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Had my best round for a while yesterday, 81 round Sunbury, three birdies and thirty putts. A couple of horror holes scuppered beating my best of 78 but I'll take it :grin:
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Got paired up with the marshall yesterday

played awful going out (12 points)

back 9 , 21 points

much better lol
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Have no idea if the above link will work but KUMB golf day booked, details via the link
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Just the three of us then 😢
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Can't even rustle up a four ball :crylol:

Maybe I should add that the payment is not required until May next year!
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Harlow Hammer wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:30 pm Can't even rustle up a four ball :crylol:

Maybe I should add that the payment is not required until May next year!
3 balls are the best anyways
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Been really struggling with my game recently

Pre October I was in the best form of my life

Post October it's been awful.

I'm defo in a slump, drivers lost 50 yards on a good shot and 70 on a poor shot. However I can accept 50 as it's winter but it's the other clubs

I can bearly get the ball going

Everything seems to come up 2 clubs short lol now I'm not a long hitting so I'm not being like oh it's 200 yards I'm gonna bang out a wedge I'm talking for example I had 70 yards in today and I know that's almost a full 56 for me

Came up 30 yards short what the hell

But today at least I managed to throw a good score together

Im booked in at a new pro in couple weeks, I wnna try this indoor sim at upminster just over winter ...fancy that over freezing at the range
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I was doing alright in the summer. Shooting high 80’s and a few mid range 80’s but all of a sudden my drivers gone from going right most of the time to a massive hook.

Taken to using my 5 wood to tee off. Only manage 180 yards but at least it’s straight.

Got about 5 rounds booked over Christmas to see if I can sort it out.

Putting gone a bit wayward too. Leaving everything short.

Frustrating as I don’t know why.
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^^^Winter. Trying too hard to get summer distances off the tee can cause all sorts of problems. Greenkeepers generally leave the grass on greens longer in winter too, apparently it's better for the grass. Longer grass means slower putts.
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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:44 pm ^^^Winter. Trying too hard to get summer distances off the tee can cause all sorts of problems. Greenkeepers generally leave the grass on greens longer in winter too, apparently it's better for the grass. Longer grass means slower putts.
It's mainly because the ground gets so wet it's harder to get the machines on them without damage
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Different planet.



I love the way he doesn't even watch it land and picks up his tee. He just knows.
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Lesson Sunday, few small drills and one slight change to work on

He got my swing speed back up by 10 mph

Went to range today

5 warm up half wedges using his alignment stick drill
5 full wedges

35 8 irons .. 25 were great, 10 average to meh but wouldn't be in danger

5 drives to finish

Striking so much cleaner again
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I've just booked a lesson with the pro at my club, mainly to look at my driving. Trying to fix a hook I've seemed to have developed.

Made some targets for next to work on

Play at last twice a month, mainly to coincide with the club stableford and stroke play competitions
Get my handicap back down to 18 (from the 22 its gone up to up to)
Shoot below 90 consistently, hovering around low 90's at the moment and it more down to wayward drives and putting. So a focus on those next year.

All gearing up to the inaugural KUMB Golf Day (or 3 ball!) and playing Forest of Arden in June.

Got a few rounds booked over the Xmas break. hopefully the course either opens or dry out enough for me to leave my arm bands at home!
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So lesson went well and been range 3 times. All good progress

Decided to play 9 today .. managed to sneak it in before I start my nights

Got the swing going well

Started par , par then was within 50 yards on the par 5 in 2 through some very good strikes

His tips are definitely helping and just need to work on it all slowly
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I love this. The namesake of a pro golfer got an invite to play in the Masters :grin:

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so I managed 18 holes yesterday

went out in 53 which lets face it.. awful

came back in 44 though managing a respectable 97

wind was tough ofc

however just goes to show the difference the new pro has made in 1 lesson

had my second today he tweeked the grip slightly and changed my path .. another 15 yards added to my 7 iron without me swinging much harder.. speed jumped from 75 to 78 mph through better mechanics

turns out he won the pro event at ingrebourne couple years ago aswell with -10 over 2 days. wow.

lovely learning again and also the fact its indoor sim has been fantastic for the awful weather
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It's always nice to actually see improvements after a lesson :newthumb:

Meanwhile, different planet.

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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:17 pm It's always nice to actually see improvements after a lesson :newthumb:

Meanwhile, different planet.

Turns out the guy who did those sums was out apparently, he "only" +10 aha but still wow

Yes he has worked wonders but wow I looked into him a bit

His 65 is ingrebournes course record. And he is that Good a pro he has made 95k from event winnings in his career! Just wow. I mean not tour level but for a teaching pro that's outstanding
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I was talking about it this morning with one of the club pros, it turns out that Rahm was born with a club foot and his legs different lengths, that's why he has a very short swing. Astonishing.
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Has anyone on here tried any speed training? I've been using the stack system and have been getting some serious gains in clubhead speed but haven't been able to take it to the course yet (far to wet in darkest wet Cumbria to be outside let alone on the course)

Started off with a clubhead speed of 95 mph and have just topped out at 112 mph giving it full beans so a 17mph gain in 8 weeks. Will be interested to see if it translates to any extra distance
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