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today was golf at the ranch in dry conditions but the strong westerly wind 25 to 30km played havoc with the scores.
finished the day with a score of 73 = 27 points.11th in comp and 4th in gross.
The course is so difficult at a par of 54 especially in the strong westerly. This really showed up faults in my game which I have to work on.
I have some big tournaments coming up over next few months, so will continue my practice and lessons with coach to fine tune for these events
South Gippsland Championship – Leongatha
Veterans State Championship – Barwon valley
ISG nationals Hunter valley
SG vets club championships Phillip Island and meeniyan.36 points today at the home of golf.
much better improvement in putting mostly due to better distance control.
game plan – yes
double bogeys -1
process control – yes
inside 50m,: 41
next practice sessions: inside 50m goal is 361 user liked this post.
Chopped it up again yesterday for 32pts off the Blues.
A quick update of the journey of me. The family and I have moved out to the rolling plains of Gippsland and set up home on a sprawling acreage in Tynong North.
Start a new role out in May and probably change the home of The iRON Naga to Lang Lang. Might head down there for a hit after Easter.
Life is good and the move took all of March which led to me completely forgetting about playing up on The Murray.
Hope that the L4G crew are doing ok and no one has done a Warnie. Much love MiCK🤫🙄😜🤪😚🙃😃
Hi Mick
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Next golf experience was at Coober Pedy, the opal capital of the world. Well they make the claim. It is a mining town ( junky) and is surrounded by holes, used to explore for opal strata of rocks. Many homes are wholly or partially underground to cope with the extremes of weath uper. The 18 hole course has scapes and no grass on the fairways. Think moonscape. You get a small square of Astroturf to place the ball. It was cold with a strong south wind blowing. We made 9 holes and gave up. It was an experience.
After we crossed the NT border, our next game was at Alice Springs. It was cold and still windy. The greens (? couch) were smooth and fast. 3 putting was common! Landing off the fairway meant hitting off sand. I scored around 100.
I went back yesterday and played with no wind and sunshine. My game was much better, but still missed putts. Green Fee of $60 was worth it, given the scenic setting with walls of rock nearby. They get the prize for rock faces walls on some traps. I hit a few pars, but 3 putted about 4 times. I think I will give up on my arm lock mallet!We are stuck here for another 7 days ( Covid isolation) but I am still not testing positive. I might go out to play again mid week if I am well.
at least its warm up there, it was 1 deg here this week.
just enjoy your trip and go out and play, dont worry about the Covids
Par at Warra yesterday.
I like to have my stab points exceed my putts but that hasn’t been happening at all recently.
My result of -6 equates to 30 points which happened to equal my 30 putts.30 putts is scratch golfer standard,,, so just saying.
A pro having 30 putts also has minus 6 so you are on track
Vets game at Langy yesterday.
great to see the sun shine with no rain. course good condition.
30 points, 4x 3 putts process good, stuck to game plan but outcomes not good on day.
still some work to do on chipping and putting
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Mrs XR is crook too now. We are heading north on Wednesday for 8 weeks, then in September I am booked in for hip surgery. So no Stawell for me this year. I am taking some golf clubs with me and looking forward to trying out golf courses on the way to Darwin.
enjoy the trip up North, should be fun
hope your surgery goes well and you make a speedy recovery.its too cold in Vic at moment since Albo and the greens stopped the global warming.
we are heading off again fist week of August, looking for somewhere warmgolf this week was played mini golf with Granddaughter at Grumpys golf in Cowes, during the whale festival.
well done to granddaughter she beat me by 2 shots and won the drink and the hot dog prize.
golf was winner with good fun.
practice this week for vets game next Monday at the home of Golf. (this is an event I want to win).Geoff you and I would make a great team. Your long game and mine inside 100 m would complement each other.
The only problem for me is with the change of weather making the verges soft and now my low trajectory shots are not rolling predictably. I have a sheet with my distances for 25/50/75/100 % power shots with each club ( I do it by feel, not the clock method) , so I can measure distance to the pin then look at the chart for a club that matches the number. If I want a high shot it would befrom the 75 or 100% power shot lines of the chart.
Your practice plan looks good, but I would add a variety of lies for the over the obstacle section. For me, I rarely get these shots in good lies. I have started to try to make sure I get over the obstacle, even if it means I have to chip or putt back to the pin. I hate not clearing the obstacle. Trying to get cute and hit the perfect shot is not working for me. Perhaps not committing to the shot is my issue.
Like the idea of us as a team. lets team up for a vets event later in the year.
are you playing at stawell or Barwon Valley.Having germy little grandkids around has its downside. I have been coughing ever since the Robe weekend and feeling lousy. Several Covid tests were all negative. Today I decided to enter the local competition. I dosed up on medication and played at 9 a.m.
I started out O.K. scoring a bogey on hole one. I left my tee shot out a bit wide and laid up from 180m out, for a wedge into the green. Hole 2 my tee shot with Driver went well to position. I had about 150 m out the green an decided on a fade with my 19 Hybrid, but my starting line was straight at the pin, leaving the ball pin high, but short sided with the bunker to cross. The lie was bit bare and I almost shanked the ball into the bunker. Oh dear! I made sure to get the ball out of the bunker and had a long putt back to the hole. I missed it by ” that much” for a double bogey result. Hole three was a text book down the middle birdie, followed by a par on 4 ( my nemesis hole). On the par 3 fifth I hit a hit a good 7W tee shot, finishing pin high, but just off the green. I chipped on with my 50 degree to about 2.5 m for the hole. The first putt narrowly missed, but the next putt was a sitter,. I missed it! The rot seemed to set in at this time. I hit a double bogey on the 6th and seventh holes, playing army golf. A late rally occurred on 8 & 9 with pars, giving a 45 OTS score.
I was having trouble with the cough, so I decided to retire to the warmth of my home. Now Mrs. XR is coughing! We are planning going north on the caravan in 2 weeks, so I am hoping we are well by then.
Two steps forward
1) The 200 m drive on the third was a thing of beauty. A draw right down the middle.
2) I hit two nice shots with a new ( to me ) 7 iron-hybrid Tour Edge E521 that I picked up for $25. It is 2 degrees flat and it looks as if the previous owner had lengthened the shaft 1 inch. I measured the length and placed a zip tie on the handle at 7 iron length, to guide the choke down position. I have the same club (E521 6 iron / 29 degree) and it is slightly too draw biased for my liking, though I can control it. The 2 degree flat option seems to take the draw bias out of the equation.One Step back
Hero shot attempts on 6&7 , when I didn’t hit good tee shots ( pulled them both) cost me more shots. I chip back into play in a better position would have been a better option, but I tried to make par. Typical gambler’s decision to make back my losses !Get better soon.
are you going to Stawell for teams event in September1 user liked this post.
played yesterday at the home of golf.
4 pars
9 bogeys
4DB
1 triple.
for a score of 90.
positives: 1.process was good, didn’t have any swing thoughts however I did not commit to some shots and while not hitting ball well, managed to get ball inside the scoring zone (100m) in 36 shots.(so no swing work needed)
down sides. took 54 to get the ball in hole from 100m in.(no 3 putts so all pitching and chipping issues)
practice plan: a) hit 100m shots with 3 different clubs to establish feel and touch and multiple trajectory options
b) hit 10 20 and 30m shots over bunkers and dams to a variety of pins.
c) putt from 1m 5m 10m. (improve my % made from 1m and 5m currently 8/10 and 1/10), no 3 putts from 10m
d) play a few holes just committing to shotnext event: vets on 11th July so practice will be focussed on doing well in this event.
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To quote John Fogerty in his famous song
“And I wonder who will stop the rain” so we can play golf again.
All the courses are sloppy and yuk. and we aren’t even fully into winter yet.
Looks like a break in rain tomorrow, so can take grandson fishing, then cold and fine on
Tuesday so Golf at the ranch, with a few friends, so should be a good test of game.
next Monday vets game at Leongatha, so practicing towards this game.
Leongatha is a course I have always played well in pennant.first fine day we have had for 3weeks so decided to play yesterday at home of golf with a mate.
very rusty. but enjoyable to be out there.
2 x triples
4x Double Bogeys
8x Bogeys
3 pars
1 birdie.
91 OTS.
tee to scoring zone (50m) = 36 shots
<50m took 55 more shots including 4×3 putts due to approach finishing in wrong place on green.
If Albo changes the weather in next few weeks as he promised at the election, will be able to get out and practice on short game./ short game and short game.in particular chipping and pitching which was not crisp.1 user liked this post.
your are lucky Xrman, I haven’t played for 3 weeks due to rain and saturated courses.
I will be back in Danland next week and will be getting in lots of games over next 2 to 3 months..No golf for last 2 weeks as its been too wet and flooded courses in Toowoomba, Warwick and Bryon bay.
last game was at Nanango on 7th May, so will be very rusty.
on a happy note Fishing has been good at Nambucca heads and Newcastle as we turn south on our bay back to
Danland for 2 grandkids birthdays and daughters birthday and check out progress of house build.hope to get in some winter golf this year, unless the chairman locks us down again.
next scheduled game is with old boys at Leongatha next Monday, where I will be pleased with a score of over 30 points.back on the island till end July, with lots of meetings and catchups with friends, then we we are off again chasing the whales up the east coast for another 8 to 10 weeks. hope house will be finished soon.
life is fun, as long as other people let us enjoy it.
