Today, it's Priory, which is by some way the tougher of the two Breadsall courses. The fairways mostly slope steeply sideways, & with the concrete-hard ground at the moment, no matter where the tee-shot lands the ball rolls right across the Fairway.

With my appalling swing/technique (it's actually offensive to even call it a "swing") means I'm woefully inconsistent. A few days ago, on the tough Priory, I shot 38 & won by, I think, 8 stabbos, yesterday, on the far easier Moorlands course, I only managed 30 & was 10 shots off the winner.

All of which should be seen in the context of my Handicap of 29.2, meaning I play off 33 on Priory & 28 on Moorlands. Eek, but it's not for want of effort or desire, I'm just elite-level shite.

Every shot, every game, is a surprise.  

I hope we get a game sometime Ralph,  you are still one of the coolest people I.ve met. I really need to come down and visit that baldy guy and his odd pal sometime....

Seriously James, you really should try & get a game with Ralph. I'm not bsuha, or in any way demeaning my regular partners, but playing golf with Ralph is one of the best things ever, he's SO correct as to etiquette/protocol, which is something that matters a great deal to me, perhaps more than it should.

You really should try & get a game with Ralph. Trust me.

Nice going guys, everyone still trending by the look of it, well almost everyone....Tony?

I'll try & do a bit of an update in the next few days James.

I do love this thread, I read it every day, & am so pleased I started it, it's great to see the enthusiasm.

Unforch, I'm embarrassingly bad at the game, so I'm not sure my golf musings will be of much interest, though maybe it'll offer an interesting view from the bottom of the pile. I perhaps should add that playing the game still thrills me, & every day as I head out to play golf I get a tingle in my willy.

There's always one isn't there. I'm now 2/101 with 2 scores yet to be entered.

We played the competition from the white tees and despite hitting three poor chips from just short of the greens on 5,6, and 7 to make bogey on each of them I still managed to play the front nine in 42(+6) for 20 stabbos as I get 15 shots, so as long as I can avoid double bogeys I feel like I'm always going to be competitive. Played better on the back nine getting up and down a few times and was in decent shape until I had my Ryan Fox moment on the longish par3 17th. I pulled my 5wood into the left greenside bunker and it ended up about a foot from the left-hand edge in a footprint(grrr). I had to play out backwards and failed to get up and down despite going very close with my putt for my one and only double-bogey of the day. Made a par4 at the last to come back in 40 for another 20 stabbos making 40 total and shooting a season's best 82 off the whites. The guy who pipped me must have had a good back nine as he got 40 points too off a similar handicap.

Not really that far off shooting my age for the first time since I deffo left a few out there today. Encouraging.

Awesome! Well done Ralph.

Well done Kev.

I had my best round of the year today too.

These are ideal conditions for scramblers like me if my ball-striking is anything like it should/used to be.

With 82 scores entered and 21 remaining I am the leader in the clubhouse for the Thursday stabbo..

tbc

Wiiii, hope you hold on Ralph.

Golf is hard.

wd kev the thread is def trending since tikay stopped posting in it.

Much better day for me today in the senior medal. I actually played quite steady golf on the front nine going out in 41(+5) and started the back nine par, bogey, par, meaning I was +6 through the first 12 holes. Had a bit of a collapse after that with three double-bogeys on the spin which irked me somewhat although the first two were a little unlucky, I stank the par5 15th out after a big drive for me, playing four crap shots in a row!
Steadied the ship somewhat on the last three holes for a 44 on the back nine so shot 85/13 net 72. Completing the course made a pleasant change too.
The Veterans Cup is for those in the senior medal who are 70+ and I think I came 2nd(again) which is a shame as I've never won it.

Congrats Ralph.

Never in doubt, class is permanent etc.

Last time I looked he had 6.8 million with 62 left.

Pretty sure that 3 or 4 days ago he ended the day on fumes.

Extraordinary.

"Together with blaming foreigners for their failures in life-so much easier than looking at yourself"



So so true.

Dress sense still remains the same

Ahh, bless, thank you very much Trevor, most kind of you to commend my sartorial clothes sense. It's one of those things that comes naturally to me, I don't have to think about it.

Cafe Rouge, Gatwick.

Must have been pre-Smartphones judging by my camera on the table.

There were 4 of us, at least 2 of whom were Luton regulars, embarrassed to say I've forgotten their names.

I do vividly recall there was a short fat bloke amongst them. Anyone care to guess his name?

From the swing mechanics point of view the worst thing that could happen is that you miss the ball entirely. But we all know that the worst things happen golf when we not only hit the ball, but hit it far enough to reach some place where the ball will either never been seen again or if seen again will not be playable.

Good luck with your changes.

No no, that was his old grip and swing.

OK, best go downstairs & find a screen to watch the England match.

Seems to be a lot of repeat spots. I'm looking for a quick rebound, not gonna sit here half average, & A-K arrives in the perfect spot, facing a Raise & 2 callers.

In we go.

And we've run into Kings again.

No lucky miracle this time, & that's that, I'm bust in Level 7.

Not thrilled with my play, & utterly (mentally) exhausted. Back to Orleans, feel so tired I think I'm ill, go straight to bed, sleep a straight 10 hours & feel great this morning.

Not exactly been a successful trip.

Next up, after today's England game, the Orleans $240 Big O @ 4pm.