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26/5/12 Saturday. The good news is my conqueror in the matchplay won through to the final pairing. Better than that is my body is back in decent condition again and I went out and let rip with the drivers today. Both the 380 and 400cc clubs alongside each other and once again the longest went to the smallest. The Toskii 400cc stays in the bag though as it was the most accurate by a long way.
The point of the excersise today was to release more of the full swing that is gradually establishing ...

23/5/12 Wednesday. Back on my feet again, after the matchplay round on Sunday. No excuses played as well as possible and lost on the 19th hole. Coming from 3 down with four to play it was a reasonable effort to get square by the 18th and make my opponent earn his victory. Had my chances and just could not capitalise on them missed a couple of one metre putts that really hurt and could not string two winning holes in succession together all day. There was two bladed chips as well that cost me dearly ...

20/5/12 Sunday. Jumped the gun on the usual early 5.30 am start to a Sunday. Just a few extra jobs to get done first so my mind is clear for today's handicap championshipmatchplay Quarter Final. After the week of discomfort and gradual recovery since the treatment on Friday physically all is good.

Mentally yesterday I just could not get satisfied with the driver performance and the loss of distance off the tee. Added to that was the need to tune up with myirons to remove the occasional ...

Had my coaching session on 9/5/12 Wednesday to identify a fault and begin the repair with Glenn Roberts at Drummond Golf, West Beach this afternoon. I did film the entire session and edited excerpts are uploaded on Youtube and at the end of this post.


As expected the problem was nothing major even though the effect has been hampering my progress. It all related back to my injuries and years of using a golf swing that accomodated the resulting limitations. Now having regained ...

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7/5/12 Monday Thinking about golf is a part of the game which in my opinion does help. I take the view that this is practise for the mental side of the game whenon the course. Besides which, thinking about golf is something that is enjoyable, so finding a ‘reason’ for doing it did not take much. The mental side of golf has been of growing import for my game lately. The effortto get to the target of a ten handicap and within reach of a single digit handicap, in my case has needed a mental golfing ...

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