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Ladies and gentlemen I have done it. I started out this year about 12 and went up to nearly 14 on WHS. Played a lot and truly wasn't inspiring but was getting a bit better, driving got better and I now am under double figures for the first time ever.

Sorry if this seems like I am always chirping but it has been coincident with my best run at golf and i'm playing so much more, probably about 3 times a week now when before when it was maybe once or twice a week.

Anyways i did it, Chuffed to fuck.





Should get someone to video my swing and Tom can take it apart like he did with my fry up....

First class Eck!

Consecutive shots with reduced power.

Seems more accurate. Most of those shots would be in play and  I'm told that range balls play shorter than good expensive balls, like what I use 

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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.

Weirdo!

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.

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!

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.

That's very impressive Eck. Congrats.

Re my swing: I don't really understand the technical aspects of it at all. The only things I seem to have control over are the set up, the speed and direction of the back swing, and the force that I use when hitting the ball, after that everything is just so explosive i don't actually know what is happening.

I experiment with different things like ball positioning, grip, stance etc and sometimes it clicks and it works beautifully for a while, occasionally for as long as a couple of consecutive rounds and I think that's it, I've sussed it. Then it goes wrong again and to my mind I'm not doing anything different.

I'm naturally good at hand eye stuff though and if I persevere with something I tend to improve naturally. (I hope)

I try to listen to what folks are telling me but I'm very poor at taking instruction, especially when it's during a game.

Here's a strange thing. Sometimes when I address the ball with my driver everything just seems right and I know I'm going to hit it good, but if it doesn't feel right I can't step away and change it, when I set up again it still doesn't seem right. Does that even make sense?

Ladies and gentlemen I have done it. I started out this year about 12 and went up to nearly 14 on WHS. Played a lot and truly wasn't inspiring but was getting a bit better, driving got better and I now am under double figures for the first time ever.

Sorry if this seems like I am always chirping but it has been coincident with my best run at golf and i'm playing so much more, probably about 3 times a week now when before when it was maybe once or twice a week.

Anyways i did it, Chuffed to fuck.





Should get someone to video my swing and Tom can take it apart like he did with my fry up....

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?