Slat's Journal

hi brian
when i say skyed slice it is a bit of an understatement .................
it ended up in the next county with ice on it

you were right craig!
both guys were absolute diamonds, down to earth and very encouraging.
they helped me play the best 13 holes of golf ever shame about the other 5 holes which were absolute sh*te!
front9 4,6,9,4,5,4,4,7,3 =46
back9 4,6,5,9,4,5,8,8,4 = 53
not to be too hard on myself the 5 bad scores were on SI 2-6 but then again i did par the SI 1 par 5!
a case of what might have been!

What a shame about those 5 holes, looks like you are going through what I am lately, playing some lovely golf for 4 or 5 holes and then have a nightmare hole or two, then back to good golf, have another mare...

I know you can't stop looking/thinking about those bad 5 holes but if you were to put your score like this:

4,6,9,4,5,4,4,7,3 =46
back9 4,6,5,9,4,5,8,8,4 = 53

You'd feel proud of those awesome 13 holes!

hi snowman
thanks for that!
i hadnt thought about it like that!
i know i have it in me to play 18 great holes

bloody typical
what a difference a day make, 24 little hours
played the front 9 at home this morning was planning on 18 but the rain forced me off at the halfway stage.

shot 4,5,5,4,5,6,4,4,4. thats 4 birdie;s 4 par's and 1 bogey 41 gross.30 nett!
need to transfer that sort of form to competition play

Great round Pedro but I'd transfer that form before the handicapper catches up with you.

he he
i;d be happy to take a cut!
want to be down to 15/16 by the end of the year

p.s average drive today = 227 yards

Good target; My aim is to play to the equivalent of bogey golf - regularly - which in the greater scheme of things won't be far off your handicap.

Interesting to see that you can have cracker of a round without hitting the ball miles.

On reflection still working out your maths: How does 4 birdies 4 pars 1 bogey (3 under) come to a gross 41?

par 4 hole stroke index 16 = + 1 stroke i take 4 shots so thats a nett birdie
gross 41 - 11 strokes equals nett 30

Doff's my lid to ya Slat's...

At "our level", 41 off the beater is good golf regardless...

Good job and good luck on getting down to mid teens by years end.

Cheers

cheers craig
im proving to myself that i can shoot low scores so i just have to do it where it matters in the comps.
TBH my driving wasnt that stellar today but i scrambled really well and short game was pretty good

OK boy it sounds like you need to start working on the mental side of the game!!!!!!!

Oh by the way, how is the par 18 coming along?

hi nicole
its not so much the mental side of playing comp golf its more the positoning of the comp tees and the pins!

doing the par 18 at the end of my practise sessions had a couple of 15's last week!

sneaked 18 in after work tonight and had another storming round
41 out and 45 in for a nett 64
driving wasnt that great but recovery game stood up well

probably wont get within 10 shots of that in tomorrows comp

this is getting like groundhog day!

just getting my gear ready to go play in the club comp and as usual its cold and its pi**ing it down

FFS its supposed to be our summertime

so instead of playing in warm sunny weather in shorts and polo shirt i ve got to don warm clothes and a waterprooof suit, attach the raincover to the bag(dont know why i dont just leave it on there permanently)

then it goes like this................
put brolly down,unzip rain cover,take out club,dry hands and then the grip,wipe the blob of rain off your nose,see if you can spot the flag through the driving rain, hit shot, clean club,unzip raincover, replace club and pick up brolly
repeat 90 times ..................AARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH:ma d:

rant over!

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cheers slats
"Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle"