chrisd
Major Champion
It was a great day on a fabulous course. Even in the middle of winter the course was very playable, the company excellent and Imurg put a decent round together even though the wind was up for most of the afternoon
I played today and..(Rolling) -originally created by JohnnyDee
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It was a great day on a fabulous course. Even in the middle of winter the course was very playable, the company excellent and Imurg put a decent round together even though the wind was up for most of the afternoon
Slime
Tour Winner
Had my first round for about seven weeks, due to a bad back.
I was generally shocking but thoroughly enjoyed it, it was just for some fresh air and laughter.
I was playing with the club pro who made two general observations.
1. I overswing. I've been fighting that all my life and now just accept it.
2. I have almost no weight shift. How do I overcome this, in simple terms?
I was generally shocking but thoroughly enjoyed it, it was just for some fresh air and laughter.
I was playing with the club pro who made two general observations.
1. I overswing. I've been fighting that all my life and now just accept it.
2. I have almost no weight shift. How do I overcome this, in simple terms?
Curls
Journeyman Pro
1. Don’t accept it!
2. Hard work.
If you don’t shift weight now you probably remain pretty central through the swing, something you’ve probably learned to do to fight the fact that your overswing makes the clubhead hard to return properly to impact. If you introduce a quick fix to shift your weight chances are you’ll be swaying rather than rotating around your core properly, once your centre starts moving around you’ll find it very difficult to make good contact.
There are good drills on YouTube involving taking address then a step right, then left (swinging but without hitting a ball). Also standing/swinging a 50 yard pitch with your feet together to feel the weight on one foot then the other. But the key is you rotate from the hips and apply the weight from there, not allowing sway to creep in. Draw a line on a mirror and set it up tilted on the ground so you can see yourself and don’t move off the line.
3. See a pro. ?
GG26
Challenge Tour Pro
Social round this morning, only second time out in the past seven weeks. Usual round of some good stuff and some poor holes too. Just need to keep remembering to keep a good rhythm and not to get too fast.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Got home from my football team Christmas drinks at 4am, then up at 9 for golf. Was never going to end well. 
'Christmas Competition' today which is normally a fun one with a few extra prizes. My hangover golf is very inconsistent to say the least though, finished on a mighty 22 points. Oh well!
'Christmas Competition' today which is normally a fun one with a few extra prizes. My hangover golf is very inconsistent to say the least though, finished on a mighty 22 points. Oh well!
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I disagree...... to a point
As anyone who saw me struggling at the London Club a few years ago, anyone that has habitually overswung, especially for as long as I have will struggle to find a point to stop far shorter without a whole host of knock on effects. In an ideal world, yes I agree and spend the winter doing a lot of really hard work and drills and make it shorter and compact but as I found when I went down that road, it is a lot easier said than done.
I personally feel from my own experiences that it is possible to make a good turn (even with a long swing) and to rotate well and apply the weight well enough to hit down and compact the ball with a good strike. It depends how bothered Slime can be, how much he wants to work at it, how much a pro wants to help change it and whether he can expect going backwards before going forward
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Brutal was the only way to describe it. Strong winds and playing long after the rain and off the whites. I hosted Dufferman and we played in the Saturday roll. I told him he's seen the course at its absolute toughest and he coped admirably. The greens were still in great condition and overall has stood up well to all the rain we've had in the last 48 hours. I think (hope) he enjoyed it. Shock horror though was the fact 32 points won and I was second on 31 so picked up some cash. Adam (Dufferman) even left £1 ahead of the game as we won the team prize
Kennysarmy
Newbie
36 level par front nine!
41 five over back nine ?
Course was about as wet as it could be before they close it!!! Shoes and waterproofs ruined again!
41 five over back nine ?
Course was about as wet as it could be before they close it!!! Shoes and waterproofs ruined again!
played the winter stableford comp at Nairn Dunbar, full course off the full legnth course, played well on the front 9 2o points, putted really well. got to the 12 and it all went wrong, blocks came back two balls OOB on there and 13 put 2 ball in the gorse, so went those without scoring, came back on 14, 15 and 16, but 17 hit a great dive with only 70 to go as i took my back swing the ball rolled off the mat and i just glanced the ball, not being Tiger and not able to pull out so failed to score on 3 holes, so 35 points . folded like a cheap suit
so failed to score on 3 holes, so 35 points . folded like a cheap suit
Jacko_G
Blackballed
played the winter stableford comp at Nairn Dunbar, full course off the full legnth course, played well on the front 9 2o points, putted really well. got to the 12 and it all went wrong, blocks came back two balls OOB on there and 13 put 2 ball in the gorse, so went those without scoring, came back on 14, 15 and 16, but 17 hit a great dive with only 70 to go as i took my back swing the ball rolled off the mat and i just glanced the ball, not being Tiger and not able to pull out
Bottle crashes in winter league is a bit worrying for the season ahead!
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richart
Major Champion
Played in winter league and lost 2 and 1. Fortunately we are already through to knock out stages. Actually played ok and had 40 points individually. Birdie at the last after match was lost.
Course in great nick despite all the rain. Greens decent pace and nice and smooth. Only the odd puddle on fairways. Should be good for meet up tomorrow.
Course in great nick despite all the rain. Greens decent pace and nice and smooth. Only the odd puddle on fairways. Should be good for meet up tomorrow.
chrisd
Major Champion
Played in the Sunday morning swindle, the 4 ball I was in scored 39,39,39, 38 points and I lost my first swindle outing on count back. One of the others got a hole in one on the par 3 14th, thinned 8 iron barely left the ground, hit flagstick and dropped ??. Anyway, probably my best round in a good while and largely because the putter behaved
richart
Major Champion
Mines a pint please Chris. Assume a thin is the only way you can reach par 3s at your age ?
Well done, still waiting after 46 years.
chrisd
Major Champion
Mines a pint please Chris. Assume a thin is the only way you can reach par 3s at your age ?
Well done, still waiting after 46 years.
It was one of the others in my group who got the hole in one Rich. I actually birdied the hole. It was the same hole that I faced a couple of years back
richart
Major Champion
Losing the hole with a birdie. Tough school Chris.
chrisd
Major Champion
Stableford- Rich ??
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Got 7 holes in, once again slow play. Some people think they are playing the masters ! Really frustrating
Beezerk
Money List Winner
First game since September, couldn't hit a decent tee shot for about 5 holes. 38 points, ok on a shortened course but happy with that.
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Played for the first time in a few weeks, hit some guff shots but hit a few decent shots, ended up with 36 points but as its a shorter course it’s nothing to get excited about .
Course is playing really well considering it’s done nothing but rain since the end of September
Looking forward to spring already
Course is playing really well considering it’s done nothing but rain since the end of September
Looking forward to spring already
Kennysarmy
Newbie
Course is playing relatively easy off winter mats, shorter, less chance of errant tee shots running off the fairways and greens are very receptive, even so scoring was high in our group on Saturday, 45, 41, 39, 39 & 38 stableford points.
Mine was a 39, gross 77 which I was very pleased with, had a lesson in the week and adjusted my driver adding 2 degrees of loft and going from neutral to draw bias. I hit 64% of fairways and of the ones that missed, only one did nt' offer me a clear sight of the green - well pleased.
Mine was a 39, gross 77 which I was very pleased with, had a lesson in the week and adjusted my driver adding 2 degrees of loft and going from neutral to draw bias. I hit 64% of fairways and of the ones that missed, only one did nt' offer me a clear sight of the green - well pleased.
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