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JK

Nah mate never. It's down south somewhere in the manawatu near taihape. 
Unsure if I will ever go there

taniwharugby

ok, I thought you may have had a connection with it...I see you are in the top 16% in the Manawatu though... :)
 
edit; Kerikeri card
 
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JK

Strong golfers down there. 
The connection is that its cheap and I'm an accountant

Catogrande

I've picked the game up again after a couple of years or so of more or less corporate golf only and am now beginning to string a round together. I had a 41 on par 33 9 hole core last week which included an 8 when I couldn't get out of a concrete hard bunker. So not too shabby. However a real test tomorrow at Celtic Manor (no not the Ryder Cup course thank God). Then another round on Saturday at a course called Orchardleigh in Somerset. If I report back you will see a decent score. If I forget to report back the score is irrelevant. Oh and for those ball geeks. i shall mostly be playing with ProV1â€¦ until I run out.

JK

Nice one catogrande.
 
I picked up a doz each of pro V1 and proV1x this week. Gonna see which suits my game better. Playing at the lovely Titirangi course on Sunday. The course is designed by Dr. Alister MacKenzie who also of course designed the great courses of Augusta and Royal Melbourne.

JK

Btw, just how good to Adam Scott playing at the moment. He has done very very well playing in Aus over the past month. Talk about delivering at home.
 
His 10 under round of 62 yesterday in the Australian Open was just brilliant.
 
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taniwharugby

played Titirangi only once, first and only course I have made 5 birdies in a row on!! Prior to that and since, never even managed 3 in a row!!
 
Was in a corporate thing with a shotgun start and I finished with 5 in a row, which happened to be holes 1 through 5, and I lipped out on my eagle on the 5th!
 
Great way to get back from 9 over :)

JK

Shit now you've made it tough for me!
 
I've played it once for corporate ambrose day (Masters Monday) and have it lined up again for next year. Thought I should play a proper round there. Holes 1 and 2 are pretty short from memory.

mariner4life

played a charity day yesterday. course was in pretty good nick considering the wet season has started (got a couple of very good tropical downpours as we played). My 4 didn't have a golfer among us, so we battled our way to 3-over. I sucked fat balls off the tee, but hit some very nice irons/wedges on approach, and one scorching 3-wood off the deck on the long par-5. Lipped out a chip for eagle as well.

Catogrande

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JK" data-cid="405274" data-time="1385674072">Nice one catogrande. I picked up a doz each of pro V1 and proV1x this week. Gonna see which suits my game better. Playing at the lovely Titirangi course on Sunday. The course is designed by Dr. Alister MacKenzie who also of course designed the great courses of Augusta and Royal Melbourne.</blockquote> McKenzie designed a course near to me too. Teignmouth. It's a bloody good members golf club and the course is typical Mckenzie - using the natural flora to protect the course from being raped. Fantastic views from up on the cliffs over the River Teign (front three holes), then over Dartmoor and finally over Lyme Bay. In my experience though - far too much heather. you can find you ball OK, but you can't hit the little sod.

Catogrande

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="405276" data-time="1385674503">played Titirangi only once, first and only course I have made 5 birdies in a row on!! Prior to that and since, never even managed 3 in a row!! Was in a corporate thing with a shotgun start and I finished with 5 in a row, which happened to be holes 1 through 5, and I lipped out on my eagle on the 5th! Great way to get back from 9 over :)</blockquote> Always chuffed to get one in a row.

taniwharugby

Prob my last round for the year...
 
Hit the ball a bit better off the tee today, got 2 out easily past 300m!! Hit 2 par 5's in 2, and walked off with par, missed 3 birdies inside 6 feet, 36 putts all told! Only consolation was no double bogies...yay, my handicap is looking like moving out from 7.8 to 8.4 - (started on the 10th)
 
Not sure what it was, but man I was hitting my irons a long way today!! Hit a 5 iron 205m to hit a par 5, and hit an 8 iron 155m...most of my irons were 1-2 clubs too far today, and I really struggled. No confidence with the driver at present, so much so I hit a few irons off the tee, I never hit sensibly!!
 
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Wairau

Gobsmacked. 300m drives! It must be all those pull ups you are doing ;)
 
Remember, as I'm sure you well know, a lot of hitting a good driver is posture and weight. Good wide stance, holding weight back a fraction, sweeping a wider flatter area up through the ball. If you're having a good day with the irons but not driver perhaps you're getting a bit steep. Then staying connected to the left side as it rapidly clears through then back.
The other thing is really work on the waggle and hand/forearm set. Getting and retaining the correct angle is vital.
 
But what can I say? You're a gorilla!

taniwharugby

haha...people always used to say to me - drive for show, putt for dough...
 
my comeback was what do you talk about in the club rooms afterwards, that 315m drive or the 30ft putt you nailed... (people I Play golf with know I suck at putting)
 
I do find I play my best and most consistent golf when I have been doing a good amount of exercise, I have done hardly any of late

JK

For some reason I can't see the pic above taniwharugby but saw it on dotgolf and on paper it looks so much more consistent than the crap I dished up yesterday at Titirangi. Played some decent holes but also alot of absolute shite including a couple of 4 puts (not to mention 3 putts - was reading the greens like they were japanese) and lost a couple of balls. Nothing like pulling out a brand new ball on the first tee with a wide open fairway and pumping it for 6 over long off. Oh well!
 
 
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taniwharugby

yeah not sure why the image of my score has gone, it was there last night...??
 
Haha, yeah pulling out a brand new Pro V and losing it :ireful: I have gone through and lost all my non-newbies now
 
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Catogrande

Not any great news to report from over the weekend. At Celtic Manor we only managed 9 holes as this had taken us two and a half hours so we stopped off at the bar and had a couple of pints and some pretty decent fish and chips. We then lost the will to go back out in the cold. I managed to score just 12 stable ford point over 9 holes, mainly because I couldn't buy a putt all day. The following day at a club called Orchardleigh I lost a match play game 2&1. Lost three balls on the fucking fairways. Absolutely covered in fallen leaves, so just a bloody lottery really. Hit the ball pretty good though so quite pleased. The best shot was a 4 iron to about twelve feet on a 205 yard par three. Lipped out for a birdy though and had to settle for a tap in 3. Ended up with no birdies but sank about 4 pars off a 19 handicap so not too shabby, considering the conditions. Not too keen on golf in the freezing cold.

JK

Had Friday off and managed to sneak 18holes in up at Helensville which is well maintained country course that I hadn't played for a while.
 
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Nice day but poor golf. Alot of DUMB shots after generally excellent drives. Have pretty much lost my mojo. Only really decent effort was on 6th hole where I duffed my tee shot in to the water and had to reload off the tee and that shot then missed the green by some way but somehow I managed to chip it in from a pretty horrible position.
 
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Ended up shooting a 90 which is highest I have scored in about 5 years. Threatened it over the previous two rounds too. Time to sort out my game and starting with a grip as I seem to be fluctuating between interlocking and overlapping. Great way to cause self doubt!

taniwharugby

I have overlap, hate interlock, My issue is my strong left hand grip...but until I get back into it properly I can't see the point changing at present.

JK

I find if I overlap I tend to draw the ball more. If I interlock it opens up a bit more. I think I've been overlapping for woods and interlocking on irons over the last year with good results but all a bit mucked up right now. Need to spend some time at the range.

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