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Stab at Warra again today.
Driver mis-behaved on too many holes but I managed to recover adequately on most.
36 points – the best I’ve done since the lock down.Looks like you will still be able to play at “Warra”,but not be able to enter into a “poisonous area” and play at the home of golf.
How’s that going to work….now the boarders are closed between NSW & Vic? 😉
And we are going to have to get smuggled out of our poisonous postcodes, to go and play golf in the bush.(if golf is still allowed that is.)
Leave the Driver in the bag and find a club you can hit about 160 m for tee shots and stay on the fairway (4W, 5W, 3 Hybrid?)
When you can control your slice , try the Driver again.
My highest iron is a 5 i probably hit that somewhere between 150 and 160. Have a hybrid and a 3 wood. Can hit the hybrid reasonably, 3 wood comes out similar to the driver so I just leave it alone. I spose that’s why I’m persisting with trying to get the driver swing right, because at the moment I have a handle on the iron swing. If i could find just every second fairway at least I’d have shot under 90 the last few rounds, comfortably. But at the moment I;m pretty much hitting 0 fairways, second shot a lay up, 3rd shot a long shot in because I’m so far back from the sliced right tee shot.
Fact I’m still registering pars and bogies with that type of result off the tee, If I can just figure out this driver swing I’ll be on my way.
Cranbourne has lots of tight tree lined holes, so you are better to leave driver in bag, and play with 3w.
nothing says you have to hit driver on any holes.as XRman says, you are better to be 165m in fwy with a 5 iron or hybrid than 220 in trees with a driver.
From NAGA to Champ. iRON MiCK’ The untold story. (Nobody wanted telling)
Starring
Shane Warne as iRON MiCK (seriously who else could voice my parts and be completely ignorant of how much they suck at golf at the same time?)
George Cloony as “Goldy”
Tom Morello in his first TV role as “Koiom”
Morgan Freeman as Ink
Ricky Gervais as Rob NeweySpecial Guest stars
Dami Im as Ghetto Golfer
Peter Dinklage as “Kiwi”
Colin Firth as “Francie”
Sandra Bullock as “Deege”
Clint Eastwood as GPJ
Hugh Grant as cb90
Jim Broadbent as jrg1116Soon to be unreleased on a streaming platform not near any TV soon
but, someone thought this was a good idea…………..
If only Rolf was ‘available’
who do you know that has 3 legs.?
Can I bring a guest?
Yes,of course , guests are always welcome.
Biggest mistake is going to the course
Have you learnt to hit your potato wedge yet.?
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Far from me being one to tar many with the same brush, but fark me there were some stupid individuals protesting in Melbourne today.
It really does go a long way in limiting any further sort of intelligence banter in their favour, for the long foreseeable futureAnd here is my public retraction.
There are dumb people in Brisbane too.The couple of protesters today in Brisbane against 5G, lockdown and vaccines show that there ridiculously stupid all over and state borders are no barrier to dumbness.
What is really scary is that some of those stupid individuals seem to have positions of power.
Hey Pom, welcome back to the fold. Glad you found the new homestead. AND yep, we are going to over politically correct ourselves into obscurity. A loud minority of opinionated, over zealous, self effacing no it alls with Uni degrees as a Master in ” Who Gives A Fuck” will always lead a silent majority by the nose. Because we allow it to be so.
Yes looking through some of the top 100 courses in golf digest in other thread and thinking.
Royal Melbourne golf club at Black rock in Victoria will be called “the golf club,sandy rock, new state.
Royal sydney will become “invasion point golf club”
The Australian will be named Gondwana golf club
Black bull will be called lady cow or calf Golf club or better still The vegetarian golf club
Capital golf club = is evil call it the freedom for all golf club
Queensland Golf club will be Republic land Golf cluband the list goes on, Commish, the list goes on ,where oh where will it end.
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Stab at Warra today.
Some good shots, some rubbish. 26 points.
Definitely ‘crisp’ this morning, slowing everything down, much nicer this arvo.look at the positive you are out playing and enjoying golf in fresh country air, well at least while carts are allowed.
How did this thread go from talking about the largest golf green, to mouldys putting to hitting potato wedges.
Played off the White Tees on Thursday and struggled for the first 9. Straightened up a bit on the back 9. Playing off The Blues on Saturday so looking forward to it.
4 rounds before a flag falls so could get closer to 20.play off the tees which best suit your game.
thanks ink, typo. correction made
OOM1 – Feb 2 – Growling Frog.
OOM2 – 9th August – Cape Schank
OOM 3 27th September Moonah Legends 10.10 am tee off.
OOM4 – 22 November Yering MeadowsNote we have now added another game at Moonah Legends on 27th September.
Note this game was scheduled for Friday 25th as a bacon tour event , but not sure if this is a public holiday so go for the Sunday and make it and OOM.
OOM1 – Feb 2 – Growling Frog.
OOM2 – 5th April – Sunshine (cancelled)
OOM3 – 31 May – Rosebud(cancelled)
OOM4 – 9th August – Cape Schank
OOM 5 27th September Moonah Legends 10.10 am tee off.
OOM6 – 22 November Yering MeadowsNote we have now added another game at Moonah Legends on 27th September.
Note this game was scheduled for Friday 25th as a bacon tour event , but not sure if this is a public holiday so go for the Sunday and make it and OOM.
Two rounds of crap. I can’t play off 12. The swing had been improving, but that’s gone again.
20 rounds of crap and I might have a usable handicap, except for the bloody anchor.
yes i see you are now off 14 for day, thanks to the new World handicap
MM, stroke & putting with Olinda today.
Apart from a few blowout holes, I played reasonably but had far too many 1-point holes and only two 3-points.
Lots more work to be done.
you didnt indicate how many strokes you had only points.
How do you have 1 and 3 point holes and blow out holes (wiped holes) in a stroke round ? was it stableford for MM or stroke?
stroke means every shot has the same value which is why its the best guide to a golfers true handicap.
Played this morning on my day off, in just slightly less than ideal conditions.
A touch of cold air, and more than a drop or two of precipitation throughout the round. Some good shots were struck, but they were few and far between and were interspersed with too much rubbish.
I’ve tweaked the Cobra F9 driver a touch of late and am getting used to its differences. It’s a touch shorter now, the grip has also been on a diet, and the clubs loft setting is down to about 7.5 or 8.
I’ve also introduced a bit more body tilt when hitting off the tee, and gone with the 3 1/4 inch tees, rather than my usual 4 inch tees for the driver.
The reasons being, previously without much body tilt away from the target, I was hitting closer to the low point of my swing, swinging flatter, losing loft, and adding sidespin (hence previously using 4 inch tees to try and alleviate that issue and force myself to hit on the up).
The new method does show some promise, I hit a few nice launching ones today, and they flew nice and long (there is no run on the course at all with it being very damp underfoot). I have a few issues with the clubface at impact in getting it set just right (a couple of big draws), but its a visual thing at address. I need to set the angle of the clubface correctly at address and good things happen . if I have it closed a touch, then look out hook …… so its just getting used to that visual cue of the clubface and how it should sit at address in order to make it repeatable and predictable.
My irons were not too bad today, I hit some nice ones despite the conditions, but I got penalised on at least 3 approach shots where I flushed them onto the green by a few metres, only to see them spin back off and down the sloping front fringes. In fact the only time they didn’t spin back was when I put a couple past the pin ……… much to my annoyance.
Pro V1X …… nice balls though despite spinning a lot or not at all.
Putting and chipping were just woeful today, and led to at least 4 wipes from memory. I wasn’t that fussed though, I was just happy to be out there having a hit on my day off. I’ve long since stopped worrying about my score, preferring just to enjoy a round and the fun or challenging shots it might occasionally offer up.
In other news though, my regular playing partner and I may be looking for a different home of golf later on in the year when the membership is up for renewal.
I reckon I’m starting to get over the soft wintery conditions and will possible be looking for firmer, greener pastures, particularly a landscape which has maybe more than 7 bunkers and is truly playable all year around.
Having been at Beacy for around 8 or 9 years, I reckon its time for a change, but where to go …. that’s the question. I had thought of Cranbourne but I see that’s in the news this very evening, as someone has carved swastika’s into some of their greens. I don’t mean to cast nasturtiums at anyone, but a few former Beacy members have moved to Cranny recently, so if I were the boys in blue, they would be a good place to start!!.
That being said, its not a course I’d really entertain. We are sussing out the memberships of various other courses, and there is not much between a few of them, notably Keysie, Sandhurst, Settlers Run in terms of cost etc. (A Keysie membership does come with some baggage I believe), as well as being a bugger of a spot to get to.
One of the things I’m used to, is pretty much getting to play when I want, eg early morning etc, so that is a factor to consider.
Other possible courses involve more of a drive, and that being the case, that may get a tad annoying or monotonous, so at this stage there is no preferred option leaping out of the pack. The old membership doesn’t run out til about October anyway, so we have plenty of time to consider all of them, and try a few.
Anyway, that’s enough to ponder for one evening, time to go load some decent music clips on the tube of you, whilst the Beloved’s busy watching Home and Bloody Away ……..
GPJ
Lang Lang $835 per year, which is the best value course wise that you will find and 1/4 price of Cranbourne or Ranfurlie or any others you are considering,
playable all year round,
lots of bunkers,
29 min from your house.
flexible tee off times
Reciprocal rights with Settlers rundont discount off list before you have played
Do you want to have a hit next week or week after during week, to re acquaint yourself with the place..
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