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Peaksy68

 
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Peaksy68 last won the day on November 16 2022

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About Peaksy68

  • Birthday 11/17/1968

Profile Information

  • Location
    Drysdale, Australia
  • Interests
    Golf, food, wine, beer and coffee

Player Profile

  • Age
    50-59
  • Swing Speed
    101-110 mph
  • Handicap
    7.4
  • Frequency of Play/Practice
    Weekly
  • Player Type
    Competitive
  • Biggest Strength
    Putting
  • Biggest Weakness
    Approach
  • Fitted for Clubs
    Yes

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  1. Looks awful but a great result after fighting with a chainsaw. Not often that you get that much damage without a lot more. Chainsaw amputated fingers also don’t go back on very well so you’ve done well not to lose any. Make sure you follow your rehab if needed
  2. All is going well (apart from the food) Had 2 more stents put in another vessel. It was reasonably tricky but went very well. Unfortunately I’m a statistical outlier, as I have virtually no risk factors. Hoping that bodes well for the future Get to go home tomorrow morning, just in time to farewell my youngest who begins a minimum 8 month trip to Europe/UK on Wednesday. Hopefully only a couple of weeks off golf, but I will be doing everything by the book and won’t be rushing into anything
  3. Thanks mate, appreciate it. The food situation is made even worse by the fact I was supposed to be going to a seriously good restaurant tomorrow for anniversary dinner
  4. Heart attack didn’t kill me but hospital food might
  5. Turned up at work this morning a few minutes before my scheduled start time of 9.30, only my third shift working here. Straight forward start, supervised a student doing a chest Xray. That’s when things went a bit off script. Felt some discomfort in my chest, not too bad but definitely not great. After a couple of minutes I called out to the student for some help. By this stage the pain in my chest was crushing and I had gone sweaty and clammy. He called an ambulance and the nurse and radiologist I was working with started obs and gave me some GTN spray. Paramedic arrived, bluetoothed ECG to Cardiologist at the local hospital (where I worked for 19 years until last January) Heard the following discussion “S-T elevation “ and knew I was off to the Cardiac Catheter Lab. 1/2 an hour later I was on the table in the lab. Another 1/2 hour and I had a stent in my previously occluded right coronary artery. 2 more stenoses were picked up that need stents, but they are waiting for my heart to have rest before going back in on Monday or Tuesday. Echo cardiogram showed all is looking good. 24 hours of total bed rest now So thankful for all the staff (at both places and paramedics) and the technology that is available Also thankful that the health care system in Australia means I don’t have to worry about any expenses. Hoping to get back on the course in the next couple of weeks
  6. Is there any capacity to adjust handicaps? I’m staggered that people can have multiple scores of 6 or more better than handicap and their handicap barely change. Perhaps I’m used to the system in Australia where only official scores count and need to be verified. Also an extra adjustment for scores of 7 or more better than handicap here
  7. 10 over playing off 7. Reasonably happy with my round. First time touching the clubs in a couple of weeks after breaking a little toe. Also managed to cut my thumb on a cocktail shaker yesterday. Not sure if it was toe or grip related, but all of my misses with driver were left, which isn’t my usual miss. Greens were very slow to protect them during a minor heatwave. Left at least 6 putts less than a foot short. Didn’t adjust despite doing it repeatedly.
  8. Welcome to the forum, great to see another Aussie join in.
  9. Went out for 9 holes with my wife this afternoon. She’s just starting to play. She hadn’t played or even hit balls for quite a while and went out with very low expectations. She managed to strike the ball better than ever. Only a couple of shockers and lots of really solid strikes. She even managed to putt reasonably. I had a couple of bad holes while I wasn’t concentrating, but managed to play the last 6 in 2 under
  10. Very unexciting round. 6 over playing off 7. Drove it okay, didn’t hit a lot of fairways but only one bad miss. Didn’t hit a lot of greens in regulation but only one in 2 worse than regulation. Chipped okay, nothing really close but nothing bad. Putted solidly but didn’t make anything over 5 feet until the 16th, holed a 20 foot putt for my only birdie of the round. Pleased with my score despite not doing anything particularly well. There might be a lesson in that for me
  11. Solid round of 7 over playing off 8 at Black Bull Golf Club. Only the second time I’ve played it, really fun layout, greens were soft but rolling well. Very happy with my final score as it included two water balls. On a trip with a mate and 8 stableford points in front after 1st day of 3
  12. Pretty solid round. 8 over playing off 7. No birdies, but more importantly, no doubles or worse. Wind was a bit tricky, 180 degree change in direction a few holes in made things a difficult. Hit a few very poor drives but they didn’t hurt me. After a big day in the hospitality tent at the Victorian Open yesterday I was pretty pleased with my efforts
  13. Much improved on Tuesday,11 over with 2 triples and a double. The bad holes really killed me, but so much better than my round on Saturday where I was 15 worse than handicap
  14. I’ve played my 2 top bucket list courses 3 times each, Royal Melbourne West and Cape Wickham, so my next bucket list would have to be The Old Course. I’ve walked around it( on a Sunday) and raked a bunker. My daughter is spending 6 months in Scotland this year and I’m planning a Europe trip so might be a chance.
  15. There really needs to be an option for “I don’t know because I haven’t hit any of them yet” Going purely off looks is meaningless. Also, what shaft options are available. Without a fitting, even online it’s really a guessing game. I get the excitement around new releases but if it doesn’t perform better than what’s in the bag it won’t be purchased.
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