Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Winning in the Wet...
Friday 13th May 2011
Had a great time at the Naracoorte Golf Club 2 cocks Day. The major fundraiser for the club’s season has 200 golfers in 5 person Ambrose ambling around hitting balls and wining and dining at the various Tee blocks on fresh roasted lamb, tender steak bbq’ed to perfection, shucked oysters and of course a selection of local wines. Not to miss the busy drinks carts taking the refreshments to golfers and preventing dehydration setting in and affecting golfing judgment. It is a long day 10am to 4.30pm on the course but not a drawn out endurance test in good company and enjoying the relaxed stroll around the course is the goal.
I did give the dinner for the evening entertainment a miss, with a 100 km trip home and a 5 am start the next day, sleep won out over kicking on. Already booked in for the 2012 event with the same group, the oddest thing was to be the lowest handicap (14) in the group. Still a strange sensation to realise that I can play the game 18 strokes better than 2009 when I returned to the game. Score wise we finished 5 under with no bogies until the back nine it was a good effort considering the mix of golfers we had.
This past week I have returned to using the cavity back irons for practise to get the touch back into my iron game, particularly my longer irons. Not certain there is any technically correct reason for the change except that I have often used another iron set in my mid week practise for a day. This time though I have carried it through to each day. The blades have been good and returned my best score using them, in the summer, autumn weather. Winter is setting in now and the strong winds in particular are highlighting my shortcomings with the blade long irons. I understand the logic behind the graded iron sets that are available these days where the long irons are cavity backs and progress to blades (muscleback) into the lofted irons. I have even considered mixing my sets in a similar fashion. The differences in the two sets combined would be negligible so it is an experiment for coming weeks to trial.
It may appear that I continually change my golfing equipment and that is true, sticking with my decision to explore as many set options before selecting a set that is best for my game. It is not expensive to do these days with the bargain bin of ebay. Having got to 14 from 32 in three years proves it is not that detrimental to a golfers game either. If I had purchased the sets first up from the professionals it may have been the right choice, yet my swing and ability has gone to a totally different sphere since then. Yes I have had hits with the first suggested iron set since then and they still feel good. It may still be the eventual choice as well, the biggest hold back is they are the cavity back I don’t like visually (Taylor Made Burner irons). Tried the R9 Taylor Made irons and that was not what was expected feel wise so the shopping continues.
The next months are free of major tournaments in the main after pennants ends in 3 weeks I should be settled into the golfing groove again. Still on the fitness path and the weight reduction diet will continue for another two months. The benefits of not pushing my body with excercise are much more enjoyable than the pain whilst going through the routines. The excersise did return benefits as well but this time I may have finally accepted that staying fit and in condition is better than having to enforce a training period to get some condition back. One thing particularly noticeable is that my rotation from the hip region actually happens now to its full potential. This was the area that hurt the most during the training with specific excersises for the injured lower back. It is amazing to feel my hips turn and swing through the ball. This has helped with my driver tee shots in the main and iron play, next will be a dedicated practise series to get the shots to a much greater consistency.
Thankyou for your time and attention, “Hit ‘em straight all”
PS Starting his weekly internet appearances in season 2008 “Footyhead” has became a popular feature for AFL fans on their web browsing. Often wrong but never concerned “Footyhead” with his unabashed Carlton bias has ridden the rollercoaster of the past seasons with a sense of humour to get through the defeats and happy dances in victory.
“Footyhead” has had 3 clips accepted in the Nova Unhatched competition check them out here;
Click Gallery and Enter; talart248 in the search box click the search icon and 3 videos will come up.
Voting begins on the 16th of May in the Nova Unhatched competition to choose the final ten, Please go to the Nova site and post your comments on Footyhead being worthy of making the 10.
Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff
====================================================
"Footyhead" not the funniest fella on Youtube, but 100% Carlton to the bone
Had a great time at the Naracoorte Golf Club 2 cocks Day. The major fundraiser for the club’s season has 200 golfers in 5 person Ambrose ambling around hitting balls and wining and dining at the various Tee blocks on fresh roasted lamb, tender steak bbq’ed to perfection, shucked oysters and of course a selection of local wines. Not to miss the busy drinks carts taking the refreshments to golfers and preventing dehydration setting in and affecting golfing judgment. It is a long day 10am to 4.30pm on the course but not a drawn out endurance test in good company and enjoying the relaxed stroll around the course is the goal.
I did give the dinner for the evening entertainment a miss, with a 100 km trip home and a 5 am start the next day, sleep won out over kicking on. Already booked in for the 2012 event with the same group, the oddest thing was to be the lowest handicap (14) in the group. Still a strange sensation to realise that I can play the game 18 strokes better than 2009 when I returned to the game. Score wise we finished 5 under with no bogies until the back nine it was a good effort considering the mix of golfers we had.
This past week I have returned to using the cavity back irons for practise to get the touch back into my iron game, particularly my longer irons. Not certain there is any technically correct reason for the change except that I have often used another iron set in my mid week practise for a day. This time though I have carried it through to each day. The blades have been good and returned my best score using them, in the summer, autumn weather. Winter is setting in now and the strong winds in particular are highlighting my shortcomings with the blade long irons. I understand the logic behind the graded iron sets that are available these days where the long irons are cavity backs and progress to blades (muscleback) into the lofted irons. I have even considered mixing my sets in a similar fashion. The differences in the two sets combined would be negligible so it is an experiment for coming weeks to trial.
It may appear that I continually change my golfing equipment and that is true, sticking with my decision to explore as many set options before selecting a set that is best for my game. It is not expensive to do these days with the bargain bin of ebay. Having got to 14 from 32 in three years proves it is not that detrimental to a golfers game either. If I had purchased the sets first up from the professionals it may have been the right choice, yet my swing and ability has gone to a totally different sphere since then. Yes I have had hits with the first suggested iron set since then and they still feel good. It may still be the eventual choice as well, the biggest hold back is they are the cavity back I don’t like visually (Taylor Made Burner irons). Tried the R9 Taylor Made irons and that was not what was expected feel wise so the shopping continues.
The next months are free of major tournaments in the main after pennants ends in 3 weeks I should be settled into the golfing groove again. Still on the fitness path and the weight reduction diet will continue for another two months. The benefits of not pushing my body with excercise are much more enjoyable than the pain whilst going through the routines. The excersise did return benefits as well but this time I may have finally accepted that staying fit and in condition is better than having to enforce a training period to get some condition back. One thing particularly noticeable is that my rotation from the hip region actually happens now to its full potential. This was the area that hurt the most during the training with specific excersises for the injured lower back. It is amazing to feel my hips turn and swing through the ball. This has helped with my driver tee shots in the main and iron play, next will be a dedicated practise series to get the shots to a much greater consistency.
Thankyou for your time and attention, “Hit ‘em straight all”
PS Starting his weekly internet appearances in season 2008 “Footyhead” has became a popular feature for AFL fans on their web browsing. Often wrong but never concerned “Footyhead” with his unabashed Carlton bias has ridden the rollercoaster of the past seasons with a sense of humour to get through the defeats and happy dances in victory.
“Footyhead” has had 3 clips accepted in the Nova Unhatched competition check them out here;
Click Gallery and Enter; talart248 in the search box click the search icon and 3 videos will come up.
Voting begins on the 16th of May in the Nova Unhatched competition to choose the final ten, Please go to the Nova site and post your comments on Footyhead being worthy of making the 10.
Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff
====================================================
"Footyhead" not the funniest fella on Youtube, but 100% Carlton to the bone
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Nova Unhatched... "Footyhead" makes the first cut
“Hey You! Yes You! The amazing star that no one knows about. Here's your chance to break out and be discovered...with...Unhatched.”
“Footyhead” has had 3 clips accepted in the Nova Unhatched competition check them out here;
Nova and the Comedy Channel Unhatched
Click Gallery and Enter; talart248 in the search box click the search icon and 3 videos will come up.
Starting his weekly internet appearances in season 2008 “Footyhead” has became a popular feature for AFL fans on their web browsing. Often wrong but never concerned “Footyhead” with his unabashed Carlton bias has ridden the rollercoaster of the past seasons with a sense of humour to get through the defeats and happy dances in victory.
Voting begins on the 16th of May in the Nova Unhatched competition to chose the final ten.
Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff
“Footyhead” has had 3 clips accepted in the Nova Unhatched competition check them out here;
Nova and the Comedy Channel Unhatched
Click Gallery and Enter; talart248 in the search box click the search icon and 3 videos will come up.
Starting his weekly internet appearances in season 2008 “Footyhead” has became a popular feature for AFL fans on their web browsing. Often wrong but never concerned “Footyhead” with his unabashed Carlton bias has ridden the rollercoaster of the past seasons with a sense of humour to get through the defeats and happy dances in victory.
Voting begins on the 16th of May in the Nova Unhatched competition to chose the final ten.
Thankyou for your time and attention, Geoff
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
ball goes forward and I am happy...
Tuesday 3rd May 2011
The pleasure of traipsing around the golf course so far this winter has been increased with the brilliant weather. There has been a bit of good fortune as the rains have fallen on the non-competition days, leaving us golfers with having to walk around in sunshine in recent rounds. Making the best of the good weather at the minute and getting my game focus back at the same time is working. The benefit from making the effort to not play for about a fortnight has paid off, my body has recovered from the strain of continuous golfing in the past 6 months.
Back into playing the way that has got the best results form wise previously. Dropping the excercise routines and working on just hitting golf balls is working very well for me now. My fitness is good enough and as the past two rounds have shown, hitting the ball well is crucial when playing off a lower handicap. It is something that after reading many Tour Golfers comments has also provided advice that works. The physical excercise is not as important as the ability to hit golf balls well. I am fit enough to play 3-4 nine hole and 2-3 eighteen hole rounds in a week, if I want to and have the time. Unfortunately that is rarely the case these day, playing less golf that when I began in 2009 is a combination of work commitments and I do enjoy just doing sessions on the driving range some days.
Sundays competition was a stableford and in fine weather a couple of second shot mistakes, one stupid club choice and one hit out of bounds resulted in a score of 33 points. It is still an exciting experience playing off 14 and hitting those sweet shots that feel so grand, just want to throw my hands in the air and do a happy dance when they happen. The small number of mis-hits are not too frustrating, except when they happen in the last 3 or four holes because I am running out of opportunities to make up shots by then.
When I say “mis-hit” that is referring to the very poor shanked, fat or thin shots. Not including the reasonable second shots that end 4m off the green when going for regulation figures. Here is where my next major coaching lesson is targeting. My pitching/chipping is just not good enough most of the time. Biggest fault is not stopping the ball in that 1-2 metre target circle around the pin and making birdie putts a lot easier. Since the rounds at Naracoorte in preparation for and during the Masters Games my putting has improved markedly. Playing in the “Two Cocks” Sponsors day on Friday at Naracoorte this week which will be a lot of fun and a great way to experiment on their greens without any real pressure to score.
It will be a treat to test out my improvements off the tee as well which was made imperative after playing there previously. So far this week and on Sunday the Driver has been consistent and suitably straight to the targets off the tee and this course will test my progress with that as well. Putting in 9 hole rounds Monday to Thursday at the home track to keep tuned up and push myself on the day as well.
Thankyou for your time and attention, "Hit 'em Straight all." Geoff
The pleasure of traipsing around the golf course so far this winter has been increased with the brilliant weather. There has been a bit of good fortune as the rains have fallen on the non-competition days, leaving us golfers with having to walk around in sunshine in recent rounds. Making the best of the good weather at the minute and getting my game focus back at the same time is working. The benefit from making the effort to not play for about a fortnight has paid off, my body has recovered from the strain of continuous golfing in the past 6 months.
Back into playing the way that has got the best results form wise previously. Dropping the excercise routines and working on just hitting golf balls is working very well for me now. My fitness is good enough and as the past two rounds have shown, hitting the ball well is crucial when playing off a lower handicap. It is something that after reading many Tour Golfers comments has also provided advice that works. The physical excercise is not as important as the ability to hit golf balls well. I am fit enough to play 3-4 nine hole and 2-3 eighteen hole rounds in a week, if I want to and have the time. Unfortunately that is rarely the case these day, playing less golf that when I began in 2009 is a combination of work commitments and I do enjoy just doing sessions on the driving range some days.
Sundays competition was a stableford and in fine weather a couple of second shot mistakes, one stupid club choice and one hit out of bounds resulted in a score of 33 points. It is still an exciting experience playing off 14 and hitting those sweet shots that feel so grand, just want to throw my hands in the air and do a happy dance when they happen. The small number of mis-hits are not too frustrating, except when they happen in the last 3 or four holes because I am running out of opportunities to make up shots by then.
When I say “mis-hit” that is referring to the very poor shanked, fat or thin shots. Not including the reasonable second shots that end 4m off the green when going for regulation figures. Here is where my next major coaching lesson is targeting. My pitching/chipping is just not good enough most of the time. Biggest fault is not stopping the ball in that 1-2 metre target circle around the pin and making birdie putts a lot easier. Since the rounds at Naracoorte in preparation for and during the Masters Games my putting has improved markedly. Playing in the “Two Cocks” Sponsors day on Friday at Naracoorte this week which will be a lot of fun and a great way to experiment on their greens without any real pressure to score.
It will be a treat to test out my improvements off the tee as well which was made imperative after playing there previously. So far this week and on Sunday the Driver has been consistent and suitably straight to the targets off the tee and this course will test my progress with that as well. Putting in 9 hole rounds Monday to Thursday at the home track to keep tuned up and push myself on the day as well.
Thankyou for your time and attention, "Hit 'em Straight all." Geoff
Monday, May 02, 2011
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