It seems that when you turn 78 you find out who your real friends are.

I have no shame in naming them - it was initiated by bookiebasher, & endorsed by Red Dog & Treveor "typhoon". Utter bastards.

Sorry Tikay but that proper made me laugh. Happy birthday 🎂

Thanks Eck and Ralph for the info tips.

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What club are you hitting Tom?

I think I can fix your putting problem Kev as its something I have had to deal with.

Just make sure you weight is slightly favouring your leading foot(right for you as a leftie) when addressing the putt that should cure it.

Well done Eck on single figures!

Ralph I'm a bit weird when it comes to handedness. Im RH at golf and all racquet sports. Also RH for pistol shooting, bowls, bowling. However I'm LH for writing, rifle, archery, snooker.

When I paint (the house, not art) I'm as good left or right.

Weirdo!

I'll take that as a compliment. 😁

I think I can fix your putting problem Kev as its something I have had to deal with.

Just make sure you weight is slightly favouring your leading foot(right for you as a leftie) when addressing the putt that should cure it.

Well done Eck on single figures!

Ralph I'm a bit weird when it comes to handedness. Im RH at golf and all racquet sports. Also RH for pistol shooting, bowls, bowling. However I'm LH for writing, rifle, archery, snooker.

When I paint (the house, not art) I'm as good left or right.

Tom, couple of questions on your driving.

What's your normal shot shape and what are your bad misses and do they tend to come at the same holes? How many 'bad' drives do you hit a round ( bad = OOB or lost?).

I understand the logic of wanting to get it into play more but I see guys who are trying to manage the ball of the tee still hit it way of line too and now they are 40/50 yards further away too. Length is a massive advantage, I had been driving really bad the beginning of the year and like you the wild drives were costing me loads. I just really worked on the dispersion and what was causing the bad ones. I hit a draw (or try to ) and worked on getting my swing more on a better plane as I was obviously swinging too far off plane from in to out. My misses would be a massive block to the right when I've left the face too open or a big duck hook when I've overdone the in to out. I worked on getting my right elbow tighter to get the club going more up than around and my dispersion is far better. There are plenty misses still but a lot of the bad swings are still well in play. That is me though and not advice obv

Was going to ask Kev the same earlier but didn't have the bottle of wine in me that makes me post. Kev, what's your leak? That was a decent card apart from the holes that always kill us. Lots of bogeys which I'm sure will turn into pars as you keep playing as some must be down to chipping/putting. That will improve if you play more but what's the main cause of the 7/8's that kill a card?

Eck the bad holes on that round are because of 3 off the tee and my other problem, and frustration is hitting a fabulous tee shot then duffing an iron 50 yards on the fairway. Also I can't go a round without catching my putter on the green at least once, resulting in lost length and an extra putt.

Well done on the handicap Eck.

I hear you Tom. I used my driver in this round for the first time in about 8 weeks after practicing with it at the range. Only hit under 100 2 times in the last 6 outings having been consistently in the 90's before. I'm happy with that last round being close to my handicap. However my goal is to match or better my handicap last time I was a club member, which was 18, 20 years ago. I know but I'm supposed to be older and wiser now, maybe. 🤣🤣

Much better round today. Used the driver and some good shots with the new wedges. An odd 3 putt and 3 off the tee but over all happier than I've been for a while with my play. My handicap is 22 but lose 3 strokes on my course because of the slope.

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Absolutely mind blowingly good.

Couldn't do anything right today. 105 for 20 sabbo's.

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Feel your pain Tom. Only one round under 100 in the last 5. Been to the range today to work on my driver. However struggled with my 2 favourite clubs 6 and 8. Stupid game. Teeing off tomorrow at 11.10 🤣

I played the club Stableford today and returned a respectable-ish 33 points which is actually my best this year.

Shot 45/40/85 on what turned out to be a beautiful day and in very pleasant company - missed a 4-footer on the last too after a lovely pitch.

Green shoots..

Very nice Ralph, great shooting.

I shot 97 yesterday after a terrible last 3 rounds of over 100. One minute you're close to breaking 90 with rounds of 91 and 92 and golf say just hang on a minute me owd tater. Loving it though.

Thanks Kev. How are you getting in with those new wedges?

In my previous experience it took me quite a while to figure out which one to use for all the different shots.

Second time using them yesterday Ralph. Getting used to the distances. I've used my SW mostly for years around the green so going to have to ween myself of it. Had a little success so I think they will have been a good buy. Keep you posted.

I played the club Stableford today and returned a respectable-ish 33 points which is actually my best this year.

Shot 45/40/85 on what turned out to be a beautiful day and in very pleasant company - missed a 4-footer on the last too after a lovely pitch.

Green shoots..

Very nice Ralph, great shooting.

I shot 97 yesterday after a terrible last 3 rounds of over 100. One minute you're close to breaking 90 with rounds of 91 and 92 and golf say just hang on a minute me owd tater. Loving it though.

Alas no.

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Misses the ball completely, spins round and lands on his arse in the sand. 🤣