Practice does make perfect!

[lukeysafc100]

Wow - played this morning and just shot my Personal Best - 69 Gross around Brancepeth Castle (1 under par)
My handicap went up to 10(9.5) 2 weeks ago and I decided to quit the comps and focus on practice (you may of remembered my rant on a thread) - I was frustrated about not performing to how I should be.

So I'm had a lesson, worked on a few drills - had a couple of friendly knocks and focused on the process of my swing and getting in the right positions.
Shot a 78 last night in KO match (lost on the 2nd extra hole) - So I thought screw it I'm going to give a supplementary score a go as I can't enter a comp until the 10th of June (time restraints). Rocked up this morning, warm up in the net, declare my intentions and the rest is history! 2 over on the front 3 under on back!

could not believe it! So happy right now that work is enjoyable haha

 

[londonlewis]

Wow - played this morning and just shot my Personal Best - 69 Gross around Brancepeth Castle (1 under par)
My handicap went up to 10(9.5) 2 weeks ago and I decided to quit the comps and focus on practice (you may of remembered my rant on a thread) - I was frustrated about not performing to how I should be.

So I'm had a lesson, worked on a few drills - had a couple of friendly knocks and focused on the process of my swing and getting in the right positions.
Shot a 78 last night in KO match (lost on the 2nd extra hole) - So I thought screw it I'm going to give a supplementary score a go as I can't enter a comp until the 10th of June (time restraints). Rocked up this morning, warm up in the net, declare my intentions and the rest is history! 2 over on the front 3 under on back!

could not believe it! So happy right now that work is enjoyable haha

Smashing job. What was the key to the low scoring during the round? Anything in particular?

And what were the drills you worked on in practice?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I have had a similar thing happen to me. I have tried a simple technique that has me checking my 'set' and hip-turn before every shot - and it seems to have made a huge difference to my striking and scoring - albeit I'm early days.

Off 10 I played our 6 handicapper Handicap Sec in the club scratch KO yesterday and beat him two up with one to play. He reckoned I'd dropped 2 in the 17 we played (including missing 3 or 4 putts all under 4ft) - and that under the old handicap system he'd have been considering cutting me to 6 the way I played (very consistently on all aspects of my game - other than putting). All because of something my assistant pro had told me to do in a lesson about 2 years ago - and I haven't really been putting it into practice. Doh!

 

[lukeysafc100]

I had a problem with a few things really - 1) club position - not coming on plane properly - so through impact I was lifting the handle, so it lead to hosel rockets 2) lunging by body forward 3) tempo

So I've been working on 1 drill only - chippy 5 irons and 7 irons - taking the club up to half way and coming through - working on keep my body in position and swing on plane. This has really helped with my tempo as well.

Its work so well today - I've put it in my pre-shot routine - I've lost 5/6 yards but today I lost 10 shots! haha I know which I'd rather have.

 

[BomberSRL]

Wow - played this morning and just shot my Personal Best - 69 Gross around Brancepeth Castle (1 under par)
My handicap went up to 10(9.5) 2 weeks ago and I decided to quit the comps and focus on practice (you may of remembered my rant on a thread) - I was frustrated about not performing to how I should be.

So I'm had a lesson, worked on a few drills - had a couple of friendly knocks and focused on the process of my swing and getting in the right positions.
Shot a 78 last night in KO match (lost on the 2nd extra hole) - So I thought screw it I'm going to give a supplementary score a go as I can't enter a comp until the 10th of June (time restraints). Rocked up this morning, warm up in the net, declare my intentions and the rest is history! 2 over on the front 3 under on back!

could not believe it! So happy right now that work is enjoyable haha

Congrats! Interested in knowing how the supplementary round situation works, I have had a nightmare in comps recently, is this rule only in place for people who can't play in comps, or can i use it as an option to submit another couple of cards?

SRL

 

[fundy]

Congrats! Interested in knowing how the supplementary round situation works, I have had a nightmare in comps recently, is this rule only in place for people who can't play in comps, or can i use it as an option to submit another couple of cards?

SRL

in england anyone cat 2 and above can submit upto 10 supplementary cards in a year, just have to declare you are doing so in advance then it gets treated as a comp card against SSS. rules are stricter on cat 1 where i think you are allowed to use it just to keep your handicap competitive (tho this may have been updated)

 

[lukeysafc100]

Congrats! Interested in knowing how the supplementary round situation works, I have had a nightmare in comps recently, is this rule only in place for people who can't play in comps, or can i use it as an option to submit another couple of cards?

SRL

You can put a supplementary score in whenever you like. You declare your intention to do so and the card must be handed in. You can enter up to 10 supplementary scores a year. I decided to do it today because I can't play comp until mid june with other commitments and I thought I was playing well and I could get back down to single figures (didn't expect a 69 though).

 

[fundy]

Wow - played this morning and just shot my Personal Best - 69 Gross around Brancepeth Castle (1 under par)
My handicap went up to 10(9.5) 2 weeks ago and I decided to quit the comps and focus on practice (you may of remembered my rant on a thread) - I was frustrated about not performing to how I should be.

So I'm had a lesson, worked on a few drills - had a couple of friendly knocks and focused on the process of my swing and getting in the right positions.
Shot a 78 last night in KO match (lost on the 2nd extra hole) - So I thought screw it I'm going to give a supplementary score a go as I can't enter a comp until the 10th of June (time restraints). Rocked up this morning, warm up in the net, declare my intentions and the rest is history! 2 over on the front 3 under on back!

could not believe it! So happy right now that work is enjoyable haha

top shooting

 

[BomberSRL]

You can put a supplementary score in whenever you like. You declare your intention to do so and the card must be handed in. You can enter up to 10 supplementary scores a year. I decided to do it today because I can't play comp until mid june with other commitments and I thought I was playing well and I could get back down to single figures (didn't expect a 69 though).

Interesting! I dislike the Medal format but know I am capable - might help, might be the same! Fair play on a 69 gross though!

 

[lukeysafc100]

Interesting! I dislike the Medal format but know I am capable - might help, might be the same! Fair play on a 69 gross though!

You can do it as stableford as well - if that helps with your mentality - its practically the same anyways.
I think you can post a 9 hole score card as well - then the computer just adds 18 points for the other 9 - not completely sure on that one though.