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Hey crew, just dropping by to say G’day.
Haven’t played much golf since the ProAM last year. Actually, I’ve only had social rounds since, one of which was at Royal Chinderah for a clients Christmas / End of Year Break-up drinks feast. I have a social round this Friday at Tweed Cooly so that’ll be interesting to see what swing mechanics turn up.
In other news, I’ve ventured into bigger boating pursuits having upgraded from a ‘tinnie’ to a glass cabin / offshore boat. The chartplotter / fish finder / sounder in the new boat cost as much as my whole set of golf clubs. BOAT really does mean Bring Out Another Thousand.
Stay safe.
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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.
TL:DR: Steady sailing until the back went crack!
Dusting off the rusty swing with 2x range sessions and 1x short game session in the last week had me standing over the ball with only a mild feeling of NFI at Cooly Tweed. Being a low key social round with a small group of professionals for a bit of ‘networking’, it was easy to set simple goals; good PSR every shot, focus on process, execute with commitment.
Playing the River course off the white tees, my 13.9 GA gave me a daily of 13. (Scratch rating of 71 on par 72, slope 119)
And, so the card looks like this:
6 a 2 (bogey)
4 a 2 (par)
3 a 2 (par)
5 a 2 (bogey)
7 a wipe (triple)
6 a 2 (bogey)
4 a 2 (bogey)
4 a 3 (par)
4 a 2 (par)I made it to the turn with 7 over OTS and 17 pts
3 a 2 (par)
6 a 1 (double)
5 a 2 (bogey)
5 a 2 (bogey)
8 a wipe (triple)
7 a wipe (triple)
8 a wipe (quad)
6 a wipe (triple)
8 a wipe (triple)heading home, with 20 over OTS, and a mere 7 pts
Can you guess where my lower back went crack?
So, here I am, middle of the night, awake, thanks to the oh to familiar dull ache that is my lower spine.
Ah, golf hey?
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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TL:DR: Steady sailing until the back went crack!
Dusting off the rusty swing with 2x range sessions and 1x short game session in the last week had me standing over the ball with only a mild feeling of NFI at Cooly Tweed. Being a low key social round with a small group of professionals for a bit of ‘networking’, it was easy to set simple goals; good PSR every shot, focus on process, execute with commitment.
Playing the River course off the white tees, my 13.9 GA gave me a daily of 13. (Scratch rating of 71 on par 72, slope 119)
And, so the card looks like this:
6 a 2 (bogey)
4 a 2 (par)
3 a 2 (par)
5 a 2 (bogey)
7 a wipe (triple)
6 a 2 (bogey)
4 a 2 (bogey)
4 a 3 (par)
4 a 2 (par)I made it to the turn with 7 over OTS and 17 pts
3 a 2 (par)
6 a 1 (double)
5 a 2 (bogey)
5 a 2 (bogey)
8 a wipe (triple)
7 a wipe (triple)
8 a wipe (quad)
6 a wipe (triple)
8 a wipe (triple)heading home, with 20 over OTS, and a mere 7 pts
Can you guess where my lower back went crack?
So, here I am, middle of the night, awake, thanks to the oh to familiar dull ache that is my lower spine.
Ah, golf hey?
oh no!! not good
Quick stop to check-in and see what you’ve all been up to and well, it’s feeling a tad like tumbleweeds in here.
WTF is going on? Where is everyone?
Anyway, my golfing journey has continued to crawl to a halt due to the ongoing lower back issues. Very rarely pick up the clubs these days, and with my previous less than full competition golf calendar the GA hasn’t had many entries.
Last competitive round was the Ocean Shore ProAm for a bit of professional networking with work associates. Our group was paired with a young lad from Lennox Head who was a very mellow with the appearance of a tradie / surfer.
A few practice sessions in the week leading up had my swing dusted off, and a bit of feel for the short game. So with low expectations, I set out to play steady shot by shot golf, and walked off with 88 OTS, for a played to of 13 (slope rated 139, par 73 with a +1 daily difficulty) which has squeezed .2 off the GA and has me now at 13.7
Haven’t swung a club since.
One of my clients is recovering from heart surgery, and so we’ve planned to meet at the course rather than office so he can get some walking in between a few light swings. So, I may have more to report in coming weeks.
Take care.
Hack.
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.
1 user liked this post.
Quick stop to check-in and see what you’ve all been up to and well, it’s feeling a tad like tumbleweeds in here.
WTF is going on? Where is everyone?
Anyway, my golfing journey has continued to crawl to a halt due to the ongoing lower back issues. Very rarely pick up the clubs these days, and with my previous less than full competition golf calendar the GA hasn’t had many entries.
Last competitive round was the Ocean Shore ProAm for a bit of professional networking with work associates. Our group was paired with a young lad from Lennox Head who was a very mellow with the appearance of a tradie / surfer.
A few practice sessions in the week leading up had my swing dusted off, and a bit of feel for the short game. So with low expectations, I set out to play steady shot by shot golf, and walked off with 88 OTS, for a played to of 13 (slope rated 139, par 73 with a +1 daily difficulty) which has squeezed .2 off the GA and has me now at 13.7
Haven’t swung a club since.
One of my clients is recovering from heart surgery, and so we’ve planned to meet at the course rather than office so he can get some walking in between a few light swings. So, I may have more to report in coming weeks.
Take care.
Hack.
Hey hack good to hear from you. yes not many on here anymore most on Messenger ro Whats app groups nowadays.
We are at nationals Hunter Valley/Sydney next month for a group catch up see the other thread
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