May 2010 Entries
3 Good Shots is working very well. Every morning I get an email with the details of one of my good shots to give me a very positive memory bank of shots to take to the golf course. Another thing I have been doing and is recommended by Jamie Edwards and Dr Karl Morris is Par 18. The aim of this is to try and get up and down 9 times for a score of 18. Chip + putt, Chip + putt. There are a few reasons this game is great - gives you a great short game if...
I’ve got an exciting new project to announce called 3 Good Shots. Here’s a little background to the idea… I’ve read many golf books on improving your mental approach to golf. A lot of them recommend keeping a shot diary where the idea is you get back from 18 holes and write down in good detail your best shots of the round. Recording information such as: - who you were playing with - what the weather was like - what hole the shot was on - what was the playing...
One of the things that has been bothering me this year has been why haven’t I been scoring well on the two courses I play the most. I’m a member at Theale and Sandford Springs and so far this year I have been scoring 2 – 3 shots over my handicap each competition round. It hasn’t all been bad though, here are my best three rounds of the year 1, Oake Manor – 78 2, Basingstoke Golf Club – 77 3, Bowood – 78 So I have been playing some good rounds of golf. But...
With the weekend over it is time to reflect on the two competition rounds I played on Saturday and Sunday. In April I have been struggling to play to my handicap of 10. Always two or three shots above it, meaning I’ve been creeping up from 9.6 at the start of the year to 10.0 now. The aim for me this weekend was to play around to my handicap – nothing more, nothing less. And apart from one hole on each round I managed it! On Saturday I played in the May Medal at Sandford Springs. The weather was...