Short Notice - Painswick GC, Wednesday 31st August

[Crow]

Just been on the practice ground with the Dunlops.

The irons went quite well, but no idea where the woods were going! This will be an experience!

Playing modern drivers encourages you to go all out on your swing because they're so massive and so forgiving.

Just rein the swing in a little and concentrate on getting the middle of the club head back to the ball and you'll be fine.

Painswick doesn't have many long holes anyway!

 

[Voyager EMH]

First tee will be a 3/4 swing with a 3-wood for me. Just poke it down the fairway a bit, hopefully.

 

[Crow]

Just found this review of the course, I expect it will be running a bit more fiery tomorrow!

 

[IanM]

I'm sure they have changed the order... that little Par 3 used to be the 1st?

 

[Voyager EMH]

He thought he did well being 4 over par with a course handicap of 5.
But he ignored course rating.
His differential was 7.6.
Way over his handicap.
Early days of WHS and he did not have a good grasp.
Courses are not easier or harder - they are all the same now - CR and SR make them so.

 

[IanM]

I couldn't listen to him for more than a few holes!

 

[Voyager EMH]

He mentioned being 7 over on the Hotchkin with a SR of 151.
That would be a differential of 3.4.
Well below his handicap.

He was clearly a stableford thinker. He did not understand his scores on the two courses.

I played in a comp at Luffenham Heath last year. I was 10 over par. My differential was 5.6. (there was a PCC of +1)
2 over par at Painswick off the yellows would give me a differential of 5.4.

To see this as perfectly normal (which it is now, because it is the reality) and not odd in anyway, you need to clear your head of stableford thinking and focus more on differential achieved. That tells you (and others) what you played to.

 

[IanM]

I'm just wondering how I'm getting off the tee tomorrow with those wooden woods!!

 

[Voyager EMH]

Just watch how @Crow does it and copy him.

 

[Crow]

Just watch how @Crow does it and copy him.

 

[IanM]

I've been on YouTube all night, nearly mastered the voice, still working on the swing!

 

[IanM]

That's a long 5000 yards....

Many thanks for today, lots of fun!

 

[Crow]

That's a long 5000 yards....

Many thanks for today, lots of fun!

I think we must have walked another 5,000 yards vertically, going up and down all those hills, I'm knackered!

 

[IanM]

My feet hurt!

 

[Aztecs27]

How on EARTH did I miss this?! Painswick is literally 5 minutes drive from my house and I regularly walk the dog up there. Would have loved to have joined you -_-

 

[IanM]

Yes, shame you didn't spot it. Fun course, tough old walk too

 

[Voyager EMH]

I've just returned to the land of the living after 36 hours rest.
Fantastic course, great day, wonderful company.

 

[Voyager EMH]

How on EARTH did I miss this?! Painswick is literally 5 minutes drive from my house and I regularly walk the dog up there. Would have loved to have joined you -_-

Well then, we know who to contact for another fun day out.

My claim to fame is that I played with the same ball all the way round with no penalty drops!
Three provisionals hit, but found the first one each time, luckily.

 

[Voyager EMH]

 

[Grizzly]

Wow - looks like you had some incredible views there!