Week Commencing 8th January

[Grunt]

Played Beverley Park with some guys from work this morning. They have recently joined there and I have given OzGolf the hard sell. Anyway they needed me to sign some cards for them to submit for their handicaps.

Front nine started off slow, had one of those days where you overclub to make sure of the swing and you hit it pure and sail over the back of the green. The little changes I made to the putting stroke worked well. Back nine was good.

94 Gross
75 Nett
32 putts
8 Fairways
2 GIR

The game is coming back, slowly. I am playing @ Bankstown tomorrow morning, I will see how that goes.

[dc68]

Ahhh the Earth has realigned and Grunt is 1st to post in the what did you shoot thread.

All is good Karma is restored.

[Grunt]

Ahhh the Earth has realigned and Grunt is 1st to post in the what did you shoot thread.

All is good Karma is restored.

And maybe my golf game will come back to me completely like it was before when I had it.

[dc68]

Maybe that was the problem mate ?

[Flowergirl]

Had a quickie with my girlfriend last night - nine holes matchplay. I like playing with her - when she doesn't do her block - she is pretty competitive and keeps me on my toes. We both play off the same handicap so it's usually a pretty even match. I got her after the 8th.
Shot a 44 - two stupid 2 foot missed putts - but hit the ball pretty good. A big improvement on my short game.

Got to start keeping my stats.

Par 37 - gross 44 - nett 36

Fairways hit - all of them.

G.I.R. - 4

putts - 19

Guess what I need to work on. Maybe I need to go back to Rotella. But it's not a mental thing. I honestly stand over the ball and think I'm going to make the putt.

[Grunt]

Played @ Bankstown this morning, had one of those rounds where a little mistake bit you on the arse hard. I only actually hit 5 bad/poor shots all day but they all forced wipes upon me. Putting was awesome 10 1 putts. THe short game tips & lessons really helped. I only have to keep the ball out of the trees off the tee.
27 points
5 wipes
4 pars
10 up & downs
1 3 putt
1 maybe 2 fairways
3 GIR
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's just that I am not sure if it is the train coming to flatten me or actually the end of it.

[Jarro]

played Windaroo today .. 90 off the stick for a nett 78.

8 fairways
8 G.I.R.s
36 putts
0/9 up&downs

not hard to see what part of the game i need to work on

[Pinglauncher]

Played Carnarvon yesterday for 37 points. Hit the ball better than I have for 4 - 6 weeks which was mainly tempo related and could really tell the difference at the end of the round in how my neck and back felt.

Got hammered by Nathan again however. His last 5 rounds have been 37, 36, 41, 41 and 40 yesterday. His handicap has dropped from 19.8 to 16.0 since the week of Xmas. I have never seen him play better than I did yesterday and he should have had an easy 45 points.

Dad is in big trouble.

[goughy]

Had a quickie with my girlfriend last night

Jeeze - I had to turn the air con on for a sec. It was starting to get a bit hot in here!!!

[AndyP]

Everyone else managed to resist. Why couldn't you, goughy?

Oh and you missed this one:

I like playing with her

[Fishman Dan]

Everyone else managed to resist. Why couldn't you, goughy?

Oh and you missed this one:

YouTube?

[Courty]

Cairns GC again today (as if there's much choice ). Individual stableford was the order of the day. I started out ok and warmed to the task. Everything was going ok until I wiped the 9th and finished with 16 pts. I was on fire on the back 9 and was even with the card on the 16th tee (unlucky not to be -2). I hit a perfect 3 wood and got stymied behind the tree I was aiming for. Tried to cut one around to the green and didn't get enough cut. Splash! Took a wipe, then 2 consecutive bogies to finish and record 18pts on the back. Still, I was very encouraged by my ball-striking.

[BrisWesty]

Had a hit at Caboolture today.

82/69 - 0 birdies, 10 pars, 27 putts, 5 fairways, 4 GIR, 8/12 up & down.

[Flowergirl]

Everyone else managed to resist. Why couldn't you, goughy?

Oh and you missed this one:

I did omit the fact that she is a lesbian.

[Courty]

I did omit the fact that she is a lesbian.

[marcel]

I did omit the fact that she is a lesbian.

"I'm out" - Kramer; The Contest

[Grunt]

Played Macarthur Grange this morning.
36 points I'm Back
9 fairways
2 wipes
4 pars
6 up & downs
27 putts I missed a lot of greens; just.

My game is back!!! I played smart and well. First game I have genuinely enjoyed in ages. Looking forward to tomorrows round.

[AndyP]

First game I have genuinely enjoyed in ages.

Is your definition of ages, a few weeks?

[Grunt]

A month or two

[Courty]

A month or two

In Grunt's golfing life, that IS ages.

[BrisWesty]

Clipped all of our hedges and mowed the lawns this morning and decided to go for a hit at Caboolture afterwards, despite having sore arms.

Didn't seem to matter. Had 79/66 (par 71) (2nd time ever under 80!) 29 putts (3 putted the last from 30m), 7 GIR, 7 fairways, 1 birdie, 9 pars, 7 bogey, 1 double.

Have changed my putting attitude for long putts. Rather than trying to hole them all (well that's still in the back of my mind), I'm attempting to ensure the putt ends up within 3 feet of the hole (ideally past the hole). Have only 3putted twice in 4 rounds as a result.

That said, I've had a good time playing bump and run shots around the greens too, so haven't had hugely long putts to make!

[Courty]

3 putted the last from 30m

How big are the greens?

[Grunt]

Hey Courty, just wait until you see how big the greens are at Macarthur Grange. On the 4th Hole the green is almost 50m long

[Courty]

Hey Courty, just wait until you see how big the greens are at Macarthur Grange. On the 4th Hole the green is almost 50m long

No excuses for missing them, eh?

[Grunt]

Sometimes it is better to miss the green.