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goodgreat news is my back is not sore this morning after playing 18 holes at Surfers Paradise GC yesterday. It was a shambrose event and trying to belt shots off the tee is where I tend to do damage.As typical with these events, the obligatory 3 tee shots per player were required and I was done and dusted by the 3rd hole. Driver was playing very well yesterday.
Irons were generally ok. Couple of fat shots but only when trying WAY too hard. When I played smart and remembered to SWING using technique rather than try and HIT the ball, contact, direction and distance were good.
I hit GIR on every Par 3, and we used my shot on two of them. One of which was 2m from the pin, the other 4m.
One 65m approach shot, second shot, off one off my drives I stuck to 1m and put the putt away.
Another hole, par 4, playing 270m and I was pin high with my drive. The 2 club northerly was a little help. It had finished in the sand though, but we played it and I dropped a 65* open face shot to 1m and putted it out.
I feel my game was ok and the lead up practice helped for a change. More importantly my focus and PSR to click into technique vs outcome was much better.
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Sounds pretty nice. Glad the spine is bearing up.
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Sounds pretty nice. Glad the spine is bearing up.
When are we teeing it up again?
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Great when the back behaves
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I’m an absolute hack. FMD. Working on consistent ball striking at the range yesterday and started well. Then absolute rubbish.
Topped off by young gun local, 15yo, playing off 4.5 ATM, snotting 5i 180m. FMD.
In reflection, I think my problem was that I was concentrating on ball strike. So, brain focussed on it and got into a spiral of thinking what not to do….which of course is what I then did.
With extreme low expectations I walked 2 – 7, so 6 holes for only 2 over. Driver was ok again, not in the shit, and then AS generally ok with GIR except the last, the 7th, where I got it fat and put it in the front bunker. Was all sqaure until them with one bogey n one bird. Hmmm, perhaps I though about the score? I suspect I did.
Need to switch off the brain. This mental side stuff is key for me I think. Hmmm.
Back is holding up ok.
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If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
What’s that saying?
“Rush to the course, rush the swing”
Hmmm.
That was me yesterday. Total timing n rythym off for first couple of holes at Robina Woods. 5 over after 3 holes. But, held it at that with a couple of par results for the next 3.
Up n down game was good. Saved me again when I was losing them off the tee or after fat chunked shots in the fairway.
Must allow more time to get to course and warm up!
By the time you realise this part of my signature doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
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What’s that saying?
“Rush to the course, rush the swing”
Hmmm.
That was me yesterday. Total timing n rythym off for first couple of holes at Robina Woods. 5 over after 3 holes. But, held it at that with a couple of par results for the next 3.
Up n down game was good. Saved me again when I was losing them off the tee or after fat chunked shots in the fairway.
Must allow more time to get to course and warm up!
Nothing worse than rising to the tee!
I try to get to course at least one hour before. Loosen up hit a few shots, chip, and putts
If no time then at least hit a few chips and putts to get feel of gteens.
Do you have a 5minute warm up drill as go to when needed?
What’s that saying?
“Rush to the course, rush the swing”
Hmmm.
That was me yesterday. Total timing n rythym off for first couple of holes at Robina Woods. 5 over after 3 holes. But, held it at that with a couple of par results for the next 3.
Up n down game was good. Saved me again when I was losing them off the tee or after fat chunked shots in the fairway.
Must allow more time to get to course and warm up!
Nothing worse than rising to the tee!
I try to get to course at least one hour before. Loosen up hit a few shots, chip, and putts
If no time then at least hit a few chips and putts to get feel of gteens.
Do you have a 5minute warm up drill as go to when needed?
My ‘go to’ is similar to you… Get there early, swing into nets or on a range to loosen up shoulders and swing sequence ‘feel’ do some chipping and putting.
Definitely makes a difference for me.
By the time you realise this part of my signature doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
What’s that saying?
“Rush to the course, rush the swing”
Hmmm.
That was me yesterday. Total timing n rythym off for first couple of holes at Robina Woods. 5 over after 3 holes. But, held it at that with a couple of par results for the next 3.
Up n down game was good. Saved me again when I was losing them off the tee or after fat chunked shots in the fairway.
Must allow more time to get to course and warm up!
Nothing worse than rising to the tee!
I try to get to course at least one hour before. Loosen up hit a few shots, chip, and putts
If no time then at least hit a few chips and putts to get feel of gteens.
Do you have a 5minute warm up drill as go to when needed?
My ‘go to’ is similar to you… Get there early, swing into nets or on a range to loosen up shoulders and swing sequence ‘feel’ do some chipping and putting.
Definitely makes a difference for me.
and if you dont have time how do you “warm” up in 5minutes?
What’s that saying?
“Rush to the course, rush the swing”
Hmmm.
That was me yesterday. Total timing n rythym off for first couple of holes at Robina Woods. 5 over after 3 holes. But, held it at that with a couple of par results for the next 3.
Up n down game was good. Saved me again when I was losing them off the tee or after fat chunked shots in the fairway.
Must allow more time to get to course and warm up!
Nothing worse than rising to the tee!
I try to get to course at least one hour before. Loosen up hit a few shots, chip, and putts
If no time then at least hit a few chips and putts to get feel of gteens.
Do you have a 5minute warm up drill as go to when needed?
My ‘go to’ is similar to you… Get there early, swing into nets or on a range to loosen up shoulders and swing sequence ‘feel’ do some chipping and putting.
Definitely makes a difference for me.
and if you dont have time how do you “warm” up in 5minutes?
Swing a couple of irons to warm up the muscles, then back to one for a ‘feel’, then back to first tee club …
Drop a couple of balls and chip to a distance across the path, tee area, whatever.
Then, stand on tee and not try to over do it.
For the record. I did none of that at Robina Woods.
What’s your approach?
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If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
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Very similar some slow stretches, a couple clubs in hand. Swings
Chips and pitches for ball feel. Then some putts
Slow swing down for first shot of day. Focus on tempo
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Well, the conclusion was I needed a beer and a calculator.
But, I’m surprisingly not that disappointed…. I was nursing my lower back for the round after it “locked” and “let go” just as I had picked up Driver to warm up. Irons on the warm up were going great, but after the back “clunk” it was never going to be pretty. I wasn’t going to push it and do damage…
Having been working on using my lower body to drive the swing over the past few weeks, it was a bummer I didn’t get to test it ‘on course’ today.
I really didn’t have feel for short game or putting either. It was just an all round grind, and nothing really came together.
A net 86 OTS was the final tally. Yes, that’s right, NET.
By the time you realise this part of my signature doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
As we discussed RW will punish you if you are offline off the tee. And the greens and surrounds are hard too. How did you go yesterday?
Well, the conclusion was I needed a beer and a calculator.
But, I’m surprisingly not that disappointed…. I was nursing my lower back for the round after it “locked” and “let go” just as I had picked up Driver to warm up. Irons on the warm up were going great, but after the back “clunk” it was never going to be pretty. I wasn’t going to push it and do damage…
Having been working on using my lower body to drive the swing over the past few weeks, it was a bummer I didn’t get to test it ‘on course’ today.
I really didn’t have feel for short game or putting either. It was just an all round grind, and nothing really came together.
A net 86 OTS was the final tally. Yes, that’s right, NET.
The client Christmas party golf day was rather interesting. Shambles round so got to test a few things with no scorecard consequences.
I decided to try swinging the driver using more relaxed wrists and less effort from the lower half and found it worked a treat. See below, attached, the GPS details of one such gem.
I found my iron striking to still be inconsistent. Some left which were pull draws and some right which were block fades. I returned to a lower body pivot power swing and found direction good, but strike poor. I stuck with it and shortened my backswng and smacked a couple. I really MUST learn to take what feels like a half to 3/4 backswing.
I managed 3x NTPs. One with 7i at 135m into a breeze and I dropped it 3.5m long and a metre right. Pitch mark was 5cm from the ball. Other 2 were 6i and both about 5m from the pin.
I stupidly overswung on the long drive hole and yanked it left. Reloaded and snotted one about 240m and an easy 20m past the marker. Very disappointed not to get that.
Back held up ok. Had anti inflammatory cream on the area and a couple of Panadol in me though. Woke up ok this morning.
By the time you realise this part of my signature doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next without any loss of enthusiasm.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Meditation makes doing nothing quite respectable.
250m is always a good feeling
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