New clubs

Two weeks ago I had a club fitting session for a new set of irons. The irons have been made 3 degrees flatter and fitted with a lighter regular shaft.

Well they finally got delivered this weekend and boy do they look sweet.

Pulling out the 3-iron

I'm looking at getting a new set of Titleist AP2s and considering leaving out the 3-iron from the set.

I use my current 3 only as a layup club on par 5s and I pretty much have no chance of hitting the green from outside 160m.

I do have a hybrid but I'm not comfortable with it. Perhaps more prac time with it is what I need.

Time to swallow my pride and let the pros use 3-irons. :)

The search for new sticks

So I'm on the lookout for new irons at the moment. I've been playing well over the last few months (handicap going from 17 to 14) and I feel that 8 year old irons might not be giving me the performance and forgiveness that I need.

The Titleist AP2s are at the top of my list at the moment. I've always liked irons that provide feedback and reviews seem to indicate that the AP2s do provide this as well as forgiveness. Luckily for me, my home club's pro is a Titleist rep and has a set of demo AP2s which I can take out next weekend. They are stiff shafted and I think I'm more of a regular player but it'll be interesting to give it a try.

Windy day

It was a pretty rough day of golf for everyone on the weekend with blustery 2 club wind all day.

And it showed in the results with only 2 people breaking par out of about 100 players.

I shot a pretty shonky 86 and that pretty much shows that I need more practice for the coming winter.

I've hit some good form over the last 2-3 months with a few top 10 and top 20 finishes (I think there is a 2nd place in there somewhere too) and my handicap has dropped from 17 to 15.

Although I've played well, I haven't really played good enough to win a comp. I think this is more to do with bone-headed decisions rather than bad executions.

It's a stroke comp this weekend and although it's mentally tougher than stableford, I am looking forward to it.

Here's hoping that I finish the round with the same ball that I start with.

Big hitters

I think I'm grouped on saturday with a guy that hits his drive about 300 meters.

Should be fun :)

Going in the right direction

Had another good round on the weekend with 39 points. A top 10 finish and some cash for the kitty.

Felt that I hit the ball well today but my stats show that it was a terrible ballstriking round. Go figure.

Another good round and the handicap might get trimmed down.

That's not how you play golf...

There are training tools ... and then there are 'training tools'.

What the heck is this guy doing?



... he can come over and sweep my yard. :)

My new ride

This is my (bags) new ride. It's a Clickgear 3.0 push buggy.

Thought I'd spend the prize money that I've accumulated over 3 years. I still had to cough up some of my own cash but this sure looks the biz.

It folds up into a tiny package and looks pretty easy enough to push for a round.

Looking forward to giving it a run next week.

Finally shot under my handicap

Well after over a year in the golfing wilderness I finally broke my handicap with 40 points on the weekend. Good enough for outright 2nd (and $60).

It was a pretty solid round with no birdies and just a bunch of pars. My handicap is still on 17 and I'm comfortable with that.

Hopefully I can win/place in a few more comps and win more money to go towards a new Clicgear push cart. :)

Also got RareBirdie visiting in a few weeks and I'm looking forward to getting a round organized at the club. The greens should be fully recovered from the vandalism (punks!) incident and the work on the changerooms should be complete.