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My Mrs has bought me 4 hours worth of 'playing lessons' with the club pro near me for my birthday at the weekend. Can go out for a full 18 with him, maybe that and 9 holes if I choose a quiet time, or I'll probably use 3 separate 9 holes and play the back 9 on my own to work on what he's said.

I'm guessing she was picking up on how much I've moaned when I've got back from a round the last few months

Never had an on course lesson, but got my 2nd lesson on the range tomorrow. Been slow progress since the first but pre lesson I had 2 94's and a 95, since I had a 89 and a 81 at the weekend which should have been in the 70's, shank on the par 3 14th, ended up trebling it! Doubled the last too.

Bought a Taylor Made M2 from a mate, only hit 2 good drives Saturday out of 12, but the misses weren't bad at all and surprisingly finishing with the same ball helps your score

I've never had an on course lesson either. Thinking of spreading my hours over a few 9 holes rather than a full round to rule out picking a day that I decide to play horrendously.

I'm looking for a new 3 wood or possible a hybrid, need to try a few. Not sure what degree of loft to go for either.

Never had a golf lesson, which explains why I can shoot an 86 one day and a 110 the next.

I've only ever had a few at the range. Learnt from my old man as a kid basically.

It does do your game good though VC if something is lacking or you feel in a rut with a certain club or part of your game, having the pro take a look at you really helps if they point something out you didn't even know you were doing.

Don't have a 3 wood or hybrid, just got a 5 wood at the moment. 3 wood always sounded good in principle, should be more controlled than a driver and still able to get good distance, but I was always actually less confident due to the smaller head.

Last lesson it was amazing how quickly he pinpointed 2 or 3 faults, made the changes and was hitting it very well during the lesson starting with 8 iron-6 iron-4 iron before finishing on the driver. Trouble is a couple of days later on the course I was concentrating that much on the initial swing movement that I stopped transferring my weight, therefore it became all arms and was coming way over the top for a massive pull.

Booked on for 9 holes tomorrow evening so can hopefully take the technique straight out on the course rather than forget it a few days later.

First round this year for me Friday, looking forward to it for now, but pretty sure by Friday afternoon I'll hate golf all over again.

Bah humbug. Expecting a big storm today. maybe upward of a foot of snow. Golfs just an April thru October sport here.

Everyone still playing?

Few comps this year, nothing spectacular. Par 70

August Stableford 29 pts 13/08/2022 Stableford
July Stableford 34 pts 30/07/2022 Stableford
CAPTAINS CUP 81 - 11 = 70 23/07/2022 Medal
Saturday Stableford 32 pts 16/07/2022 Stableford
Scratch Championship and July medal 81 - 12 = 69 09/07/2022 Medal
Mid-month Stableford 37 pts 18/06/2022 Stableford
Handicap Cup - Section Championship and 87 - 12 = 75 11/06/2022 Medal
President's Cup 86 - 12 = 74 04/06/2022 Medal
Rabbit Captain's Cup 27 pts 21/05/2022 Stableford
Mid-month Medal 83 - 12 = 71 14/05/2022 Medal
May Stableford 36 pts 07/05/2022 Stableford