Who and where are we?
Steve Walker
few UK contributors.
I thought it might be good to get a uksg thread going, to give each of
us an idea of who else is on the group, so I'll get the ball rolling and
anyone else chip in who wants to.
Name: Steve Walker
Age: 34
Location: Middlesbrough, in what used to be Cleveland (and before
that was Yorkshire and Teesside!)
Handicap: Not applicable yet - just started playing 2 months ago.
Best score to date 98, but have come close to improving
that a few times lately.
Member of: Am on (18-month) waiting list for Middlesbrough Municipal
Golf Club, and play there 2-3 times a week (have a green
fee season ticket). Also taking lessons from one of the
pros there every week or two.
Clubs: Spalding 3-8 irons and 1,3,5 woods (bought as a first
set), old but reasonable putter (don't like the one that
came w/ the set), and a John Letters 62* lob wedge).
Strengths: I'm a linguist by trade, so I can curse in 9 different
languages when (not if!) I play a bad shot. Irons can be
pretty good though, and getting more consistent and
comfortable all the time.
Weaknesses: Woods (driver etc, not Tiger!), though I'm working on it
with some success, and too variable putting (also trying
to improve it). Oh, and fairway shots, chipping,
pitching and sand shots. ;)
Cheers,
--
Steve Walker
http://www.skwalker.demon.co.uk/mfc.htm
Boro forever!!!!!!!
ICQ 5460992
David Pettengell
Name: Steve Walker
Age: 29
Location: Essex, (home Basildon, club nr Chelmsford)
Handicap: 4.5
Lowest score to date: 68 in 1991 at El Solaire, Spain.
Member of: Three Rivers Golf & Country Club.
Clubs: Irons - Mizuno T-Zoid Pro Forged 1-PW & LW, Mizuno NF56 Faldo forged
wedge, Putter - Titleist Scotty Cameron Terylium, Woods - Callaway BB 4 wood
(steel shaft), Driver Callaway Biggest BB 8 deg Graphite shaft.
Strengths: Driving, Long Irons, Bunker Play
Weaknesses: Around greens, putting and I don't hit as many greens as I
should with short irons.
Good golfing guys..
Steve Walker wrote in message ...
Colin Polykett
Age: 29
Location: Langdon Hills, Essex.
Handicap: Haha. Best score 102. Last few scores 110-115.
Member of: Nowhere. Usually play at Langdon Hills or
Bridgedown (Barnet).
Clubs: Wilson irons and woods bought as cheap first set.
New Odyssey 'mallet' putter which is my favourite
club. I've promised myself a new set of irons as
a breaking-100 present.
Strengths: Putting.
Weaknesses: Keeping tee shots on the fairway.
Pitching.
Playing since : Got clubs in August 1996, although hardly played
for first year. I've kept all my cards and
counting up the other night, I find I've played 21
full rounds. I've had 3 lessons from a local pro
in the last 2 months.
Steve Harper
Name: Steve Harper
Age: 42
Location: Bradford on Avon, nr Bath, but in Wiltshire
Handicap: 14.3
Best round to date: 81 in 1996 at Royal Lytham St Annes
(I've never broken 80).
Member of: Bath Golf Club, Sham Castle, Bath
DO Golf Society, Victoria Park, Bath
Clubs: Woods - GBB Titanium Driver 9 deg, firm - I've just bought it!
GBB Strong 3, firm - I've just bought it!
Irons - Wilson Mid-size 2-SW
- Byte&Spin Brass faced LW
Putter- Ping B60
Strengths: Long Irons (amazingly), Driving
Weaknesses: everything else especially around greens & putting
[I 3-putt 18/36 greens in club championship
recently, still tied 4th nett score :-((( ]
Occupation: Technical Director, MPC Data Limited (Software Developers)
Status: Divorced (but re-united with ex-wife!), 2 kids, very happy.
Also play: Cricket, Squash, Badminton & Tennis occasionally, but only
get time to play golf 2 times a month max :-((((
Last time I played: 20th June :-(((
Next time I play: 18th July :-))))
Chris Booth
Name: Chris Booth
Age: 40
Location: Castleford(work), Heckmondwike(temp home) all West Yorks.
Status: Divorced, 2kids, poor but happy!
Handicap: Not applicable yet - just started playing 2 months ago.
Best score to date 104 on 8/7/98. (I WILL break 100
this month-if it kills me!)
Member of: Kilnwick Percy GC, Pocklington, E.Yorks. But I play anywhere,
anytime!
@ least 4times a week.
Also taking lessons from one of the asst pro's @
City of Wakefield/Whitwood.
Clubs: (new)Spalding Paradox with Cyberflex grafite shafts 3-9
irons and pitch&sand wedges.
1wood Pinseeker (freebie from B&H tokens),3 wood
Bermuda with steel shaft
(last club from starter half set). 2 putters (1
borrowed).
Strengths: Fairway iron shots, bunker shots, usually play O.K until back
9.
Weaknesses: Playing out from rough, putting-though getting very close now,
Driving woods when rattled!
and too variable chipping & pitching (yet to gauge
distances correctly.
Fore!
Chris Booth
Bill Seddon
Age 30
Location Chesterfield Derbys
Member of Chesterfield Golf Club
Handicap 5.4
Best Score 67 Windermere
Clubs GBB 7 Degree Firm but may get new shaft soon
BBWB Strong 3 Memphis 10
Irons King Cobra Tour 3- GW Clevaland RTG 58 degree sand iron
Putter PIng Pal
Strengths Driving Putting
Weaknesses Mid Irons
--
_____________________________________
Bill Seddon
bi...@bseddon.demon.co.uk
Web http://www.bseddon.demon.co.uk
___________________________________
Arthur T. Crease
Age: 62
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Handicap; 13.5
Member of: Kingsdown GC, Corsham, Wiltshire.
Clubs: Titelist Howitzer Titanium Driver, 10deg, firm.
Mizuno Tzoid 3 & 5 Woods, Steel Shaft
Irons: Insignia Tour. Putter: Ping Pal.
Also carry a 7 wood, and a 64deg lob wedge
Best Round: 80 at Kingsdown
Strengths: Driving, Bunker play, and chipping.
Weaknesses: definitely mid/long irons!, and putting a touch iffy too!
Started playing: 1979 in South Africa
Other Past Memberships: Bergville GC, Natal, South Africa
Mpokolana GC, Natal, South Africa
Newara Eliya GC, Sri Lanka.
Seascale GC, Cumbria.
Occupation : Geotechnical Instrumentation Consultant.
Status: Happily Married, 2 Children, 3 Grandchildren
(My son is a member at Orchardleigh GC, Somerset, and plays off 11)
Last Played: Unusually twice this week!
Monday: Wilson 4BBB Championship - Won 4 & 2 at Kingsdown
(next round drawn to play at Salisbury & South Wilts.)
Wednesday: Daily Mail Foursomes - Lost 4 & 3 at Kingsdown
So the usual up and down form prevails!
Good Luck to all!
--
Arthur T. Crease
Aileen Hunter
Age 38
Location Edinburgh
Handicap 5
Best score 69 at Innerleithen (long time ago)
Member of Innerleithen (9 hole course 30 miles South of
Edinburgh - great course, cheap to play, always quiet - I'd recommend a
visit!)
Play too infrequently but won my club & county championship this year
Clubs Callaway deuce, old wooden 4 wood, Topflite tour irons
(1-SW) and Zaap Putter
Strengths I've been playing since I was nine so probably experience.
I can hit the ball a fair distance. Streaky putter.
Weaknesses My head - get a yip type shank when pitching
Highlights over 30 years - Getting to finals of Scottish Champs 3 years ago
and beating Dale Reid (now pro) in the Scottish Girls quarter finals in
1977! (I like to spread the highlights out!)
Cheers Boys
Steve Walker wrote in message ...
>There's a thread going on in rsg on the same subject, but with only a
>few UK contributors.
>
>I thought it might be good to get a uksg thread going, to give each of
>us an idea of who else is on the group, so I'll get the ball rolling and
>anyone else chip in who wants to.
>
>Name: Steve Walker
>Age: 34
>Location: Middlesbrough, in what used to be Cleveland (and before
> that was Yorkshire and Teesside!)
>Handicap: Not applicable yet - just started playing 2 months ago.
Ken Jude
<s...@skwalker.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Name: Ken Jude
Age: 34
Location: Welwyn Garden City (and for Steve's benefit a supporter of
the "proper" Boro (i.e. Stevenage)
Handicap: 28 (just started playing again after a 5 year gap.
Previously off 18 in a society at work but some way to go to get back
to that position.
Member of: Course member at Panshanger Municipal, awaiting application
form for the club playing over the course so I can play in
competitions and get the handicap down.
Best score: 87 or 88 or so at Panshanger before my 5 year break.
Clubs: I'm a leftie with John Letters Trilogy 3-SW and 1,3,5 woods, an
old Stix 1 iron which I used with my previous irons, and an Odyssey
putter. Would like one of those John Letters Lob wedges but have not
seen them in LH anywhere (and since I know they don't do the Trilogy 1
irons in LH I don't suppose they do those Goose wedges either).
Strengths - not bad with the wedges and mid-irons, especially when I
fix a "rhythm" thought in my brain before engaging muscles <g>.
Weaknesses - tend to deteriorate off the tee with the 3W as the round
goes on, and I daren't even consider the driver at the moment!
Cheers
Ken
Peter Aisthorpe-Buckley
backend of the year.
Name: Peter Aisthorpe-Buckley
Age: 48
Location: Verwood, Dorset
Handicap: 27.5, been playing 2.5 years and game is just coming
together nicely. (See weaknesses)
Member of: Crane Valley Golf Club (Just been Accepted for Salisbury &
South Wilts GC)
Clubs: Mizuno Quads 1,3 & 5 Arnold Palmer ICD Tour 4-SW, Chipper
& 64 deg wedge, dad's old putter
Strengths: Ability to play in all kinds of weather throughout winter!
Weaknesses: Lack of ability to concentrate for the full round
I have a very understanding wife and I only live a drive, 3 wood and
pitching wedge away from the course and I am usually out on the course most
evenings in summer and at least once a week in winter. I have been too
analytical in the past which I think has hampered my progress. But now I
just relax and let in swing. When I read some of the advice at the
beginning it seemed unnatural. Holding the club as though it might slip
through fingers. A vardon grip which felt like my little finger had to be
dislocated to ride up on left forefinger. Looking at a spot where the ball
had been a split second ago rather than a spot that I hope it was going to
be (looking up). Eventually it all fits into place and believe me getting
below 100 is a triumph to be savoured. Always remember that every golfer in
the world started off a novice. No one was born with a golf club in their
hand.
Keep posting. A great little NG.
--
CarPet
I long for the day when I long no more.
Dan Adams
Age: 27
Location: Southampton, Hants
Handicap: 12
Best Score 76
Member of: Season ticket holder @ Dibden golf centre - Nr Soton
Favorite course: Royal Winchester
Clubs: 1,3,5 woods + 3-SW irons - Slazenger Interface - steel.
cheap Mizuno
putter that I am planning on replacing *soon*
Strengths: Mid-Irons, sand shots, & new found confidence (I now
approach each round as if I'm
going to break par)
Weaknesses: Losing concentration when driving. Putting. Hangovers :-).
frequency : Play twice / week - every Sunday morning plus one weekday
evening.
Wife: Widowed (to Golf)
Regards,
Dan
Terry Hudson
Heres my Intro-
NAME: Terry Hudson
AGE: 35
LOCATION: York, Yorkshire.
HANDICAP: 28. I've only just joined a club and that was on my 1st three
cards.
BEST SCORE: Unbelievably 89 recorded on the 9th July. Normally about 94-98.
MEMBER : Forest of Galtres, Skelton, nr York. 18 holes, Par 72, 6600 yds,
try to play at least 2 times a week.
CLUBS:John Letters Irons 3-SW, Old putter, Wilson 1, 5 woods.
STRENGTHS: Putting, chipping, irons off the tee.
WEAKNESSES: All the woods I've ever used I've always sliced them wickedly.
Now its creeping in to my irons. (Advice always accepted).
Thanks and maybe we'll all get together for a days golfing
sometime.
Remember your a long time dead. T3...@email.msn.com
Nick Parsons
Age: 34
Location: Eastbourne
Handicap: 28 (Trying to get back into a game I've played for over 10
years. When I first started I did shift work which meant I could play 2
or 3 times a week. The I got a "proper" job and am lucky to play 4 times
a year. My wife has just taken it up so hopefully will be let out more
;-)
Member of: Nowhere at the moment. If I had a choice Willingdon GC in
Eastbourne. Nestling under the Downs I've always played well there.
Best score: 93 for 18. Did 42 on a 9 holer once.
Clubs: Just treated myself to a new set replacing my old Slazenger
'Seve' clubs. MaxPower 1000.
Strengths - I did think putting until last year when I missed from
literally 6 inches. Seemed to affect me confidence wise. Slowly getting
it back. Always straight off the tee but no great distance. But that
seems to be going now as well.
Weaknesses - Fairway irons, fairway woods, tendency now to spray off of
the tee. My game needs a complete overhaul. My tolley pulling seems
quite good though :-)
Cheers.
Nick.
Crispin Roche
Age: 39
Location: Walthamstow, NE London
Handicap: Yet to get one, I've only just joined a club. Best score
to date 98 and that had a lot of dissappointing shots in
it.
Member of: Trent Park GC
Clubs: MaxFli VHL irons 3-9 irons + PW and SW Roger Smith(?) 1
& 5
wood, god knosw what 3 wood and an old (it used to be my
fathers) Anderson putter.
Strengths: I'm quite a long hitter (though a mere wimp by r.s.g
standards).
Weaknesses: My mind, if I duff one shot, I'll duff 2 more and
fairway shots,
I'm always trying to reach the green even if it is still
250 yards
away.
regards
Crispin Roche
Bob Beveridge
Age: 41
Location: Hook, Hampshire (near Basingstoke)
Handicap: I don't have an official handicap but according to the
software I use to record my scores it calculates at 22 -
strange how rarely I seem to play to it though!
Member of: I am on the waiting list for Southwood Golf Club, a pay
and play in Farnborough.
Clubs: Taylor Made Burner Bubble Driver
Tight Lies 5W
Taylor Made Burner Bubble 3I-PW (all of the above
purchased when living in the USA last year)
Ben Sayers SW (the last remnant of my original clubs)
Gripper LW
Titelist Dead Centre Putter
Strengths: I'm a steady putter and my short and mid irons are
improving
Weaknesses: A barely-controlled fade which becomes a wild slice when
I lose concentration; greenside bunkers (too many Hamlet
moments, if you know what I mean!); very inconsistent
--
Bob Beveridge
carl
would say I am a fair golfer and guess my handicap at 18. I do not belong to
a golf club as I have just moved to Cirencester from Bournemouth ( job
forced move )
I work as an IT Support Analyst for The Blue Cross at their HQ in Burford.
This is a nice easy 9 - 5 job in a country setting surrounded by horses and
open fields. A lot of the staff bring their dogs to work so it is a very
easygoing affair.
Before I started a family I used to play twice a week and got down to 14. My
best score was 76 ( par 69 ). I have broken 80 4 times but now I aim to
break 90. My best or expenses time was a hole in one whilst playing in a
captains day.
I use John Letters irons and Calloway copy 3 wood. I do not even own a
driver and rarely use a wood until latter holes as I am happy using irons
and prefer playing from the fairway.
My 6 golfing hates are as follows:
1 Losing golf balls
2 Hilly courses
3 Tees that are not in line with fairways / greens. I can,t aim 10 degrees
left or right, I always slice it all the time, or worse lose the ball.
4 Wrong yardage's
5 Courses that do not have 100, 150, or 200 yard markers
6 Courses that do not have ball scoops by lakes or rakes by bunkers.
I am writing an internet golf guide www.greenoak.mcmail.com and I therefore
get to play lots of different courses ( many for free ). The prob with that
is then writing a review of a course that you did not like much. I played
Cirencester yesterday and hated it it was 105 years old and felt like it was
10 years old. I lost 4 balls on one hole and 2 on the next. It took 4 more
holes to calm down. Mind you the wind was so strong on 1 hole a par 5 of 560
yards I hit the green with a 3 wood and a 7 iron.. MADNESS. Also 2 of the
par 3 holes the tees did not line up with the green. Not good !!!!!
Anyway thats me .
How about the rest of you.
Oscar O'Connor
Name: Oscar O'Connor
Age: 33
Location: Bath (more accurately Midford), NE Somerset, used to be
Avon.
Handicap: 10
Member of: Bowood Golf and Country Club
Clubs: Yonex ADZ 200i Graphite 1, 3 & 5 woods,
Yonex 100i forged 3-PW irons,
Tom Watson 60* lob wedge,
Various putters includng Teardrop, Mitsushiba and
one or two others.
Strengths: Depends... length off tee, getting out of the trouble
hitting long off the tee can put you in, greenside bunkers, occasionally
chipping and putting
Weaknesses: erratic short game, erratic long game. Mid- to short-irons
(except when they're working).
Happy thwacking
Oscar :-)
dr. L.V. (Victor) Allis
nl.sport.golf).
And since one of my best rounds was in England (87 on the Par 69 Mansion
House Golf Course in Dartmoor National Park), I feel I am not to isolated
from
the UK.
Name: Victor Allis
Age: 33
Location: Swalmen, The Netherlands (a few miles of the German Border AND
a UK golf course at the RAF Base at Bruggen, which I played twice).
Handicap: 21.7 and going down, was 27.0 a month ago.
Member of Herkenbosch Golf and Country Club since 2 months.
Clubs: 3-wood, 3-5-7-9-SW and a 20-year old putter. All of unkown brand and
probably due to be replaced soon.
Strengths: Chipping, of all things. Most people are amazed how I hit my long
shots so easily
into the woods and how easily I seem to manage to compensate with my
short game. Will probably
lose my touch again soon.
Weaknesses: Long shots from the tee. I will hit between 200 and 250 yards,
but most of the time the
next shot will be a short one back to the fairway.
Best round so far: 87 on four different courses, one in England. And on June
26th,, a magical 39 on
the back 9 (par 36) of my home course (after 6 holes I realized that I
was par for those 6
holes par-par-bogey-par-par-birdie which broke the spell and I finished
with 3 bogey's). With the 51 out,
it is still my record round of 90 on my home course.
Victor.
Simon Ireland
Age: 40
Location: Member of Aldwickbury Park Golf Club, Harpenden, Herts.
since it opened 3 years ago.
Prior to that played about once a month with office
Society
April to October for about 4 years.
Handicap: 24 (only recently come down from 28: managed a best
back nine of 42 on top of a half decent front nine of
54)
(Total Par 71)
Best: 93
Clubs: Regal Irons 3I - SW, Progen Driver (with built in slice),
Howson Hippo 3W (one of my better purchases, not quite
so much built in slice), a Roll & Bulge Driving 1 Iron,
John Letters 5W with graphite shaft (excellent purchase
£10 Hitchin market)
Strengths: Ability to be able to recover from most off-beat positions,
apart from long elephant grass (it's all the practice I
get),
long putting not too bad.
Weaknesses: (Being right-handed) judging how much left I need to
aim to compensate for my heavy slice,
particularly
with the Driver.
Short putting is sometimes a bit suspect.
I tried out the tip of lining up the line of small lettering on the ball
with the hole when putting this morning. It did seem to help. When actually
on the green, I don't think I actually more than 2 putted any green.
I even notched up my first Birdie on the 1st hole.
Aldwickbury Park, although not a particularly long course (6352 yds off the
Whites, 6032 yds off the Yellows) is quite a challenging course of up and
down parkland (formerly farm fields). Although only 3 years old the course
plays like a mature parkland course, having been constructed around mature
tree woodland copses and hedges.
The greens certainly have to be treated with respect as they are loaded with
all sorts of undulations, borrows and slopes.
I'm not sure that Aldwickbury Park has any real "Killer Holes" as such, but
standing, bleary eyed, on the tee of the 421 yds (Whites), Par 4, 1st Hole
with woods all the way down the right and two mature tree copses at 125 yds
and 235 yds on the left can be a pretty daunting prospect for a slicer like
me.
The 320 yds, Par 4, 2nd Hole up hill with a slight dog-leg left, two bunkers
between 180 and 200 yds left centre of fairway and a third guarding the
front left of the two tiered green, placed 50 yds beyond where the fairway
narrows to a 40 yd funnel between two areas of mature trees, can also be
quite an interesting hole.
The 326 yds, Par 4, 9th dog-legs right around a cluster of no less 7 bunkers
and a pond that is just Out of Bounds. The green has another 3 bunkers
around it to capture the approach shot having got to the dog-leg without
needing your bucket and spade.
The 375 yds, Par 4, 10th is quite straight-forward providing you don't
slice. Slicing takes you past the first lake on the right (generally), then
leaves you with a good 5W shot right of the oak tree with about a 150 yd
carry over the second lake on the right to reach the green.
The 440 yds, Par 4, 12th is considered by a lot of members to be the most
difficult hole on the course (actually S.I. 2) slopes down hill and from
right to left all the way to reach the "roller coaster" green. Having played
over a 4ft hedge at 215yds, with a couple of 1-2ft gaps stretching across
the whole width of the fairway, rising to 15ft either side of the fairway.
The 382 yds, uphill and sloping left to right, Par 4, 13th Hole plays back
over the same hedge further up the hillside.
The 177 yds, Par 3, 14th plays down and up to an almost blind green that
slopes right to left, guarded by two bunkers. It plays differently every
time depending on wind strength and direction. The Yellow Tees, depending on
tee position, can vary between an 8I to a 5W.
The 448 yds, Par 4, 15th is downhill all the way, but the green carries on
with the downhill trend, making it very difficult to stop the approach shot
on the green before it runs into the bunker waiting at the back.
The 304 yds, Par 4, 18th leading up to the veranda of the clubhouse, with
Out of Bounds all down the left, is a "longest (5W) drive not in the water"
followed by a "up and under" (7I - SW) shot onto a gently sloping left to
right green surrounded by a horse-shoe lake and guarded by a bunker. The
fairway, left of the lake is quite narrow before another couple of bunkers
and the O.O.B.,slopes left to right into the lake.
Cheers.
Simon.
Steve Walker wrote in message ...
RayD
<s...@skwalker.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>There's a thread going on in rsg on the same subject, but with only a
>few UK contributors.
>
>I thought it might be good to get a uksg thread going, to give each of
>us an idea of who else is on the group, so I'll get the ball rolling and
>anyone else chip in who wants to.
>
>Name: Steve Walker
>Age: 34
>Location: Middlesbrough, in what used to be Cleveland (and before
> that was Yorkshire and Teesside!)
>Handicap: Not applicable yet - just started playing 2 months ago.
> Best score to date 98, but have come close to improving
> that a few times lately.
>Member of: Am on (18-month) waiting list for Middlesbrough Municipal
> Golf Club, and play there 2-3 times a week (have a green
> fee season ticket). Also taking lessons from one of the
> pros there every week or two.
>Clubs: Spalding 3-8 irons and 1,3,5 woods (bought as a first
> set), old but reasonable putter (don't like the one that
> came w/ the set), and a John Letters 62* lob wedge).
>Strengths: I'm a linguist by trade, so I can curse in 9 different
> languages when (not if!) I play a bad shot. Irons can be
> pretty good though, and getting more consistent and
> comfortable all the time.
>Weaknesses: Woods (driver etc, not Tiger!), though I'm working on it
> with some success, and too variable putting (also trying
> to improve it). Oh, and fairway shots, chipping,
> pitching and sand shots. ;)
>
>Cheers,
Name: Ray Garrow
Age: 34
Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Handicap: No official handicap but with the society I play with
Its 22.3 (probably about right)
Member of: Chequers Golf Society ( Web page for last year at
Http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~lfmrdg/cgsoc.htm
hoping to get round to putting this years
events/results online from a new URL
Clubs: McGregor MC 500 irons 3-SW new this year ( not as
long as my old Diawa Trypowers but seem to be more accurate and
higher trajectory ) 1,3,5 woods Cardin golf with
graphite shafts (oversize, set for £65 Can't fault them
at all best money Ive ever spent on clubs) putter is
a Masters make ( after a new putter).
Strengths: Usually length off tee and fairway with woods, short
game seems
to be improving with practise on back garden
Weaknesses: Long Irons and PUTTING (any help appreciated)
Enjoy your golf
RayD
Chris Booth
RayD wrote in message <35b4aea6.21854298@news>...
1,3,5 woods Cardin golf with
>graphite shafts (oversize, set for £65 Can't fault them
> at all best money Ive ever spent on clubs)
>
>>
>Enjoy your golf
>
>RayD
Nice to read your W.A.Y entry Ray,
I am partic interested in the Cardin clubs as there
is a shop/warehouse near me.
I've looked @ them but, thought I might be better
with a well known brand. How do you rate them
against other clubs?
What loft are they ? and the shafts are they
any partic kind? ie fat,firm etc.
Nice to know there's another Tyke in the UKSG.
Cheers,
Chris Booth
Hecky, WYorks
Steve Walker
<Chr...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>Nice to know there's another Tyke in the UKSG.
Don't forget Middlesbrough's really Yorkshire. Last outpost of true
civilisation before you leave 'God's country' northwards, except the
government changed the boundaries when I were a lad. :)
Yorkshire still played county championship matches at our cricket club
until last year, as well.
Cheers,
--
Steve Walker
http://www.skwalker.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Best score to date: 95
ICQ 5460992
Andy Turnbull
Age: 28
Location: Bournemouth, Dorset
Handicap: Golf ! (prob a 28 though)
Best score to date 87 on a local par 66,
and once did a 98 on a very tricky & long par 72
Member of: Nowhere - Too damn expensive round here !
Clubs: Cheap ol' Pinseeker 3-SW irons and 1,3,5 woods
Strengths: 3W of the tee consistently getting 200 yards and using
that slice.. er I mean fade, gradually further !
Weaknesses: Putting & long irons.. just seem to be using a 3W, 5W
and 7i down lately. Maybe it's the courses I
play. Putting is down to the el cheapo putter
I think.. there is absolutely no feel and
every putt is a guess !?
And to add.. I think I would definitely benefit from lessons, however
after playing now for about 2 years it's a bit tricky changing
things..! I did have one lesson about 6 months ago and it made a
significant difference to my game, but it wasn't too radical.. he did
add that I needed to change things about my swing and that in doing so
my game would suffer, but in the long run....? I think the problem
lies in the fact that who wants to change everything go out and have
an enjoyable round and score 120+, been there done that ! Though I
suppose with those scores you never have to buy the beers at the 19th
!!
Regards,
Andy
Email: an...@nospam.dcservices.force9.co.uk (remove the nospam !)
ICQ: 3940694
Chris Booth
Steve Walker wrote in message <4ehKBOA9...@skwalker.demon.co.uk>...
Sorry Steve, You didn't mention THE BIG WHITE ROSE before
so I miss-understood you to be a "yuppie teesider" or even worse
a "monkey hanger" -- only kidding!
Hows your game? did you come close to your 95 again?
Thought I was in for a brilliant sub 100 last night, played the
out 9 in 49, but as usual game went from bad to worse
on the 11th, after landing in a ditch with a flagged bottom,
wish I'd lifted it first time now.scored 9.
From then on couldn't get better than d.bogey for the
rest. I'd give the excuse it was the bad light(after 9.30)
but there we go.
Finished with a 108(par72), mind you it was pure
guess work on the 18th, I found my ball after all
my partners had left the course, around 40 yds
from the green mid fairway! also walked off with
2 found balls!
Chris
Tyke and proud of it!
Steve Walker
<Chr...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>Sorry Steve, You didn't mention THE BIG WHITE ROSE before
>so I miss-understood you to be a "yuppie teesider" or even worse
>a "monkey hanger" -- only kidding!
It's OK, I forgive you! :)
>Hows your game? did you come close to your 95 again?
My game's coming OK. I've had to abort a couple of planned rounds, and
was away with the family lasy weekend, so I've only played one round
since, which was 103. Felt lousy, but when it used to feel that bad it
was 120+, so I'm coming on.
Was planning to play a round tonight with my son, but some bummy society
has the course booked up until 6.20pm which wouldn't give us chance to
finish the round, so I've had to re-schedule for tomorrow.
Other than that, I've been at the range a lot, working on my 3W and
driver, as I badly need to improve the % of fairways I hit to improve my
scores generally and have any chance of parring some of the killer holes
here (I can hit about 90% of fairways with an iron, but then have to lay
up with my 2nd shot, so little chance of par). I'm getting sick of
playing only irons off the tee (I don't, but when I give in to the
temptation to use a wood I suffer for it too often), as it feels like
I'm backing down to the course. :) The only one I have been hitting
consistently well is my 5W from the fairway/light rough.
It's working OK - I'm up to maybe 60% straight with the driver and 70%
with the 3W. On the range, anyway. When I'm on the course I still
struggle with the temptation to swing too hard, but I'm getting there.
Main thing I'm trying to groove in is bringing the takeaway a bit
further inside with the woods, to make sure I'm coming inside-straight
at impact.
>Thought I was in for a brilliant sub 100 last night, played the
>out 9 in 49, but as usual game went from bad to worse
>on the 11th, after landing in a ditch with a flagged bottom,
>wish I'd lifted it first time now.scored 9.
>From then on couldn't get better than d.bogey for the
>rest. I'd give the excuse it was the bad light(after 9.30)
>but there we go.
>Finished with a 108(par72), mind you it was pure
>guess work on the 18th, I found my ball after all
>my partners had left the course, around 40 yds
>from the green mid fairway! also walked off with
>2 found balls!
Know just what you mean. In that sense, even my 95 was a disappointment
- I went out in 45! But then I started thinking I might break 90, never
mind 100 again, and didn't play too well on the back 9. Mind you, even
the 50 on the back 9 was my best score there, by 2 strokes. But I hit a
few topped shots and got annoyed with myself, or it could have been a
lot better.
Crispin Roche
>
>
> Know just what you mean. In that sense, even my 95 was a disappointment
> - I went out in 45! But then I started thinking I might break 90, never
> mind 100 again, and didn't play too well on the back 9. Mind you, even
> the 50 on the back 9 was my best score there, by 2 strokes. But I hit a
> few topped shots and got annoyed with myself, or it could have been a
> lot better.
>
Isn't that just the way of it. When I look back on all of my best
rounds, including my one sub100, I think how dissappointing, how could I
play so many bad shots, accumulate so many penalty shots, duff so many
putts. I keep forgetting how many good shots I played in the round and
especially how many more than my game this time last year.
I do not suppose we will be happy until we are regularly breaking par
and probably even then we will be thinking 2 bad shots today
Crispin Roche
Robert Gray
Location :Stoke-on-Trent (recently arrived)
Age :32
Handicap :28 and falling again now, from 19, 3 years ago.
Member of :Nowhere yet. Still looking and sampling the local clubs. All
the best seem to have oversized waiting lists.
Best score :82 on two different courses in 1995.
Most memorable :92 on the Brabazon course at the Belfry after practising
the course on Links386 for a month or 2
Clubs :Spalding set 3-9i,pw,sw,1-3-5 Woods
Weaknesses :inconsistency. can spoil a good drive by topping the next.
Slice when over-enthusiastic
Strengths :inconsistency. occasionally play inch perfect approach shots
when I slow down and concentrate.
I'm playing at least every 2 weeks, possibly more during the summer when I
can finish work at a reasonable time. Interested in a tour of Scotland at
some point in the future to sample the creativity at the home of the game.
Likes :interesting technical courses with holes with 'personality'
requiring a little thought
dislikes :not enough time to play golf, overpriced courses, weaknesses (see
above) :^)
contact me if you need an extra player with 50 miles of Stoke.
Rob Gray
rg...@frayling.co.uk-nospam
Mick Bryan
Name: Mick Bryan
Age: 36, playing for four years.
Location: Langho, nr Blackburn, Lancs
Handicap: 18, Best score on home track 88, par 72. Best Score
elsewhere, 82 on a par 69 (off 21hcp at the time) - Rufford Park in Notts.
Member of: Mytton Fold GC, Langho, nr Blackburn. 6217yds, par 72.
Clubs: Seal 1/3/5/7 graphite shaft woods, Striker Irons, Howson
DJ100 putter.
Strengths: Chip and run with 7or 8 iron, reasonable putting.
Weaknesses: 3-6 irons and general inconsistency when not expecting it!
Oddball bits: I am right handed, although play golf left handed, due to an
elder brother teaching me how to play cricket left handed when I was little
(ages ago). I usually have a slight right to left (slight fade or god-awful
slice depending on how well/badly I'm playing) with woods and generally hit
irons straight.
Mytton Fold GC has been open just over four years. It was built by Frank
Hargreaves on farm land that has been in his family for three generations.
It is a challenging course with every hole that can be played easy,but with
every hole that can bite back if you get complacent. 9's on the opening par
three are not uncommon, along with the odd two!
The "signature" hole is the 4th, playing 503 yards off the white pegs and
184feet elevation from tee to green! Whether you score 5 or 15, the climb is
worth it for the panoramic view across the Ribble Valley. On a clear day you
can see Blackpool Tower, Ingleborough Fell and Pen-y-Ghent Fell. (and my
house!)
The card killer is the 16th, 415 yds downhill, slight dogleg right, with OB
left and right, a tree, slightly left of middle of the faiway at 180 yds,
and two ponds, slightly right of the middle at 200/230 yds. All in all a
test of nerve when the wind's blowing from the left.
Going back to the first hole, this is a real starter for 10 (but usually
four ot five for me). At 193 yds white/185 yellow, it's a par three with a
two tier green. OB on the railway on the left, OB in the gardens closing in
on the green on the right. A jungle at the back of the green. A stream
across the fairway at about 140 yds and also at 30 yds to catch the real
duffed tee shot! Oh, and a few trees round and about.
I could carry on about every hole, but I'll just mention a couple of other
things about the course.
Visitors are welcome and there are a small number of buggies available for
hire (book in advance) and there's a three star 28 bed hotel which serves as
the Golfer's Bar!
tel 01254 245392 (pro shop) 01254 240662 (reception)
Mick Bryan
p.s. Blatant plug for the hotel as my missus works there!
Andy Haffner
I have been playing golf on and off since I was about 14 but having spent
two fantastic days at Birkdale last week, my enthusiasm has been rekindled
and I am dying to play more.
This is also due to me having played a couple of times recently and hitting
the ball better than ever.
I was a member of Whitefield Golf Club until I was 21 when I ceased to be
eligible for the family membership. I simply don't play often enough now to
justify the annual fees (more of that in a mo).
My parents are very keen golfers and my dad is secretary at Whitefield and
basically runs the place. He dropped a bombshell the other day - he said
that if I played regularly he would pay for my membership. But that's my
problem - finding people who are willing to play on a regular basis. The
problem at Whitefield is that there are almost no members in their 20's (I
am 25). So I;d welcome any offers of games in the Manchester area.
I don't have a handicap because I don't play regularly enough but I'd guess
I'd be about a 24. When I played more often I used to keep score and I think
I broke 100 (but not by much) on a regular basis.
My strengths? Well people tell me I have a nice slow swing and I do find
that the harder I try to hit the ball the less distance it travels. My
weakness is without a doubt my atrocious short game.
I am plying tomorrow at the Bolton Municipal course on Chorley New Road
(anyone know it?) - tee off time 12:00 and I can't wait.
And finally (if anyone's interested and/or needs one!) I'm a solicitor
working in Rochdale.
Cheers,
Andy
ANDY HAFFNER
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Andy Haffner
>until last year, as well.
>
Yep - they've stopped playing any championship games away from Headingley.
Scandalous or what?
ANDY HAFFNER
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