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Peaksy68

 
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  1. Got to the practice fairway for some full swings and rolled a few putts on the practice green. Putting was solid, full swing less so but it was great to just be out there
  2. I’ve been thinking about moving into the “players distance” iron space for a while. After my recent health scare I might get permission. My youngest has even started lobbying the finance manager on my behalfHer line was “if he died we’d have less money than having him alive and buying golf clubs” Subtle as a truck that one. I’ve had a hit of my mates TM790s, easily a club further with a good descent angle, so they’ll be on the list. Will probably look at all the options in the space and hopefully end up with something that works for me
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Heart attack didn’t kill me but hospital food might
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. Welcome to the forum, great to see another Aussie join in.
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 9 over playing off 7. Solid start then threw away a few shots by swinging when I knew I wasn’t ready. A couple of good birdies on tough holes got things going again before a very poor double to finish. Light drizzle for all but the last couple of holes was a bit annoying but didn’t have much impact on the round. Guys I played with were great to play with, fun round
  19. Thought I'd start a new thread for this year. Same spreadsheet is linked here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P9-C6rS1vIO44rYbPDqQgLlTxGxYQtsQHAs31t1j_sU/edit#gid=1292641992 Ticked off a couple in my first round for the year, a couple of lip outs kept the tally to two.
  20. Pretty solid round apart from a couple blemishes. 7 over with a lost ball triple and 3 x putts, 2 of which were very poor. Putted very well over the last several holes and played some very good pitch/chips. Been a while since I've played to my handicap
  21. I missed 2 holes, had the rest covered reasonably early too. A friend of mine had a solid start on this, birdied 5 of his first 8 holes for the year. He's a bit better than most of us
  22. Lots of changes going on for me. Firstly in September I changed golf clubs after 20 years as a member at my old one. Then the week before Christmas I handed in my resignation after almost 19 years at my current workplace. Almost feel like I need to reintroduce myself to the forum too, haven't spent a lot of time here lately. I'm enjoying my new club, course isn't as good but condition is excellent and the people are great. Saturday rounds coming in under 4 hours (compared to 4.45) is also a big improvement. Get to practice hitting my own balls off grass too which is a great change for me. Not exactly sure what I'll do work wise. I've got more than 6 months leave getting paid out so I've got some time to decide. Probably pick up some locum work where there's some good golf courses nearby. Looking forward to the next phase and hopefully get to play more golf.
  23. Personally it doesn’t cause me any grief. I would have preferred bifurcation, but not hitting it quite as far isn’t going to stop me playing or enjoying the game.
  24. My vote is for Javs, he’s overdue for a 7 or 8 better than handicap, he hasn’t had one for a couple of weeks. Of course RoverRick could have yet another similar score. These guys scores this year have been truly astounding. Don’t know how they can do it.
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