April 2010 Entries
It is great knowing that summer is finally getting here. The temperature is getting warmer and the sun is rising and setting earlier and later. The extra daylight hours give you so much more time to get out on the course and practise. I managed to get out 4 times in 5 days during Monday to Friday. I only took my driver, 9 iron, 60 degree wedge and putter – which I felt would ensure I had some fun by trying to hit different types of shots over different distances, and also concentrate a lot on my short game. I’ve...
As golf is my main hobby I don’t mind spending a bit of money on the equipment I use. Previously I had always bought Adidas golf shoes. I’ve had 4 pairs of the Adidas 360 shoe in various versions and limited editions, but after around 12 months of heavy use each of them has split or started leaking. Adidas are good enough to offer a replacement pair within 12 months if your shoes start letting in water but having done this twice I decided it was time to try out a different make. It was the first day in Cornwall...
Last week I had the pleasure of spending 5 days golfing down in Cornwall with Dave, Pete and Andy from Theale Golf Club. Many thanks to Pete for organizing the week and Dave for driving me down – Andy as always was great company and my main competition for the week! :-) We played 5 courses in total: Oake Manor Trethorne Launceston Bowood We had a competition setup for the four of us during the week for: Total strokes over handicap Total stableford ...
Happy to say that today was my third round in a row in the 70’s. Despite the amount of rain we have had this week I got out yesterday at Theale and today at Sandford, and although the courses were wet and boggy in places the greens were in very good condition. Yesterdays round at Theale was an early game as the weather people were predicting rain from around 11am onwards. I tee’d off on my own at 7:30am planning only to play nine, but the weather held and a pal called John caught me up so we played...