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My Life (Sub 80)
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IanPoulter wrote: »Well done Fix.
It's funny how in the past you've shot great front 9's and folded but you've actually done it with a 7 over front 9 and a 1 over back 9. I think you relaxed on the back 9 when you thought your chance was gone. You weren't thinking of the score till you birdied 15 and realised you had a chance. But in fairness you kept it together well on the last 2.
Must have been a lot of s**t going on in your head for that 6 footer
I agree with that - it was a a mental thing. I've had 36, 37
, 38s on nine holes. My preparation for rounds is poor too.
Thanks Ian.
BTW - tees being forward does bother me - will fix that in summer - thanks.0 -
Well done. You see - I told you that it would happen soon.
My suggestion on how to keep this thread and the enjoyment going is that you post back here every time you break 80 from now on.
Now how's about that for an incentive !!
Lol - maybe - maybe never again. Thanks Kace. Not the worst idea yet - but the emotional link is gone.
The funny thing is, I went to range today and am hitting it as well as i ever have. I just seems like the body single axis rotation is perfect - slight hook when i go OTT or outside - but next one bang at target. Great stuff.
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Congrads. Keep saying "I broke 80" again & again to yourself dude. What a smashing place to do it too. If I'm being honest, given what you've gone through, I'd have probably taken a week off work and played Leopardstown 3 times a day to do it!
Well done again and I'd bet you'll break 80 again in 2012, weather permitting.
Your writing style is excellent and Kevin Markham could do worse than take you along for a few of the better courses for his next book.
Loire.
Loire - I would like to thank you personally. You really helped me when I felt like giving up and you were full of great ideas.
I don't know about the writing thing - I'm more a maths man - and just full of ****. It was just a good laugh.
Thanks for everything -
Jaysus this is a long goodbye to the thread - just wanted to thank each person.0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »
ForeRight thanks for the help with the thread and the fridge - love you
I love you too man. I love you and your fridge
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »
To be honest ForeRight - I don't really talk to people who shoot over 80 now - As Bertie said "spanners the whole lot of them".:p
Peasants they are
I make them put the ball on my tee for me0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »Jaysus this is a long goodbye to the thread - just wanted to thank each person.
You're a gent and well deserving of Ireland's best ever golf thread 0 -
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Hmm sounds like there were a good few up and downs there and only 1 birdieFixdePitchmark wrote: »Round
Front 42
Back 37
Putts 30 (2 3 Putts)
GIR 1 front, 5 on back.
Well done, keep it up now and hit the ground running for the "summer"!0 -
Hmm sounds like there were a good few up and downs there and only 1 birdie
Well done, keep it up now and hit the ground running for the "summer"!
Thanks GreeBo - we had our "ups and downs" (puntastic:p)
But- fair play, you putting up with stuff here that was only tenuously linked to golf most of the time.
See you at the boards outings and I'll sort out that wedge problem for you, stand tall man - get the lie angle bang on ,or get your wedges' lie angles changed (only joking)
Thanks for tips on course mgmt. I would never play golf exactly like you , but would take a bit of it and blend it into my game - a par five the other day I played driver , 7 iron, 9 iron. A year ago, it would have been driver go for green. I think links golf needs a bit more imagination or flexibility. The situations you get into on links courses are sort of once off and can't have an advanced plan. Bump and runs, deep bunkers, high coastal wind, long chip and runs, using banks on fairways and greens.
I go up a club in rough now and my 3 wood I can hit, but will only come into my game when my swing basics are improved more.
I only had 9 drives the other day, would have been 14 in the past. There is one hole I don't even go for in two now , a year ago I would have given up golf if I ever dreamt of that. That is Ode to GreeBo.
So fair play - you helped me there and when I went a bit mental here. Thanks.
Your not bad for a Southsider. 0 -
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Congrats FDP....Takes guts to live out your ordeal and effort in a public forum
Or self indulgent nazel-gazing stupidity.
Thanks.
This is like a bloody Oscar Speech now - I'd like to thanks my Mam and Dad, NAMA and my dog Lady who died when I was 12. God, she helped me so much .... :rolleyes:0 -
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IanPoulter wrote: »He's starting a new thread:
My Life (Sub 80, in Summer, no Placing, on a Par 72)
Sorry FDP - only messin
I'm glad he took my advice and stood proud regardless of winter rules
Go team fixy 0 -
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I’m trying to finish the thread and it keeps getting bumped (lol). Fair play "the lawman" on your score, great score for your first time. I’ve taken a bit of time off golf and plenty of work and family stuff I’m catching up on. I’ve just hit the driving range the odd time to keep the engine ticking over, keep it primed. It will be as interesting to see how quickly I lose my game, if at all. I hope it will be a more solid base for my golf swing in the future and not so high maintenance – but I’m not sure about this. The swing I have now is still relatively new and in transition at the time of breaking 80. Hence the poor score on front 9 on the day.
It is daft to say this. I put a huge effort in over the last 2 months of this. I felt a few little niggles and pains, lower back, right elbow, neck muscles. I know – ridiculous! But, I had upped the amount of practice I was doing, to too much, this with only little thoughts on body and flexibility and exercises etc. The way I was practicing was very sporadic and opportunistic. To improve any more, you would need a bit more of a plan. A bit more support and a bit more of looking after yourself. Look, I know it is just bloody hitting a ball, but when you up the practice, it is amazing how you can feel it.
By support, I would mean, joining a club, playing with better players, more coaching, looking after your body (not mad gym work), just look after yourself a bit. In hindsight and foresight and blindsight, it was a crazy way I did this. I would have done it in half the time, if I just joined a club, played one course and played Stableford every week, with better players. It was a totally stupid way to do it, but added to the laugh. I also got to play and see, some of the most amazing courses and places in the country (North and South).
I would agree with Peter’s sentiments, about the way golfers have a common sense of camaraderie. This was a total unexpected outcome of the thread. I just started the thread for help. When you are on the course and you hear peoples reaction to a great shot, it is a special part of the game, it is from a part of the mind where for a split second, there is no jealousy, just admiration, a sort of subliminal reaction. On the other hand, to be very good (not what I was at) I mean top level, at any game or sport, there has to be a selfish part of your personality. I’m not playing at a very high level, more a hobby. I could see through this process, that to improve any more, I would have to start to give up / impact on very important parts of my non golf life.
It was talked about early on, the significance of golf in a person’s life. It can be, just a passing thing for some, a hobby, a serious hobby, a way of life, a full life, a profession for others. It is a wide spectrum and a fascinating aspect of golf and the golf forum here. So the balance between life and golf is a full topic, deserving separate discussion. You often hear lads going on about the other half here, in a joking way. But, it is a reality of the age profile when people are trying to take up golf. It is difficult for most to improve at a certain stage of their life. This must be a real killer for lads who are off low single figures.
So where to next? I haven’t had enough time to reflect, hence the premature reflection. For a few moments of madness, I was thinking, “go on”, “go for 75”. How much more work would it be? The putting was improving, the up and downs can improve much, the deterioration of my driving, is due to a poor shoulder turn and hip action. The last part would be another 3 to 6 months work and about 5 lessons to fix. My irons would improve also, as a consequence.
Then I wake up and have a good chat with myself and say, but what would you do when you shot 75. There is no point in turning the thing you love into a job, into a number, into target. It is not work. It is something that you hope to play with your friends and enjoy in your forties, in your fifties in your……..
But I do love a good challenge.
Thanks again lads – will let ye know If I break 80 in summer, sorry for replying and bumping thread , just feel it would be impolite not to, after all the help form all. Alrite Chief thanks a mill, wine on me, when I see ya.
The computer was broke for a week or so - I was in the pub a fair bit too.
My remaining ambition in life is to end up the character in the bar, The Star in hand, betting on golf. And telling all who will listen,
“Did I ever tell you the story, about the time I broke 80?”
“Ya did, thousands of times - now f%ck off”. 0 -
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