2013: Your year in review

[Courty]

There's still a week to go, but there'll be some who won't play any more golf for 2013 so it's time to start looking at how your golfing year went. I'll roll out the same questions as years past, with a few minor modifications... just copy the headings below and add your responses.

2013 in review
How did you go?

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Did you play some great courses?
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Handicap
Started on:

No. of rounds:

Highest Handicap:

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):

Finished on:
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Got any golfing holidays planned?

Have a particular course lined up to play?

[Captain Nemo]

2013 in review
How did you go?

Shithouse!

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

No

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

Nowhere

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Innaugural NSW Champs was a highlight, QLD Champs was usual fun!

Did you play some great courses?

The Lakes
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Handicap
Started on:

10

No. of rounds:

50

Highest Handicap:

12

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):

9

Finished on:
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Will most likely be 10



2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Play more golf.

Got any golfing holidays planned?

VIC Champs, Thurgoona trip with some old buddies, AUS TCC VII (maybe)

Have a particular course lined up to play?

?

[Monsta]

2013 in review
How did you go? Average

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? No, did not make it to single figure H/Cap

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Both

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Won B Grade scratch pennant playing as No1

Did you play some great courses? St Andrews Beach was the highlight
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Handicap
Started on: 11.3

No. of rounds: 101

Highest Handicap: 14.9

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 9.9

Finished on: 10.4
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Single figure H/Cap (at least for one game)

Got any golfing holidays planned? Vic champs (Union Scum)
Seahorse Classic (Narooms GC)
Cairns weekend


Have a particular course lined up to play? Cannot wait to play RM on the Friday of the Vic Champs

[Captain Nemo]

101 rounds!
**** me......:smt107

[Courty]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Overall, I feel it was a positive year. I didn't get to put my name on any trophy's, but I feel as though I have consolidated my game & found some consistency (for the most part). I'm still not quite happy with where my swing is yet though.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Outside of specific Champs goals, I didn't have anything specific I set out to achieve, except beating Lefty in matchplay. That may have taken a few goes, but I got there in the end. 8)
A more recent goal borne out of greater consistency is keeping all of my flagged rounds in single figures. I have that covered at the moment, but this will be a rolling benchmark.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Definitely forwards from my perspective.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Both the Champs trips (VIC & QLD) were fantastic. Meeting up with a bunch of OZgolfers (new & old) again is always a highlight.
I may not have given it much airtime due to playing off social tees, but shooting 67 (-5) around my home track was a memorable experience for me.

Did you play some great courses?
Sure did... all of the VIC Champs courses were fantastic, all of which I had played previously except for Spring Valley. I also enjoyed the QLD Champs lineup, my favourite of which was Lakelands, closely followed by The Glades. I wasn't overly excited by Royal Pines, but the chance to play a course setup for the big boys was also exciting.
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Handicap
Started on: 7.9

No. of rounds: 59 in GL so far, with a couple more expected in the next week or so. There were also 8 un-handicapped Champs rounds and countless social rounds at my home track.

Highest Handicap: 8.0

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 6.2

Finished on: Barring anything crazy, in the next week, I'll finish on 6.6
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Tweak my swing a little more. Keep the flagged rounds in single figures. Win a Monthly Medal.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
The only one booked in so far in the VIC Champs. There is potentially a Europe trip on the cards in the 2nd half of the year, so I'll be aiming at a round or 3 on another continent if it happens.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
The VIC Champs lineup. I can't wait for Royal Melbourne to tear me a new one. I'm going to shoot a thousand and enjoy every moment of it. :mrgreen:
It'll also be nice to finally get to see the back 9 at the Dunes. :roll:

[benno_r]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Inconsistency would sum up my year. FIFO work limits my practice ability. But a change to a new job has at least kept my golf relatively steady

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes – I broke 18 handicap, and I got the Mrs started and now she loves to play.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards, although I haven’t killed my occasional hack slice.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
9 rounds of golf in 7 days at Mission Hills, and playing with my mate when he finally broke his lifelong dream of breaking 80.

Did you play some great courses?
World Cup, Faldo, and Norman at Mission Hills were the best, although I played Palmer Coolum for the first time and really enjoyed it.

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Handicap
Started on:
21.1
No. of rounds:
Comp: 46
Social: 50+
Highest Handicap:
22.5
Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
17.2
Finished on:
17.2

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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Get to 14 handicap, increase my fairway percentage.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Mission Hills Haikou in November, and a light pencil for Bonville early January, and for Bintan Indonesia July-ish.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Links Kennedy Bay, Bonville

[Dangals]

2013 in review
How did you go? Average

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? No, did shoot even par or better.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Both - but that was expected as we had our first child in February

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Won 2 monthly medals and also shot 1 over for my lowest ever comp score.

Did you play some great courses? Not really – played most rounds at home but Kooindah wasn’t too bad.
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Handicap
Started on: 5.9

No. of rounds: 52

Highest Handicap: 8.7

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 3.9

Finished on: 6.0

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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Break Par at my home track and now that the little one is getting a bit older it will be good to get the missus playing again as she was starting to enjoy it before falling pregnant.

Got any golfing holidays planned? NSW Champs

Have a particular course lined up to play? Looking forward to playing Bonville in the NSW Champs

[3Puttpete]

How did you go?
Had a ball

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
I don't remember setting out with anything specific in mind

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Definitely forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
My first champs

Did you play some great courses?
Yes. And some not so great. 2013 firsts were:


Ashgrove



Gailes



The Glades



Lakelands



Oxley



Palm Meadows



Rosewood



Royal Pines



Village Links



Wolston Park



Woodford




Handicap
Started on: 23.2
No. of rounds: 67. 48 in Golflink.
Highest Handicap: 23.4
Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 17.2
Finished on: 17.2
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
To enjoy it as much at the end of the year as I do now

Got any golfing holidays planned?
QLD champs and possibly the Tenterfield Festival of Golf

Have a particular course lined up to play?
As above

[wazandnic]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Fair

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Kind of. Was getting the shites almost every game, went out this year to just try an enjoy it. I think it worked.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards, then maybe a slight hiccup (re: injury) at the end of the year which has set me back

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Had my first win (Ind and team) at my home course since switching there about 3 years ago
Won the Aus TCC VI Ind and teams

Did you play some great courses?
90 holes in 2.5 days at Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farms - doesn't get much better than that!
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Handicap
Started on: 16

No. of rounds: 21 comp rounds (maybe 10 social)

Highest Handicap: 16

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 13 (12.5)

Finished on: (12.5) Havn't played a comp game since 1st day of NSW Champs in October though :(
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Be injury free and get back into it.
Try and get the cap back to single figures

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Aus TCC VII to 13th Beach

Have a particular course lined up to play?
13th Beach
Stone Cutters Ridge

[timah!]

2013 in review
How did you go?
As expected I guess. Played some good golf, played some truly horrible golf, but enjoyed my time on the course. It was certainly different to be going out 'for fun' as opposed to trying to always play to handicap or something.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
I don't really know what I wanted to achieve. I think I just wanted to enjoy golf more and I think I am starting to do that.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Backwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Playing the Holden Scramble regional final was fun. And playing Royal Pines the week after the PGA was great. Making back-to-back birdies there was pretty cool as well!

Did you play some great courses?
Royal Pines

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Handicap
Started on:
13 (12.7)

No. of rounds:
11 (plus a few ambroses with Scramble and the one Champs round)

Highest Handicap:
14 (13.9) - Current

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
12 (12.3)

Finished on:
Will be 14 (13.9)
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
To not reach my anchor? HA! Continue to try and play once a month, and I really would like to get to the range on the other weeks, even if just for an hour.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Not at this stage

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Other than Royal Gainsborough? No.
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[matty]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Overall solid playing-wise.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
I suppose. Doing enough to stay a legit single figure player even when playing ordinary.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Probably a touch forward. My bad games are nowhere near as bad as they were. Putting is better.

Are there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Shooting a 68 at Highlands GC in the final round of the champs. That achievement was overshadowed by coming from behind in a surprise win to take out the champs.
Shot par a couple of times around Stonecutters

Did you play some great courses?
NSW is always good.
Twin Creeks
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Handicap
Started on: 4.7

No. of rounds: 23 comp.

Highest Handicap: 5.3

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 3.8

Finished on: 3.8
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Add a bit of distance to my long game.
Cement the new backswing I started a few weeks back, hopefully preventing the big inside takeaway. Causing big issues at the moment.
Start practicing short game, especially bunkers :oops:

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm in January.
US Masters in April
The Champs at Bonville and Coffs in June.
WA or VIC champs later in the year.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Barny dunes and lost farm.
The new riverside oaks course.
Pennant Hills
The Lakes

[KristianJ]

How did you go? It was decent, but sensing some good things just around the corner with my recent change of home courses and some swing tweaks that seem to be bearing fruit.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? No real goals set.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Tiptoed forward a little. Certain areas of my game are on the improve whilst others are still in need of work. But I can happily say that I have far more confidence in hitting driver off the tee than ever before.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Besides a B Grade monthly medal win in November,plus NSW Champs weekend, not much that I can recall.

Did you play some great courses? Royal Pines and Lakelands were standouts. Not sure if I can genuinely call our Sat/Sun QLD champs courses great given the bunkers being GUR. Moss Vale was also a pleasant surprise.
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Handicap
Started on:13.1

No. of rounds:16 (similar number of social rounds)

Highest Handicap:14.4

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):12.7

Finished on:Could possibly drop it to 12 with a half decent round on whatever day/s I end up playing between now and NYE.
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Single figures is within grasp. I just need to see to it that I can put in a good 18 holes and not just one of the 9s. Plus to make the most of time and get at least 3 Saturday rounds in per month, plus play club champs and do well.

Got any golfing holidays planned? NSW champs in June, possibly City of Cairns whenever that is, and maybe QLD Champs if I can be diligent enough in my saving plan. I may also be going down to Melbourne for a couple of days in April so will take the clubs down for a round somewhere if time permits.

Have a particular course lined up to play?[/QUOTE] Bonville, a few of the better Sydney courses.

[Ashes]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Had a great time. Nice mixture of reasonable golf (for my level) and complete embarrassment.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Didn't set any goals.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Both. Scored better but swing turned to shit badly and was really inconsistent.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Shooting 5 points for the front line at Araluen in the WAnkers Summer Cup was the most memorable. Managed to double my efforts to finish with a whopping 15pts.

WA Champs were great fun again. Played shit, but Sundays rounds with Shorty and Rubin was the funniest 18 holes of golf I've ever played.

Won overall nett in Club Champs again, and gross in B Grade.

Finished the year with a two man Ambrose comp with Dad, first time we've played together as a team. We were rubbish but had a blast and hope to do it again.

Did you play some great courses?
Cottesloe Golf Club was a standout, really liked it and played well there to boot.
Played Meadow Springs fort the first time and was really impressed by it.
Had a hit at Royal Hartfield for the first time and liked it also.

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Handicap
Started on: 18.7

No. of rounds: 10

Highest Handicap: 18.7

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 14.0

Finished on: 14.0
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Get a decent swing happening. Be less embarrassing on the course.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Nope.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Hoping to get a round at Lake Karrinyup with Dad.

[PeteyD]

2013 in review
How did you go?

OK. Spent a fair bit of the year playing awful golf, but seem to be coming out of that. Did have my best round ever.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
No, mostly went backwards

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
see above

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
QLD Champs fun.

Did you play some great courses?
Nothing new this year.
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Handicap
Started on: 13.0

No. of rounds: 54 + 1 or 2 to come

Highest Handicap: 17.5

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 13.0

Finished on: 13.7
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Improving.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs!

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Vic Champs courses. Very exciting.

[Slothman]

2013 in review
How did you go? Good and Improving

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? Not quite. Aimed for 12 HC. Got to 13.1. Can manage it with last round of year.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Improving my mental game with the help of Bob Rotella's books. That realisation of "OOOoohhhh...so that's what to do" and the improvement that followed led to a +5 Par event win followed a few weeks later with a +6 Par event win.

Did you play some great courses? Wannerroo was spectacular when I was there. Albany GC is always a challenge and very lucky to have as my home course.
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Handicap
Started on: 15.5

No. of rounds: 40 Individual with quite a few 2 Man events.

Highest Handicap: 16.1

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 13.1

Finished on: 13.3 (will most likely change after final round)
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Get to HC 12, Break 80 off the stick

Got any golfing holidays planned? A couple around the South West. Manjimup, Busselton and Esperence events.

Have a particular course lined up to play? Would love to go back to Wannerroo and get over to Margaret River to check it out.

[WBennett]

2013 in review
How did you go?
First year retired from football and playing golf every week. Absolutely loved it and love the game.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
No, the goal was single figures. 9.8 a couple of times was the best I could do. Have a run at it now, with 2 flags in the next 11 and hopefully a few rounds over the next week.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Stayed the same. Bounced from 9.8 to 10.8 over the 12 months. Handicap only went out as I played 20 rounds of stroke during the year...

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Vic Champs was the best golf trip I have been on. Murray Masters was fun too.

Did you play some great courses?
Yep – St Andrews Beach being the highlight. Enjoyed all 4 tracks in Vic. Looking forward to February when 4 out of the 5 are new to me.
Played Federal last week and it was in absolutely immaculate condition.
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Handicap
Started on: 9.8

No. of rounds: 52 – with hopefully 3 more in the next week.

Highest Handicap: 10.8

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 9.8

Finished on: 10.5
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
9.5

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs!

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Vic Champs courses. Very exciting.

[Peppas]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Awesome, the wife still lets me go out and play now and then.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes, I have no goals so I always achieve what I wanted.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
It went somewhere

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Coming 2nd last at NSW Champs... I'll try for one better next year!

Did you play some great courses?
Looking at my golflink, the home track alot!
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Handicap
Started on:
26.2

No. of rounds:
49 were golflinked, probably a few social rounds on top of that too.

Highest Handicap:
26.2

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
17.7

Finished on:
17.7
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
No goals, just play some golf, have some fun.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs, hopefully NSW Champs again.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Vic Champs, NSW Champs

[Hatchman]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Fairly happy with the way it went.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Mostly. Driving accuracy improved.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Won the Club Championship
Broke Par (1 under) for the 1st time ever in comp in the first round of Club Champs

Did you play some great courses?
Links Lady Bay and Grange but not sure if I’d call them great.

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Handicap
Started on:
5 (5.2)

No. of rounds:
30

Highest Handicap:
5 (5.2)

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
3 (3.3)

Finished on:
4 (3.7)

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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Lift the greens in reg average and not have to rely on the short game every week to make a good score

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Not so much golf holiday but family holiday to QLD in May where one or two rounds is on the cards. Mrs said that Pelican Waters is real close to one of the places we’ve booked into (I haven’t looked, it’s like our wedding, I’ll just tag along).

Have a particular course lined up to play?
No exact plans here, but would like to add some new ones to my list.

[LarryLong]

How did you go?
I chopped it woefully, yet still exceeded my expectations.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes, I suppose. I'm just happy to play

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards. I'm not sure if it was due to improvement or the cyclical nature of form

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
VIC Champs were fun. I won a monthly medal early in the year, but never actually received the medal

Did you play some great courses?
Mostly at my home track this year, but the Vic Champs courses (Southern, StAB and Moonah) were impressive
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Handicap
Started on:
18.9

No. of rounds:
22, and maybe 5 or 10 social rounds here and there

Highest Handicap:
18.9

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
16.8 (for one round only!)

Finished on:
18.0
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Win back my tour card.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Only the Vic Champs, and maybe a few rounds with the BIL somewhere near Grafton

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Nothing yet.

[PerryGroves]

2013 in review
How did you go? I have been in the same handicap range for 20 years, so guess I went OK.
Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? Not really, like most years i committed to do some practice and wanted to play more Wednesday golf, did none of the first and precious little of the latter.
Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Same
Did you play some great courses? Kingston Heath, Magenta Shores and Jacks Point
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Handicap
Started on: 9.8
No. of rounds: 40 Comp, probably another 15 on various tours
Highest Handicap: 9.8
Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 7.6
Finished on: 9.7
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Get my ankle operated on again so I am on course more on Wednesdays
Got any golfing holidays planned? Usual tours, Bonville, Mornington Masters and one to NZ. Highlight will be going to the US east coast in September.
Have a particular course lined up to play? The US Tour has the following and more, Merion, Pine Valley, Baltusrol, NGLA, Shinnecock, Westchester and Winged Foot. We are playing Cape Kidnappers and Kinloch on the NZ trip. Just hoping not to embarass myself.

[Dotty]

2013 in review
How did you go? Very ordinary.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? No goals, just a case of catching up with friends and a 5 hour break from the real world.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Backwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Made 4BBB matchplay semi, by winning the quarter final without a partner.
5 over around Mona Vale to win the CBA Patron's Trophy
Won over $800 cash in NTP prizes, with four different 4 hybrids.

Did you play some great courses? Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm

Handicap
Started on:8.9
No. of rounds:99
Highest Handicap: 12.7
Lowest Handicap (Anchor):7.7
Finished on:11.0

2014
What are your goals for 2014? Get lessons with a locked bag

Got any golfing holidays planned? Mornington, NSW Champs (Bonville/Coffs), Qld Champs (Sanc. Cove?), Kangaroo Valley

Have a particular course lined up to play? Nope, just take them as the invites come.

[LeftyHoges]

2013 in review
How did you go?

Not well. Surprised myself with some gross wins at WA and QLD Champs, but lost my first ever OZgolf Matchplay and Club Champs final (not to mention allowing Courty to "nick one through slips for four". Never again!). Despite feeling like I've struck the ball really well this year the handicap has gone out from 12 months ago and confidence is shot. A broken shell of a man.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

No, the club champs win was my only goal this year. Lost 7/6 in the final despite being only 3 over so I guess I can't complain, but still. :evil:

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

Forwards, then extremely backwards. Seems I'm a bit of a mudder. Handicap trend over the last 3 or 4 years sees a very distinct lowering during the colder, soggier months before blowing out during summer.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Not to toot my own horn but I think VIC Champs went pretty well this year, with a great social aspect. :mrgreen:
The trips to WA and QLD were both awesome in their own rights, and meeting (or seeing again) a great bunch of guys is always a highlight.
A couple of under par rounds for the year were nice to experience again after a 15-month hiatus.
Undefeated in Div 1 Pennant playing at no. 2 was special and went well with doing the same last year, although was at 3 or 4 last year.
4 rounds with Solarman. And seeing Haysey's swing in the flesh. :lol:

Did you play some great courses?

I thought Southern GC was very underrated after playing it, and while not a huge fan of the style of courses, St Andrews Beach and Moonah were very good. Spring Valley is always superb.
Thought Kwinana was a nice track and the pick of the WA courses. Secrets and Meadow Springs both more than good too, although I would kill to have the back nine at Meadow Springs again.
Enjoyed Royal Pines, The Glades and Hope Island from the QLD courses.
Cairns GC in August is a magnificent track, in December, not so much. :lol:. Paradise Palms was nice, if not ruined by one ****ing hole! ;-)

The scouting mission to RM West in October, while played in horrendous conditions, was very special.
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Handicap
Started on: 3.3

No. of rounds: 32 comp rounds, surprising as I usually struggle for 25.

Highest Handicap:3.6

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 1.9

Finished on: 3.6
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

At the current rate to only be off 5 for VIC champs, no higher. :roll:
Club Champs this time around is a must, and REALLY want to get to 1 handicap. Flirted with it a couple of times in the last 24 months, reaching 1.5 the first time around and 1.9 this year.

Got any golfing holidays planned?

The one and only VIC champs. I honestly think you'd struggle to line up 5 better courses to fit in with what we needed than the ones we have. Maybe a National Old, or a stronger course for Monday but in saying that there is certainly nothing wrong with Kew GC.

Have a particular course lined up to play?

I love Woodlands GC, and of course RM West is the ducks nuts. Kew GC will be a relaxing round in a beautiful setting.
Honestly, I'm not trying to sell it but anyone who isn't playing all 5 days of the VIC Champs is missing out.
Nothing set beyond that.

[Jackson]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Not great but had a heap of fun learning the game in my first year
Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Didn't really set any goals apart from improving and I've done that so I guess I did

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards, it surely couldn't have gone backwards!

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Winning my first ever matchplay, sorry Yoss!

Dropping 6 shots in 7 rounds was good too, managed to grab a heap of comp wins in the process and get myself enough golf balls to last a while.
Did you play some great courses?

No real amazing courses but really liked both Kwinana and Hartfield best of the few I played
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Handicap
Started on:
31
No. of rounds:
21
Highest Handicap:
31
Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
25
Finished on:
25
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
To get to 18 at least

Got any golfing holidays planned?

PGN are going to be organising a Mission Hills trip which is very tempting, will have to clear that with the finance minister though.

Have a particular course lined up to play?[/QUOTE]

Planning on playing Joondalup early in the new year.

[dunteachin]

2013 in review
How did you go? Okay - lost a few shots - moved house and courses, just now getting hang of new course - its tough

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? Yes, mainly - had a health scare mid year which stopped golf for a while

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Won a couple of monthly medals at the old course. Finally put a round together at the new course and finished in the money for the first time last weekend - bar a few balls won.

Did you play some great courses? The Dunes, Paradise Palms, Coral Cove (par 6), Robina Woods, Gold Creek, Tura Beach, Noosa Springs.

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Handicap
Started on: 22

No. of rounds: 23 on golflink - several more social

Highest Handicap: 22.3

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 17.0

Finished on: 17

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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Lose a few more shots. Conquer the back 9 at the new course,

Got any golfing holidays planned? Quite a few.

Have a particular course lined up to play? Mollymook, The Glades, Twin Waters, Pelican Waters, Palmer Coolum, Rich River, Noosa Springs again (I think it's terrific).

[LeftyHoges]

Got any golfing holidays planned? NSW champs in June, possibly City of Cairns whenever that is, and maybe QLD Champs if I can be diligent enough in my saving plan. I may also be going down to Melbourne for a couple of days in April so will take the clubs down for a round somewhere if time permits.

Have a particular course lined up to play? Bonville, a few of the better Sydney courses.

Does this mean you're out of VIC Champs KJ?

[KristianJ]

Does this mean you're out of VIC Champs KJ? Affirmative, sadly. Work stuff that weekend - I thought I'd posted about it but can't find anything in the thread. Highly unlikely that I'll be able to FIFO on the Friday. :(

[LeftyHoges]

Affirmative, sadly. Work stuff that weekend - I thought I'd posted about it but can't find anything in the thread. Highly unlikely that I'll be able to FIFO on the Friday. :(

No worries mate, thanks very much!

[GuyIncognito]

2013 in review
How did you go?

Took the game back up this January after not playing seriously since 2002. Was off 6 when I left the game as a 19yo, came back to the game by playing 20 rounds in January in Mornington Peninsula, then got my hcp in Feb at Royal Bexley of 7... Which was probly a bit low but I happened to hit it well during my hcp rounds. Practiced a lot from Mar-Jun and got down to 5, then got lazy and hung around 7 for the next few months, just getting back down now... Overall better than i thought...

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

Will find out in the next week or so when pennant teams are announced.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

Forwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Two aces, 6in from an albatross, havent broken par yet this year though zzz...

Did you play some great courses?

Victoria GC, NSW, all the peninsula courses except national ocean, The Lakes, Avondale

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Handicap
Started on: 7.0

No. of rounds: 60-something I believe, plus twenty more played under comp conditions (my mates are real sticklers) when i didnt have a hcp in Jan

Highest Handicap: 7.6

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 5.2

Finished on: 6.6 at present but there's still 5 rounds left to play this year...
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Make the pennant team, give the club champs a shake, get down to 4.

Got any golfing holidays planned?

Brookwater/Glades, Kooindah/Magenta, probly Thailand too.

Have a particular course lined up to play?

As above.

[LeftyHoges]

Got any golfing holidays planned?

Brookwater/Glades, Kooindah/Magenta, probly Thailand too.

Have a particular course lined up to play?

As above.

What about you GI?

Still interested in VIC Champs?

[GuyIncognito]

I did the dumb thing and got myself a job mate so I can't make it I'm afraid, spewing...

[LeftyHoges]

I did the dumb thing and got myself a job mate so I can't make it I'm afraid, spewing...

:lol:

Very silly.

No probs mate.

[Hux]

2013 in review
How did you go? Not bad. Had a form slump that coincides with 6 weeks away on holidays.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

Almost. Wanted singles but have learnt a fair bit about my game in the last 12 months.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Eagled my first par 4 but in a non comp round.

Did you play some great courses?
Yep. Royal Adelaide (awesome track - easy to see why its rated so high), Grange (off the tips it was brutal), Kooyonga (brutal), Glenelg (shows just how good you can make a course on a relatively small parcel of land)
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Handicap
Started on: 16.1

No. of rounds: 26 on Golf Link but there were a couple of Club Ambroses in there

Highest Handicap: 16.1

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 11.7

Finished on: 11.9
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Par the course in a comp round.

Single figures

Got any golfing holidays planned?

Alice Springs for APGC

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Nope

[mrbluu]

2013 in review
How did you go?

I had great year both on and off the course. It was great to meet and play with so many ozgolfers this year!! My handicap went from 3.8 to anchored in 22 rounds, mainly due to a lack of golf. Since then I've been playing more and now I'm back down to 4 and on my lowest ever handicap at 3.8.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

In patches achieved what I wanted, which is to become more consistent. I ended the year on a lower handicap than I thought I would, but my bad rounds are nowhere near as bad as they once was.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

I think I have taken some major steps forward with my game after spending some time before my club champs at the practice range with Virge, (massive thanks mate!!) and working hard on my putting in the last 12-15months. Through a lack of games and bad technique I was feeling like my game went backwards and I hit my anchor so decided my game need some work and I took the 1.5hour up to see Virge a Narrabeen. After about 10 shots, Virge started to tell me how shit my swing was and set about teaching me proper swing path and how the release a club. About 3 hours I was still swinging it like a donkey, but knew I was on the right track. A couple more visits and the long ame is slowly coming around. As a bonus of what Virge is teaching, my release and path is so much better and as an added bonus my short game has improved out of sight. I now have shots that I didn't have 12 months ago and I feel like I'm a 10 times a better player than I was a year ago and my bad games are not so bad.

My putting has come along way since I've changed from left hand low back to conventional grip. I was averaging about 36-39 putts around, which was combination of bad chipping and plenty of 3 putts. Now I'm going around 30 putts a round, with a low of 24 at Canarvon a few weeks ago.


Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

There have been quite a few highlights this year but the rounds that have stood out are:
19.01.13 at Glenmore - I had 77 Scratch off 6 in their Cup day, first time I've shot under my handicap of what I considered a really low handicap
20.01.13 at Cabramata - 40 points off 6. It was great to follow up a great score with another good score
12.10.13 - 2nd round of the club Champs - 77 scratch - First time shot under my handicap in the champs.
24.01.13 at Stone Cutters Ridge - 41 Points off 5. This round was full of firsts: First time I played off 5, First time I was on the same handicap as my mate and first time I shot even par anywhere

22.12.13 at Cabramatta - 41 Points off 5, first time I shot even par around my home track. I felt I almost played flawless golf and gives me confidence I can go under when I'm next in that position.

I also got into a couple of Vardon events when I was off 4.

Lastly attending Qld Champs and meeting all the guys, what a great 4 days off golf!!




Did you play some great courses?

Royal Pines cos that's where Adam Scott won
Glades I have the Glades, and it was the most fun I've had on a golf course for awhile.
Lakelands - Awesome but fair test of golf.
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Handicap
Started on: 3.9

No. of rounds: 65

Highest Handicap: 8.9

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 3.8

Finished on: 3.8
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Play more consistent golf and continue to work on my game. I struggle on tight course so I need to do some more work in this, as I've never been very straight off the tee.


Got any golfing holidays planned? No :-(

Have a particular course lined up to play?In

Nope :(

[mrbluu]

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
It went somewhere


Handicap
Started on:
26.2

No. of rounds:
49 were golflinked, probably a few social rounds on top of that too.

Highest Handicap:
26.2

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
17.7

Finished on:
17.7
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Well done mate, you dropped your handicap by 8 shots so that's a big leap forward if you ask me!!!

[mike]

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?This is doing my head in.

[davepuppies]

2013 in review
How did you go? Not particularly well, lost over a year to injury and came back to golf in September.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? Just simply, to play again

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Backwards!

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Had the chance to play with some great ozgolfers, played Elanora country club

Did you play some great courses? Elanora!
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Handicap
Started on: 5

No. of rounds: 13

Highest Handicap: 10

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 5

Finished on: 8.9
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Play once a week, float somewhere between 5 and 9

Got any golfing holidays planned? A weekend with the boys to barnbougle and lost farm

Have a particular course lined up to play? As above!

[mike]

2013 in reviewHow did you go?I'm hitting the ball as good as I ever have. It's just not transferring to the final figure when I walk off 18. Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?Playing better but scoring worse. Go figure. Are there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?Qld champs. Did you play some great courses?Really enjoyed the Glades. Palm Meadows had too many hidden land mines. ---------------Handicap13.6Started on:11.5No. of rounds:14Highest Handicap:13.6Lowest Handicap (Anchor):11.5Finished on:13.6---------------2014What are your goals for 2014?Play more than 14 rounds. Got any golfing holidays planned?Qld champs and maybe hopefully Vic champs. Would consider NSW champs if it was closer to Wollongong. Have a particular course lined up to play?[/QUOTE]nil

[mike]

Faarrk what a mess. Bloody phones.

[JADO75]

2013 in review
How did you go?
I always enjoy myself on the course, sure there are times when I'm pissed off & frustrated as buggery but I wouldn't have it any other way. I've got a great bunch of mates & I don't know anyone who has more fun than us while playing, sledging, beers & bourbon, I love it!

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes & no, had some really good rounds but there was some junk too. Didn't do anything about my $2 head

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
I broke my foot early last year & didn't stop playing golf which was stupid. Two things happened because of it, firstly it hurt like hell & has only come good recently & secondly because it hurt so much I didn't transfer my weight to my front foot (the broken one) & it has unfortunately become part of my swing. Doing my best to get rid of it now though. Also need to get rid of the hero stuff & accept that sometimes bogey is a good score. Putting improved plenty (cough NSW putting champ cough) but have lost some distance off the tee, hangover from the foot.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Plenty of laughs, met plenty of good people, upset a few dickheads & managed to shoot even a few times at Dunheved & my home track Penrith.

Did you play some great courses?
NSW, Mollymook Hilltop were probably the pick of them. Overrated courses include Stonecutter's & Mt Broughton

Handicap
Started on:
6.3

No. of rounds:
93 comp + a few to go

Highest Handicap:
8.6

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
4.1

Finished on?
6.0, got some junk coming out so it could be 4 or 5

2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Get healthy again, Operation Not A Fat Prick starts early next year! I don't care too much about my handicap, whether it's 4 or 10 I still love my golf.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Heading to Hong Kong, Singapore & maybe China towards the end of next year so I'll be taking the bats.

[simmsy]

2013 in review
How did you go? B+ :)

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? Yep. Wanted to get to 9. Mission accomplished.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Fwds though feel as though should of got to 8.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? Always love the WA champs. Breaking 80 a few times this year was nice. Seeing Marilyn Ashes Manson rockin up to Champs will be spoken about for years.

Did you play some great courses? Nope.
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Handicap
Started on:12

No. of rounds:35

Highest Handicap:12

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):8.6

Finished on:9.0
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Get down to 6

Got any golfing holidays planned? Vic champs

Have a particular course lined up to play? See Vic Champs schedule

[Mububban]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Enjoyed my second year of golfing addiction immensely.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Managed to play 9 holes fairly regularly with some 18s thrown in as well, which allowed me to learn my swing a bit better, and now I have some idea of what I did wrong when I pull out a really shocking shot.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Starting from a fairly rubbish place, forwards was the only option :D
Broke 90 a few times, and an 82 was tantalisingly close. Scored my first eagle and improved my putting a lot.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
WA Champs was awesome fun

Did you play some great courses?
Secret Harbour and Meadow Springs were great, although I saw a bit too much of the ladies tees at Meadow Springs :(
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Handicap
Started on: Mid to high 20s

Finished on: Playing to about an 18-20 I think at the moment.
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Continue golfing as regularly as family commitments and finances will allow.
Play to a consistent 18 or better which is realistically possible given the above (and my own inherent limitations at sport).

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Nope, but small chance of hitting barnbougle in 2015.....

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Would love to hit Joondalup if I win the lottery

[Marto65]

2013 in reviewHow did you go?
Not bad but not great. Maybe a B.
Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Played some good golf on some of the worlds best courses. Won the QLD Champs. Didn't qualify for club champs top 16. Played ordinary at home. Shot par once in the year.
Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Probably about the same. Maybe a little better but not that measurable.
Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Vic Champs, Mission Hills Haikou, Ireland, QLD Champs.
Did you play some great courses?
20 new courses for me. 8 of those listed in various top 100's in the world. Byron Bay, Mt Warren Park, All 10 at Mission Hills Haikou and 8 links courses in Ireland, including Ballybunion, Royal County Down and Waterville.
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Handicap
Started on: 7.9
Finished on: 8.1
32 comp rounds. At least 22 non comp.
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2014What are your goals for 2014?
Going to treat golf like footy. Training 2 days a week. Try to get back down to 5.
Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs. NSW Champs.
Have a particular course lined up to play?
Not many new ones. Looking forward to the other champs so I can match up the belts. ;)

[highballin]

2013 in review

How did you go?
Started playing again after 20yrs not swinging a club. Never been so nervous as first tee off for handicap card. Found it hard to sleep the night before WTF!

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes joined a club got a handicap met new people made some great mates.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Definitely forwards. Although 20 yrs ago I got to single figures there was no swing at all to begin with this time in. Topping chunking shanking all the usual beginner stuff. Put my head down and got lessons and practised when I could. The lessons are now paying off. 8-)


Are there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Winning December monthly medal. Front nine had 37 off the stick had 2 1/2 foot putt for birdie on the ninth and missed.:mad: 46 on the back but off 20 ended with net 63. Yee Haa that was frickin awesome. Best part the guys I played with had seen my trials and tribulations throughout the year and they were egging me on to get as good a score as possible. :D

Did you play some great courses?
My home course Fleurieu is awesome love playing each Saturday. Use every club in my bag. Really enjoyed playing The Vines at Reynella with ozgolf boys.
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Handicap
Started on: 31

Finished on: 19
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Develop A grade short game. Hopefully we can get some more ozgolf SA boys to play different courses.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Thailand in July.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Port Hughes The Dunes. Would love to have a hit with Hatchman around Kapunda.

[sms316]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Ordinary at best.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Well yes, I beat Canuck again.

I had my first ever losing year at pennant (2-6), which was a reflection of form and being thrown to the wolves at #1 all year.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
No doubt backwards. Playing once a week and never practicing will do that.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Following Grace Bellavue on Twitter. Very interesting chick.

Not playing at Nambour or Nudgee added to my golfing experience for the year.

Caddying at the Australian PGA was a cool experience again despite Foxy playing shithouse.

Did you play some great courses?
"Great" is a seriously overused word. There would be lucky to be half a dozen great courses in Australia. There are quite a lot of very good ones though.

The most pleasant surprise was playing at Black Bull (Mulwala), which is only half completed. It will be easily the best course on the Murray when completed.
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Handicap
Started on:
+0.4

No. of rounds:
40-odd

Highest Handicap:
1.9

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
+0.4

Finished on:
1.6
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
To not play as poorly.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
I was going to play the NSW Mid-Amateur but it appears that it is now no chance since I am going to Sydney the week before.

Planning on playing NSW and WA Champs next year. And also the Canberra Cup at Easter.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Bonville for the NSW Champs should be interesting. I am curious to see just how polished a turd can be (according to reports).

[Yossarian]

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Winning my first ever matchplay, sorry Yoss!


Started on:
31

Highest Handicap:
31
Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
25
Finished on:
25


...

Haha, bandit!!

[Yossarian]

2013 in review
How did you go?

Pretty good. Joined a club, played a fair bit. Only hit the freeway a few times. Met some nice people. Need to get around returning a lot of hosting favours.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

Wanted to get to 12 and I did that, wanted to improve short game and have sort of done that. Wanted to play every week and haven't/

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

Forwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Not really. Had two birdies once, double hit a putt. Ran out of balls.

Did you play some great courses?

Royal Melbourne!! And Commonwealth. Great stuff.
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Handicap
Started on:

18.6

No. of rounds:


26

Highest Handicap:

18.6

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):

12.4

Finished on:
12.5
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Singles

Got any golfing holidays planned?
No but going to Europe so I might try and hit some balls at the vatican.

Have a particular course lined up to play

Negatory ghostrider.

[Jackson]

2013 in review


Have a particular course lined up to play?
Would love to hit Joondalup if I win the lottery


If you want to organise a Monday off work in February, I'm planning on playing there with PGN, $65 including cart.

[BUSHY]

2013 in review
How did you go? Looking at the year as a whole it seems I was just spinning my wheels, going nowhere. But looking at the different stages in context with the events that transpired at that time it's fair to say I'm fairly content with the way it all turned out.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve? Both yes and no. I recall setting a goal to get to as close to scratch as I could, as well as improving my stats across the board. Cant say honestly if my stats have improved because I haven't kept track since before June. Only just started again now.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Both- managed to stay at 5 for the first 6 months before heading out and resting on my anchor for a while before reeling it back in in the final 3 months of the year. I am on the upswing of improvement atm which is good.

Are there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? I shot a couple under par for 9 on three occasions, had my first legit hole out from the fairway for eagle and had more birdies than ever before including a run of 6 over 18- my most for a round. I did have a great game with my Step-Father at Paradise Palms over the Oz day long weekend which was something we have been trying to do for ages.

Did you play some great courses? Not in relative terms. The Palmer Links, Paradise Palms, Cairns, North Lakes.
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Handicap
Started on: 5.4

No. of rounds: 27 in GolfLink, 10-15 4bbb/4somes/other, maybe 20-30 social.

Highest Handicap: 10.2

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 5.3

Finished on: 7.0
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? Practice more during the week to try and gain some consistency. I WANT to get to scratch however my goal is to go <3.5 and play to it. Keep track of my stats more effectively so I can practice effectively.

Got any golfing holidays planned? Potentially NZ, Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne are all on the cards this year.

Have a particular course lined up to play? Brookwater, Lakelands, Joondalup, Wanneroo.

[BUSHY]

2014What are your goals for 2014?
Going to treat golf like footy. Training 2 days a week. Try to get back down to 5.


I like this idea,

[Shortylook]

2013 in review
How did you go?

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes and no. I wanted to get to 20 by close of season this year which I did, but I would of liked to play a bit better than I did some days


Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Went foward, but I just started so I was glad it didn't go backwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
I GOT MY OWN THREAD BABY :D
Best 3 days of golf I had was the 2013 GSM weekend. Bloody great guys and not so great golf from myself. Can't wait till next year. Still wearing the shoe laces too,forgot to add that. Awesome
Won the Waroona open with a 88(first time I cracked 90) and won the winter scrounges

Did you play some great courses?
The cut, meadow springs, kwinnana
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Handicap
Started on:33

No. of rounds:30+ easy

Highest Handicap: 33

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):20.5

Finished on: 20.5
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
I want to get to 15 or bloody close by season end 2014

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Sydney next year sometime. Albany in January. Hopefully bali in November

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Any course will do me, playing new courses is great fun

[3Puttpete]

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?


You got your own thread! :)

[Shortylook]

You got your own thread! :)
Mate I forgot about that. But it was edited ��

[Ashes]

If you want to organise a Monday off work in February, I'm planning on playing there with PGN, $65 including cart.

Apparently the discounted rate is only for PGN members. Guests of PGN pay the rack rate.

You might be able to sneak it past the pro shop peeps tho.

[Ned]

2013 in review

How did you go?
Best year enjoyment wise, with my wife taking the game up. She started playing in March and has gone from 45 to 26 cap.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Didn't set any playing goals. Have however finally got a club set up that has taken years to find/waste money/buy/sell/swap. (Except putting)

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Winning the Gavin Simms Memorial
Winning the Nullabor Cup
Hole in One at Royal Queensland.

Did you play some great courses?
Wouldn’t say great courses, got to play some interesting ones.

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Handicap

Started on: 9.5

No. of rounds: 86 on GL

Highest Handicap: 11.5

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 7.6

Finished on: 7.6

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2014

What are your goals for 2014?
Play well at Vic Champs
Retain the Nullabor Cup

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Vic Champs roster.

[Hux]

Sandbagger??????


2013 in review



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Handicap

Started on: 9.5

No. of rounds: 86 on GL

Highest Handicap: 11.5

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 7.6

Finished on: 7.6

---------------

2014

What are your goals for 2014?
Play well at Vic Champs
Retain the Nullabor Cup

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Vic Champs roster.

[mike]

Not anymore by the looks. Good to see.

[live4golf]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Had some good rounds, had more bad

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Not really, had hoped I would make scratch but it was not to be

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Backwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Joined Kooindah Waters
Hole in one during the Medal of Medals round in December, which won me the MoM as well :)

Did you play some great courses?
Not a huge amount, did join a great course though
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Handicap
Started on:
2

No. of rounds:
47

Highest Handicap
6.7

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
1.7

Finished on:
6.2
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
Keep enjoying my golf
Play more consistent golf

Got any golfing holidays planned?
No

Have a particular course lined up to play?
​No

[oncewasagolfer]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Played some good golf but could have been so much better

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Yes and no

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
2 steps forward 2 steps backwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Best was probably 45 points

Did you play some great courses?
St Andrews beach was awesome and really enjoyed Moonah Links but mostly stuck on my home track all year
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Handicap
Started on:
8.2

No. of rounds:
68 - 3 more to go this year

Highest Handicap
10.8

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
5.9

Finished on:
7.7
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
To improve my attitude on course as I feel this holds me back a lot

Got any golfing holidays planned?
No

Have a particular course lined up to play?
No

[8081travis]

2013 in review
How did you go? Pretty happy with how I played. First year I played full time, rather than on off once a month etc. managed at least one game a week.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Aimed to get to single figures, started at 12. Never really gone lower, hovered 12-14 for a number of years, managed to get into single figures early in the year and got it down further and further.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? No real low rounds just ground out scored 36/37/38 points

Did you play some great courses?
Not really, tend to play my own track but got to okay The Australian which was lots of fun

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Handicap
Started on: 12

No. of rounds: 80

Highest Handicap: 12

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 4.8

Finished on: 4.8
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? As close to scratch as possible

Got any golfing holidays planned? No

Have a particular course lined up to play? Moving to Bonnie Doon so pretty excited about that

[oncewasagolfer]

2013 in review
How did you go? Pretty happy with how I played. First year I played full time, rather than on off once a month etc. managed at least one game a week.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Aimed to get to single figures, started at 12. Never really gone lower, hovered 12-14 for a number of years, managed to get into single figures early in the year and got it down further and further.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards? Forwards

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share? No real low rounds just ground out scored 36/37/38 points

Did you play some great courses?
Not really, tend to play my own track but got to okay The Australian which was lots of fun

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Handicap
Started on: 12

No. of rounds: 80

Highest Handicap: 12

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 4.8

Finished on: 4.8
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2014
What are your goals for 2014? As close to scratch as possible

Got any golfing holidays planned? No

Have a particular course lined up to play? Moving to Bonnie Doon so pretty excited about that

That's a good drop in cap well done!

[8081travis]

That's a good drop in cap well done! Cheers mate

[mrbluu]

Good job Travis and OWG...

[Ferrins]

2013 in review

How did you go?
OK

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
Midway through the year decided to worry about shooting lower scores and started to.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
Forwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Probably getting an eagle on the Par 5 12th after my playing partners sledged me big time for teeing off with a 3 iron.

Did you play some great courses?
Nothing stands out

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Handicap

Started on: 11.5

No. of rounds: 34 on GL

Ended on 8.4

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2014

What are your goals for 2014?
Use the same kit for the year

Got any golfing holidays planned?
None

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Port Fairy and Ulverstone

[Rodent]

Started on 7.5
Played 110 comp rounds
Highest hcp was 9.0
Anchor is 4.3
Finished on 4.3 (with a chance to go lower if I can play to 6 or better in my final round for the year).
All in all a pretty satisfying year. If I can build on that for next year I hope to make it down to 3 at some stage. Ultimate goal would be to remain 4.4 or less long term.

[Ned]

Sandbagger??????

No, that would be some one who goes from 10 to 17 or 12 to 21. :roll:

:wink:

[bergsey]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Equal parts enjoyment and frustration, need to remind myself it's just a game!

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
On the course - Not really. Had some lessons with Brad Parker up at Wembley who has been great. Iron play is the area that has been costing me, was getting too focused on form over results and steering everything. Hitting irons well on the range now just need to transfer to the course. Had a few rounds where I hit ever fairway and missed every green... Frustrating

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
forward in terms of handicap drop but not as fast as I'd hoped given how well I had been hitting it on the range

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Lots of enjoyable rounds with like minded people is probably the highlight. Winning the NAGA at the GSM is up there as well!

Did you play some great courses?
Lucky enough to play my home track most weeks, can't remember a time this year when it was in less than excellent condition. Played Lake Karrinyup a couple of times before the Perth International, great track for the power draw!

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Handicap
Started on:
20.4

No. of rounds:
33 (golf link plus prob 6 social)

Highest Handicap
20.4

Lowest Handicap (Anchor):
17.5

Finished on:
17.5
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
1. To get over my current shoulder niggles so I can get out on the course and start practicing again. 2. To take my improved iron play from the range to the course and start hitting more greens

Got any golfing holidays planned?
GSM '14 will probably be it this year.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Will see how it goes!

[Charger]

I had a good year. First year of playing regularly after 20 years of once a round golf.

Started in may, begun with a 15 hc, and got it down to 10 now.

Im having fun.

[BenM]

2013 in review


How did you go?

Um. Terrible. It was always going to be tough to follow up last year but I exceeded all my wildest expectations of how bad my golf game could get!

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?

Not really. Didn't get to defend anything that I won last year (didn't even qualify for club champs finals). I did manage to get my name on a couple of pennant flags in my first season playing, it's about the only thing I can say I really achieved.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?

Backwards, in a big way. Went from 6 to being anchored on 11, and haven't broken 80 since March.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?

Hanging on to win the final match of our pennant final in front of an audience from both teams + extras. That was tough, but good. 4-3 and we got our name on the flag.

I also caddied for a mate in a higher division and watched him hole out from 100 metres to win his match and get them over the line for the northern Tas regional flag. Pretty awesome way to finish our pennant season.

Did you play some great courses?

All the Vic Champs courses were great - Spring Valley broke me completely, but I'd still love to have another crack at it (maybe with a little less wind) :) But Southern and StAB were probably my favourites, for different reasons. Didn't really get to play anywhere else - not sure if it was this year or last year I played Tasmania GC for 4 holes before they closed it due to wind - looking forward to getting there again and playing it properly.

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Handicap
Started on: 8.9

No. of rounds: 55 according to Golflink

Highest Handicap: 11.0

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 6.0

Finished on: 11.0 (anchored)
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?

Get back to single figures again, and just try to score more consistently. I don't believe I can maintain a 6 handicap all the time playing once a week, but 8 or 9 shouldn't be out of the question if I just get my mindset right. Part of that is learning to just relax and enjoy it no matter what happens.

Got any golfing holidays planned?

Yep, Vic champs.

Have a particular course lined up to play?

Doing a Barnbougle/Lost Farm run next month, so that'll be fun. Then following that up with 4 great courses in Vic champs in Feb. REALLY looking forward to Royal Melbourne, even though it's probably going to kick my arse. Beyond that, who knows.

[AndyP]

2013 in review
How did you go?
Good. I played in patches where I would have over a month off, then play several weeks in succession. I don't play or practice that much overall, so I'm happy to maintain my handicap in single figures. My scores are fairly consistent too.

Did you achieve what you wanted to achieve?
I don't see the point in setting scoring goals, if I'm not going to work towards meeting them. I made the pennant team again, which was a goal. I was disappointed with my performance in the club champs, despite improving on 2012 scores.

Did your golf game go backwards or forwards?
I'll count it as forwards.

Any there any outstanding experiences from the year, that you'd like to share?
Both OZgolf Champs were fantastic weekends and I love playing pennant for the club. I didn't have any of my own trips this year though.

Did you play some great courses?
All the Vic Champs courses were pretty bloody good. I'm very much a home course player now though.

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Handicap
Started on: 8.3

No. of rounds: 18 golflink rounds + 4 other OZgolf rounds + 1 Pro-Am + 7 Pennant or pennant trial matches + practice rounds. More than it feels like.

Highest Handicap: 9.1

Lowest Handicap (Anchor): 8.0

Finished on: 8.0
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2014
What are your goals for 2014?
No handicap goals, although I'd love to play off 7. Make pennant team and help team win division, improve on club champs scores, and qualify for matchplay champs. These goals are a bit dependent on potential clashes with running.

Got any golfing holidays planned?
Vic Champs. I travel to Melbourne in July too, but I don't know if I will have the clubs.

Have a particular course lined up to play?
Nothing besides those that have already been assigned.

[WBennett]

101 rounds!**** me......:smt107 Were you impressed by his golf on Sunday?