Still alive

Yes I'm still alive. Been busy/lazy. Moved countries, had a couple of kids. Lifes a little different nowadays.
More later. I hope..........

Jan '11

Well my little vacation is just about over. I head back to work on Monday, somewhat reluctantly I must add. My bank account will be the only celebrating this occasion. Probably because I haven't been there since around the 17th of December.

On the bright side, my Yahoo fantasy golf team for a change, isn't dead last. Granted we've only been going a week, so there is plenty of time for the inevitable downward slide.

I've also played golf for 22 consecutive day's, some good, some bad, and some I'd rather not spend time recollecting. My first tournament of the year is 3 days away and my form is surprisingly half decent. No doubt I have peaked to early.

Sony Open I have put some cash on Stricker to take home the trophy, this will of course lead to him missing the only cut he won't make all year.

Till next time.

What do you know

I have blog, who would of thought. I may or may not have forgotten about it. I don't admit guilt for anything.
So what have I been up to for 12 months. I've been busy actually. Work is flat out, bought a house, got engaged. But more importantly, I made my first club championship final. So that was pretty awesome. Unfortunately I got the beating of a lifetime in the 36 hole final so that did suck. I really got to learn to hit straight off the tee one day. They start again in 6 weeks.
SO thats pretty much it at the moment, I'll try and remember to drop by from time to time, might even post something for a change.

And yes Tom, the 1 iron is still firmly in the bag.

Summer

Well work's over for the year. It's summer time. Time to play golf. And hopefully play it a half decent standard. The winter was a bit of disaster golfwise down here. Basically the weather was rat shit and I just couldn't be assed going out to play in that often after working in it all week.
On the plus side, the 1 iron is going like dream. If I can develop a half decent wedge game, and stopputting like a blind man with parkinson's. I may in fact be able to play this game with wanting to sever my own limbs periodically during the round.

Have a great Christmas everyone, try not to get arrested and drink a keg a week. Catch ya in '10

Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh

I have a 9 wood now. Don't laugh, well too much anyway. I may in fact be one of the few people on the planet now with a 9 wood and a 1 iron in the bag. A blade 1 iron no less. It make's absolutely no sense I know, but who care's. It works.

MyGolfSpy

Just thought I'd throw a post out there about one of the newest golf website's out there. If you want to be in the know about new product release's and prototype clubs out there, these guys are the guy's to visit.



www.mygolfspy.com

Is it just me?

Or are golf clubs getting cheaper. Obviously I'm not talking about brand new off the rack OEM clubs, the cost a small fortune. I'm talking about the ebay, auction site's and various BST's online for 2nd hand clubs. Maybe this has something to do with the recession thing that I've been hearing about.

I admit it, I do then to go through golf clubs like a hooker goes through boxe's of rubber's. But I'm finding that digging for that 2nd hand, used, ex demo bargain that we all look for is a little easier. People may just be selling just to get the cash for stuff they don't use.

I love it. I can buy more clubs now, for less money. Brilliant, I'm in heaven.

They get all the perks.

As we know The Open Championship is being played the week after next. Which of course is on the other side of the planet, from where all the pampered PGA Tour player's normally ply there trade. With the John Deere Classic (formerly Quad City Open?) on this week that would normally make for a pretty damn quick turn around. Finish at the JD Sunday night, assuming you make the cut of course. And you then want to be in the land of the Brit's by Tuesday morning at the latest.

The John Organizer's have come up with a solution. They charter a plane with a 100 seats, which will have you over the pond, direct flight of course by early Monday morning. Brilliant. The tournament committee came up with the idea to encourage more top tier player's to play there event, without having to stress and worry about there travel. Seats can be bought for $1250US with each player allocated 3. Of course the money goes to charity. It's cost's the tournament guys are 300K to put the plane on, but that is only half the price. The Canadian Open which the week after uses the same plan to get players/caddys from Britain to Canuckland.

Incidentally, it is also the same plane used by NBA team Dallas Mavericks. So head and legroom is a non issue. Unless there are some 7ft pro golfer's around that I haven't heard of.

Taking a lesson

Well to start I have to say this. I hate golf lessons with a passion. I've only ever had 2, and afterward's came away that confused and played that bad I just didn't play for a while. I'm a 3 marker at the moment so I know how to hit the ball. But my swing is somewhat, what's the word...hideous/awful/unreliable, you get the idea.

I'm getting a few tips off the club champ at my club, a guy who is robot on the course. Everything is flushed. And I can beat him occasionally. The best bit is he wants paid in beer, which of course I get to help drink.

Had the first one tonight. Apparently I stand to far away from the ball, Stand wayyy to upright. Have all my weight on my heels. And don't even get him started on my grip. Great, I've been here 10 mins, hit 12 balls and I'm ripped to shred's. It's just being back at school. Funny thing is I'm not the type of person who really likes getting told what to do. But after a few/many teething problems, I started to hit it pretty good. Sure standing that much closer to ball felt the clubhead was going to hit my toes and the grip end was going sever my nut's from my crutch. But the ball was flying a little straighter.

Damn it now I'm going to have practice more often or I end up in that dreaded place. Between 1 swing and the other. Otherwise known and Shankland. And my passport has many stamps from that over the last while so I'm in no hurry to go back.