HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
No such thing as closed season at our place. We're coming into the time of year I usually play my best golf so still hoping to get to single figures before the year's out.
Plans for the closed season
- Thread starter Basher
- Start date
jammydodger
Tour Winner
winter foursomes league and losing money to the other guys every week as the course is shortened with the winter tees/greens back out.
Forget all about h/c for 6 months
Forget all about h/c for 6 months
StuartD
Tour Rookie
Throw the clubs in the garage at the end of October and not look at them till March
StrangelyBrown
Tour Winner
Short game practice and hitting the gym pretty hard, along with the winter eclectic and the range to keep things going until March.
bobmac
Major Champion
or emigrate
moonraker
Assistant Pro
Winter league, monthly medal, course stays open unless covered in snow, and plays silty easier due to no jungle rough
Aztecs27
Money List Winner
Play when it's not raining
You wont be playing much then......
With a bit of luck I'll get just as much golf as I get in the warmer months.
Probably not
. I might man up and play in the rain though
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Alex1975
Guest
I don’t have my plan sorted yet but it will be a tough one. Practice three times in the week and play once or twice at the weekend.
I guess mostly range in the week. Not too helpful for my short game that needs work. The dark evenings will be a pain in the ass. I guess chipping and putting Saturday mornings before play and 3 range sessions in the week.
I will play in every stableford and medal I can get in and anything else going.
I am already missing the light evenings.
I guess mostly range in the week. Not too helpful for my short game that needs work. The dark evenings will be a pain in the ass. I guess chipping and putting Saturday mornings before play and 3 range sessions in the week.
I will play in every stableford and medal I can get in and anything else going.
I am already missing the light evenings.
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Deleted member 1147
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I'm planning on damn near killing myself in the gym during the week to build up strength & stamina for the start of the next season.
Then on sundays playing winter league.
Then on sundays playing winter league.
stevek1969
Money List Winner
Back in the gym this morning split my time half cardio then weights followed by a swim ,can't beat it.
I hit a few balls last night following on from my freebie lesson on Saturday. I understand the concept but the implementation was lacking on a consistant basis. The ones I got right were amazing but the ones I got wrong....
Definitely something to work on alongside trying to eradicate this lifting action I have on the way down. I am still keen to dabble with S&T in a bit more depth to really see what its about. All I hope is that closed season doesn't mean closed courses and ranges like we had last year
Definitely something to work on alongside trying to eradicate this lifting action I have on the way down. I am still keen to dabble with S&T in a bit more depth to really see what its about. All I hope is that closed season doesn't mean closed courses and ranges like we had last year
Basher
Tour Winner
I couldn't help but notice this with your uploaded golf swing videos Homer.
Far be it for me to offer advice, but have you considered having someone just stand in front of you with their hand on the top of your head to keep your head still whilst you swing.
Have none of the Pros you've used ever commented on it or taken steps to eradicate it?
Basher,
Thanks for the comments. I've had people do exactly what you suggested but the problem is so ingrained that I can get away with being held into a good impact position on the range but as soon as I am swinging freely the problem returns. Having played with it for so long there is an argument for keeping what I have and living with it. The trouble is that when my timing is off all this extra movement is impossible to repeat.
Pros have spoken about it but its never been the right time, too expensive, not wanted to worry. Basically any excuse I could find. However the time has come when it needs to look at if I'm ever going to get near to and stay at single figures. I'm not getting any younger either and so I won't be able to make the adjustments I do forever. A lot of the problem seems to be a swingpath fault (and tempo, takeway and for all I know follow through too). I make a good contact but the club rarely travels on the same path two swings running. I need to find a way of getting the club more in front of me in the downswing to give myself more room and not have to make such an exaggerated compensation.
The question is can I really be bothered? At the moment its a big YES but I know it'll be a long haul to jettison a fault that has been there certainly since my 30's. Whether I'll think that hacking it around on a wet Saturday in December is another matter.
I'm bound to get slaughtered (no change there) from those thinking I'm getting way too involved and technical and its all about hitting it and finding it but to be honest I've got use to certain keyboard warriors just looking for a reason to have a pop. The truth is I need to reduce the number of moving parts and find something more economical and less stressful on the body so I can enjoy this great game as long as I can
Thanks for the comments. I've had people do exactly what you suggested but the problem is so ingrained that I can get away with being held into a good impact position on the range but as soon as I am swinging freely the problem returns. Having played with it for so long there is an argument for keeping what I have and living with it. The trouble is that when my timing is off all this extra movement is impossible to repeat.
Pros have spoken about it but its never been the right time, too expensive, not wanted to worry. Basically any excuse I could find. However the time has come when it needs to look at if I'm ever going to get near to and stay at single figures. I'm not getting any younger either and so I won't be able to make the adjustments I do forever. A lot of the problem seems to be a swingpath fault (and tempo, takeway and for all I know follow through too). I make a good contact but the club rarely travels on the same path two swings running. I need to find a way of getting the club more in front of me in the downswing to give myself more room and not have to make such an exaggerated compensation.
The question is can I really be bothered? At the moment its a big YES but I know it'll be a long haul to jettison a fault that has been there certainly since my 30's. Whether I'll think that hacking it around on a wet Saturday in December is another matter.
I'm bound to get slaughtered (no change there) from those thinking I'm getting way too involved and technical and its all about hitting it and finding it but to be honest I've got use to certain keyboard warriors just looking for a reason to have a pop. The truth is I need to reduce the number of moving parts and find something more economical and less stressful on the body so I can enjoy this great game as long as I can
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thecraw
Guest
To be fair to you Homer, once a fault becomes habit its extremely hard to get out of that habit.
It becomes even harder under pressure as your muscle memory automatically takes you to what it knows best and that is also even harder to break, hard work and lots of balls plus lessons to keep an eye on it will eventually pay off.
It becomes even harder under pressure as your muscle memory automatically takes you to what it knows best and that is also even harder to break, hard work and lots of balls plus lessons to keep an eye on it will eventually pay off.
FourPutt
Head Pro
I'm planning on getting plenty golf in over the winter. Still hoping to meet my revised target of <20 handicap before the start of next season.
Well if there is one thing you guys know about me is that I'm not afraid to put some work into it and hit the requisite number of balls. I'm sure I'll get plenty of help with a pro keeping an eye on it especially now HID is working at a club. I think we'll get there on the range but you could be right about returning to a comfort zone once I hit the course and a few go astray or through lack of attention.
