Alf. S

This was all in competition golf i.e medal or matchplay.

1. To be precise the ditch was staked on both sides indicating the ditch and only the ditch was the hazard. Both players hit balls beyond the red stakes on the far side of the hazard and wanted relief on the near side. 2. You have a point and thanks for the clarification. I did tell him to move, which he did and it is pretty bad gamesmanship if they don't.

Date 05/09/2024 Course Name West Lothian Golf Club Gross Score 82 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 11 Net Score to Par 2 Net Score 73 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive Put this one down to arriving back from Cyprus at 2:30am (4;30am Cyprus time) after 10 hours journey and then playing at 1pm. Shattered by the 14th. Par =71 SR = 126 CR 71.2

I'm going off on one. It really annoys me when I play with golfers who should know the rules and flagrantly try to violate them. Situation Playing with a guy of 5 and says he use to play off 2. 4th hole hits the ball into penalty area and tries to take a drop nearer the hole, because he does that when he plays with his pals. Keeps asking for my opinion on whether he should play certain shots and I decline Twice this week single figure players I have played with have carved their balls into the woods across a red staked ditch and have wanted to drop it on the fairway side of the ditch where the ball crossed the ditch. Match Play and an opponent on the same line as me tried to crouch behind me while I putted Guys who have no concept of nearest point of relief and no nearer the hole. So what situations have you had when you have pulled guys up about the rules?

We've all been there.

Nett score of 22, 50 under eat your heart out Scottie!

Date 05/11/2024 Course Name West Lothian Golf Club Gross Score 79 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 8 Net Score to Par -1 Net Score 70 Net Birdies or better 0 Longest Drive 0 Great conditions on the course today. +1 to the turn then pitching and chipping let me down coming back. Driving really well 13/14 hit. More comfortable with a new set up with my putter, 29 putts, beginning to get my distance back with my irons. PAr = 71 SR = 126 CR 71.2

Played yesterday and took out my 52° wedge at the 10th to play a full shot in, it felt light in my hand, looking at the grip it was a std size instead of mid. I have used one of the sample grips Star Grips sent me, the pink neon grip. Good thing I knew where to look to identify it was the wrong size. I used up all the grips including the spares, Iooks like I will get a chance to test how easy the grips come off.

Date 04/29/2024 Course Name West Lothian Golf Club Gross Score 84 Course Handicap 7 Gross Strokes over/under par 13 Net Score to Par 6 Net Score 77 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive WHS cut this week takes me down to 7 strokes. This is my only round this week, off to Cyprus. Started an easy game thru 1st 5, even in 20mph wind. Then slowly but surely the wheel nuts loosen, by the back nine the wheels totally fell off and penalties and 3 putts took over. Par = 71 CR = 69.7 SR = 123

Date 04/27/2024 Course Name West Lothian Golf Club Gross Score 78 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 7 Net Score to Par -2 Net Score 69 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive Off Whites Par 71/ CR 71.2 /SR 126 Last game of the week. First competition of the season 69 nett and a money 2 at the last. This is a matchplay qualifier (top 32) so hopefully will get me into the draw!

If I’m carrying then it is normally 8-10. But if I’m using my electric trolley then probably nearer 20, 10-12 newish/unblemished, another 8 of “practice” balls. I play with Pro V1s the practice balls will be a selection of premier balls found on the course.

Someone sorted it for me. I put in nett score to par rather than gross.

Date 04/25/2024 Course Name Oatridge Golf Course Gross Score 78 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 8 Net Score to Par -1 Net Score 69 Net Birdies or better 0 Longest Drive 0 Par 70/SR 125/CR 67.7

Date 04/24/2024 Course Name West Lothian Golf Club Gross Score 85 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 14 Net Score to Par 5 Net Score 76 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive Slope 123 Rating 69.7 Back down to earth with a bump

Oh and I'm leading. First out the gate. Also played Barassie in Ayrshire yesterday. It is just up the coast from Troon as it prepares for the Open. Shot 85 but with a slope of 137 ended up with 13 strokes so ended up nett 72. I usually get a nose bleed on courses longer than 6500 and we played Whites at 6800. So happy with my 3 rounds so far this week. West Lothian Airngarth Slope rating off yellow is 123 and rating is 69.7

Date 04/22/2024 Course Name West Lothian Golf Club Gross Score 76 Course Handicap 9 Gross Strokes over/under par 5 Net Score to Par -4 Net Score 67 Net Birdies or better Longest Drive Summer course just opened on Saturday and hit 77 with 23 putts (8 on Back nine). Today hit 76 with 35 putts. You would think if I put my putting from Saturday to today's round I would have shot 65!!!! Goes to show that stats can be misleading Saturday GIR 3/18 Up/down 10/15. Today GIR 12/18 and Up/downs 2/6.

I'm Arccos some time. I usually put the sensors on when I want to do some data analysis. They stay on for 4 - 8 weeks and then put away. Reason being is that I find I can get more focused on gathering the data than playing the game. An example, over the last year I have had a long lay off due to illness, I also lost some weight and I feel like I've lost distance and my gapping is out so I've put the sensors back on my clubs in March, gathering data. Adjust my club distances and then they will go back in my garage.

Just off the course and that is my 3rd round with the Star Grips installed and so far I'm quietly impressed. The last 2 rounds I've been playing in the wet. Last Tuesday by the time we got to the 17th my club grips and towel were wet through so it wasn't a surprise that I was having issues with slippage. I think even with cord grips I would have been struggling. Today it started to rain at the 14th but I had my FJ all weather gloves with me so again by the 17th grips were wet but with the all weather gloves I still had a good grip. So much so that at the last my 8i tee shot pitched 6" from the hole rolled out to 4' and I holed for birdie.

Get yourself an electric trolley. Used one for the last 15 years and never looked back. Really saves the back and allows you to carry as much as you need in any conditions. There is also very little difference in calorie burn between electric trolley and carrying. Big plus on walking is you can walk the line your ball took, so if you don't have a perspective on distance travelled you have a better chance of finding. It also gives you a good view of your next shot if you approach it from the line of your next shot.

Ended up buying a new compressor. Convinced myself that this was the future for me. With 3 golfers in the house and me doing the re-gripping, I also like to experiment with grips and try new grips out so justified the $150.

The green grips are on the Callaway Epic Woods and hybrids, I picked the green grips to match the black and green heads and headcovers and also the Fujikura green and white shafts. Also matched my old Dritac that came off. My 5-AW Iron are Srixon Z565 so no real preference on colour but red does match my 2 summer cart bags which are Callaway red and black and Srixon White, red and black. I was originally going to match my wedges in with my irons but Star Grips sent me 6 extra grips of different colours. After I gripped my Callaway MD5 60° wedge with a blue one which matched the head design colour I realised this would've been better but only having one blue grip I opted for the vivid orange and pink for the 52° and 56°

I have always used tape and solvent but for the test moved to air. My experience is based on only the last 4 days I know some people have left the double side tape on but for me my thoughts were no. The big advantage of using air is that it is easier to remove and re-grip. Leaving the residue tape will make this a lot harder. On my first grip I tried to re-grip with the tape still on and gave up, it was still too tacky I then re-gripped it without any tape which was OK I usual re-grip with 2 layers of tape on a std grip but on a recent measurement it was indicating mid-size so that is what I have used I ended up using 1 layer of masking tape and slight wetting it with solvent, this gave me the easiest process to mount the grips If you have to take the double sided tape off, use a head gun or hair dryer to heat the tape and it strips off really easy.

All clubs gripped and Arccos sensors installed ready to go. First time using air, first club I re-gripped without any tape. Started the set by using masking tape and just wetting the tip of the grip with solvent to get it started, by the time I'd finish I was rubbing a little solvent on the masking tape for the length of it then slipping the grip on. This was much easier and gave me a little more lubrication to manoeuvre the grip for alignment.

This is a funny to some but sad to me story. I have a wide selection of Scottish Malts that I keep in the drinks cabinet. I'm not a connoisseur but I know a bit, been through several distillery tours in my time. If I opened a bottle I would try and keep half of it so that I could offer guests a wider selection. At the peak I probably had the best part of 40 bottles. Recently my wife decided she would tidy out the cabinet and asked me to finish a few bottles which I duly did. Laphroaig 12, Bunnahabhain 12, Balvenie 10, .... I finished off around 8 bottles in 3 weeks. One of them was this bottle of Highland Park I had received it as a present and thought it was just a nice Malt so I duly did what I was told, finished it and threw the bottle out. The day after It occured to me that the case was a bit strange so I goggled. To my horror I read what I just drank Did think it was better than the 18 year old but £1425 better. If I had known this I would have sold it.

Gripped my first club, 60° Callaway MD5 Wedge that I don't use and used one of the spare (blue)grips. Tried doing it by keeping the tape on but was having problems so stripped the tape. I felt a little uneasy that it didn't feel that it went all the way on but no movement on the butt so seems good. With the weather deteriorating over the next few days it will give me a good run at re-gripping the full set.