How's your winter prep going?

[HampshireHog]

Cut in Winter :mmm: as in a Winter handicap ??

No winter handicaps at our club.

 

[Dasit]

Been playing twice a week even in the freezing cold

Game is best it ever has been.

Lesson every 4 weeks been hitting the ball much more consistent and longer

Single figures this year

 

[User101]

No winter handicaps at our club.

I'm genuinely confused, you have qualifying comps in Winter that effects you'r handicap for the whole year (season) ?

 

[User101]

Been playing twice a week even in the freezing cold

Game is best it ever has been.

Lesson every 4 weeks been hitting the ball much more consistent and longer

Single figures this year

That's good but personally I don't read too much in to playing well in Winter, recently had 74/76 rounds but non quals, short course etc, really means nothing til it counts.

 

[Hobbit]

Played mid Oct up here, then not until I bought a second hand set of irons out in Spain early January. Callaway Fusion with regular shafts. Did a couple of range sessions and was well impressed. Not overly long but launched high, and I could move the ball both ways - something I've struggled with for a few years.

Decided then to drop stiff shafts, and bought a set of Titliest AP3's a couple of weeks back with regular shafts. Had a couple of range sessions in the last couple of weeks. Wow! Me and practice in the same sentence? High and loooonnnnggggg.... Can't wait to get out there again.

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Played mid Oct up here, then not until I bought a second hand set of irons out in Spain early January. Callaway Fusion with regular shafts. Did a couple of range sessions and was well impressed. Not overly long but launched high, and I could move the ball both ways - something I've struggled with for a few years.

Decided then to drop stiff shafts, and bought a set of Titliest AP3's a couple of weeks back with regular shafts. Had a couple of range sessions in the last couple of weeks. Wow! Me and practice in the same sentence? High and loooonnnnggggg.... Can't wait to get out there again.

Brian

I thought you were going to ask what winter was !!, glad its going well over there and enjoy the AP3's

AAC

 

[Tommo21]

Never stop playing in the winter, no real issue apart from not playing as much. Shot 76 scratch, CSS 72, in last Saturdays medal at Dunbar so can't complain. No winter prep required here.

 

[HampshireHog]

I'm genuinely confused, you have qualifying comps in Winter that effects you'r handicap for the whole year (season) ?

Yes, I haven’t been a member anywhere where that hasn’t been the case. I am in the South East so we don’t suffer as much as other parts of the country plus we have a course that drains fantastically well.

 

[User101]

Well lucky you, I haven't played on a full course since mid November and I've played every week.

 

[richart]

Yes, I haven’t been a member anywhere where that hasn’t been the case. I am in the South East so we don’t suffer as much as other parts of the country plus we have a course that drains fantastically well.

We no longer have qualifying comps in the winter. Stopped last year. Assume you are at North Hants ?

 

[HampshireHog]

We no longer have qualifying comps in the winter. Stopped last year. Assume you are at North Hants ?

Yes, at North Hants. I’d be disappointed if we stopped, if the course can be prepared and is fully playable why not have qualifiers?

 

[ScienceBoy]

Wonderful, picking up from where I left off last year. First hole of the year was a bird, 2nd year in s row doing that I think.

Scores not great yet but do have much promise!

 

[chrisd]

My new club pro has tweaked my swing since Christmas. In 4 half hour lessons we alterered just

The takeaway
The top of the backswing
The down swing path
The finish position

So, only the whole swing 😁 but, to be fair, I've hit the ball better and hit a few more rounds in the 70's including a 74 at Littlestone.

Im looking forward to some decent weather to try it out in now.

 

[Dogma]

Going well.

Lesson before Christmas on short game distance which has transformed the way I look at my short game.

Bit of a wobble before Christmas with my irons, which my Coach fixed after Christmas and I’ve gone on to shoot my two lowest ever rounds since I started playing nearly 3 years ago (83 and an 89 Gross. 42 and 41 points).

Game is definitely going in the right direction and I’m practicing every week.

Currently off 22.4 but have a bet with my coach that he can get me down to 16 by the end of the Summer.

In the midst of all this, I’ve had the handicap committee email to tell me my handicap is going up to 23 :rofl:

 

[jim8flog]

I'm genuinely confused, you have qualifying comps in Winter that effects you'r handicap for the whole year (season) ?

We have 2-3 comps every week all year round where I play, all qualifying unless course dictates otherwise (too many temps).

It was why the variable standard scratch system was introduced, to stop clubs making winter comps non qualifiers without good reason.

 

[Orikoru]

I don't understand, what is winter prep?

Exactly what I was going to say. If it's when you just carry on playing golf in winter then yeah, it's going fine.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Big step back today. Pitching back to haunt me again. Get that and all things short game nailed and it'll make a big difference. Just need to get out and work hard going forward

 

[Jamesbrown]

Slowly getting back into it after my break. Managing a round a week and practice after work.
Roll on the season and playing 4-7 days a week.