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27th September, Monday.

The Wilson 1200 blades are becoming very efficient in my hands during games at the minute. This season has had five different sets of irons pass through my bag up until now. Up until the end of March 2010 the Shark XLT Cavity backs had the prime position then I began to expand my search for a suitable upgrade towards a set that did not have as much influence, as the game assistive oversize irons do on shots. It was not a result of change for changes sake on ...

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14th September 2009.

After playing the first championship qualifying round in pouring rain and very uncomfortable conditions the second and final qualifier was the complete opposite. Sunshine, a pleasant breeze and the course relatively dry, the only real hindrance was patches of long grass on the fairways which could not be cut regularly in the past two weeks. This was frustrating for both finding balls and playing shots but definitely it could have been a lot worse.

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7 June 2010

"Only 4 months ago to play in the Southern Ports Tournament it took 2 months of training to be develop the capability to play three 18 hole rounds in a week. Fitness is one of the reasons many of us amateur golfers play each week, after all a 6 plus kilometre walk with some vigorous swinging is a good thing.
The question that I needed answered was; “How far can a healthy person walk with no training?” http://walking.about.com/od... Thanks to the internet it ...

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May 29th 2010

"An enjoyable experience being the ‘eyes’ for one of the golfers in the matchplay yesterday. Did make an error in the previous post, the guy who is losing his sight’s handicap was 7 and went out to 12 with the new handicapping system. The glaucoma which is causing the blokes vision to go is gradual and prior to the onset of this his handicap was down to 4. The opponent was a fella who started playing last year as I did and is slowly getting his game together at the ...

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May 15th 2010

“Come to the Dark Side, Luke”… Use Blades.
In my time of playing golf one phrase has been regularly given to me as a comment and advice. “Don’t use blades!” Being one of those fortunate people who became serious about golf in the 1980’s the club choices available have grown markedly. It’s worth remembering, however, that until Ping made a huge impact on the golf equipment scene ALL irons were “blades”. The greats of yesteryear all improved and perfected their game ...

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