Or do I keep working at actually shortening it?? Baffled.
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sjw
Well-known member
I have had similar. I've taken back what feels 80%, looked in the mirror, and it's actually exactly where the club should be. Makes me wonder what I was doing before!Feel v real in golf is so strange. I've been working on shortening my backswing for more accuracy - at least I thought I was! Decided to take my phone holder to the range just now so I could video myself. Watched it back, and this 'short backswing' still gets to parallel at the top.
Weirder still is that I used to have a very short backswing, two or three years back - as seen in video evidence that I posted on here and people said it looked like a half swing with no wrist hinge. A few swing changes later and now I'm physically incapable of shortening it again.
I'm still seeing decent results though, I think, so maybe just the feeling of shortening it, which is actually just slowing it down a tad, is enough to get my swinging better. Or do I keep working at actually shortening it?? Baffled.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Yeah it's so mad. Maybe the simple act of actually thinking about your backswing is enough to improve it, rather than letting it do what it wants.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Yeah it's so mad. Maybe the simple act of actually thinking about your backswing is enough to improve it, rather than letting it do what it wants.
Absolutely this (in my case at least)
The outcome of any full shot, chip, even putt for me is directly influenced by the backswing and its path. Its been the primary reason for my better score over the last 12 months and its noticeably poor on my bad score days
SteveJay
Head Pro
Played in weekly senior's stableford today. 50 points won with 47 points second. A 30 handicapper scored 89 gross. Ridiculous - I would have needed to beat my lower ever score by 8 to equal his score 
sunshine
Well-known member
Played in weekly senior's stableford today. 50 points won with 47 points second. A 30 handicapper scored 89 gross. Ridiculous - I would have needed to beat my lower ever score by 8 to equal his score
50 points. To match this a 14 handicapper would have to shoot level par (approximately)
Maybe the winner accidentally entered his nett scores instead of gross?
