Hmmm... A very mixed 8 days....

[FourPutt]

So, last Saturday was our first medal of the year (and my first ever). Had the WORST round I have had since I started playing. 117 gross and dead last in Division 3. By about 5 shots.

Then Wednesday, was playing up in Finchley on an Army Golf Association competition and managed to win the afternoon Stableford with 38 pts. Happy Days! First win etc etc.

So today was our club's first "Major" and it was a stableford but had to play off max 24. Thought to myself, what the hell, might as well have a bash. Off to a terrible start and had about 3 points off the first 4 holes. Started to pick up a little after the 5th and ended up on 12 points for the front 9. Then played reasonably over the next 4 holes, picking up 7 points on our hardest stretch. Blobbed the 14th due to a silly tee shot into the trees and then trying to hit a heroic shot out of the trees. Anyways, I finished par, par, par, birdie for my best ever finishing stretch and 20 points on the back 9. All in all I managed to keep it together and rescue a round from the doldrums that ended up 32 points off of 24 h'cap and would have been 36 off my own.

I can feel the improvement there, particularly in my putting, I just need to get it together in a club medal round now and I should be able to get a cut or two.

 

[Society_Fan]

I know the feeling.
The day before I shot my best ever round I shot a 96 in perfect conditions and prompty got pissed.
Next day (thankfully in the afternoom) I shot a 72 around my home track (which is 5 shots harder (according to SSS)

Still waiting for it to happen again

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I've had a mixed 24 hours. Played an away day at Sand Martins with HTL yesterday. Relaxed (although he got severely wound up by the pace of play) and not worried about how I played knowing I wasn't playing great. Played half decent on the whole and truth be known almost enjoyed myself. Out today in a medal and it was sheer hell. Net 81 off 12 (par 70) and I couldn't string anything together. It was like I'd just taken the game up. The only thing I got out of playing was 0.1 on the handicap and sunburn.

Taking a break from playing and practicing after tomorrow's bounce game. Not touching the clubs for a week. Nothing to do with the swing, short game or putting. No range sessions or practice ground visits or evening sojourns to the putting green. A golf free week. After that we'll hit it and find it (hopefully) and hit it again for a bit and then review the situation

 

[kid2]

Good on you Homer.
A break will recharge the batteries....
I went out today and play a singles stroke play and went around in 100 off a handicap of 19 to give me 81...Par 73..
I had been going ok until i reached our par 3 13th and then the wheels fell off.
Im blaming a bad nights sleep on it plus the 22 degrees of sun we were playing in..... By the time i came onto the 16th i was so knackered i could hardly swing a club and all the water and snacks couldnt get me going.

Roll on next weekend