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Dornenglanz

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  1. Dornenglanz
    I've bought some new clubs, with mixed results. The first new club I ever bought was a 4H and it's still in my bag, and I love it. Then I bought a Scotty Cameron, but in the last few weeks I've gone back to my old putter, so the Scotty is going on Ebay. I bought two new wedges before I had any idea about grind, bounce, loft etc. They're going on ebay too. I'm happy with my ATVs - they do all I want. I bought a set of new irons before lockdown, but I don't love them, and gave them to my son. Apart from the 4H everything in my bag is 2nd hand, and some of the stuff is pretty old. Ludicrously I play 690MBs (as a beginner) - but I adore them. When I hit good shots, they feel amazing, and I'm learning a lot from them 😄
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    Shocking today 😞 Theoretically my last card to get a handicap. Having been playing pretty well this week I was hopeful of a score at least near 100. Well. Not so much. To look on the plus side, I putted very well - only one 3 put, and several 8ish foot one putts, so I'm really pleased with that. Short game and approach game was really hard today - greens were super hard and fast and nothing stuck, on on the elevated greens I was punished. Had two bunker disasters too. And after starting hitting well off the tee, after about 6 holes I lost it - and hit terrible shots for pretty much every shot. 2nd shots were ok, and there were some high points with some fair approach shots, but overall very disappointing. 116. And to add insult to injury I can't find all three cards - that may be a blessing as I get a chance to shoot a better score.
  3. Dornenglanz
    Day 15: Warm up with wedge through to 6I and putts before 18 holes.
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    Day 14: Persevered with putting in the wind, and did much better, with a calm mind, and lower expectation.
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    Day 13: Putting practice - massively frustrating because the wind is gusting to over 20 knots. I persevered for almost 30 mins, but I was just getting annoyed when the wind would suddenly blow my ball off line, so I felt like I wasn't really learning anything, other than that putting in the wind is hard. Feeling annoyed with myself, and life! 😠
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    Played a new (to me) course today. Not very long or challenging - wide fairways, and not much danger. However I did play well, and practice with the 3H and 4H paid off, as these were straight and decent distance off the tee and off the deck. Overall 82 (best ball), which I'm delighted with:
  7. Dornenglanz
    Day 12: 15 mins putting, chipping and pitching before 18 holes.
  8. Dornenglanz
    Ah right, yes that makes sense! 😄
  9. Dornenglanz
    The second-hand market is very active, and prices are keen. You can pick up 1-2 year old models for sensible money, and stuff that's, say, 5 yrs old, for a very good price. I just added a 3H to my bag - excellent condition, 2015 model - £50. I seriously doubt that technology has advanced so much in 5 years that a recreational golfer, even one with a low handicap, would get enough benefit from the newest clubs to merit the cost. Of course, there are people who have the money to spend, and who do want the latest and greatest, and clearly they're spending, because the manufacturers are still in business, but I can't see how that in any way kills off the game.
  10. Dornenglanz
    You're making ~75% at 7 feet? That's way above tour average, which is less than 60. I wouldn't be sweating that going down by 10% - that's incredibly good putting. Maybe work on something you're not amazing at!
  11. Dornenglanz
    Day 11: This morning, did one handed swings with wedge, and straight putting drills. About to do another session on trail arm - feeling elbow pointing down and in front of ribcage from P3 to impact.
  12. Dornenglanz
    Day 10: Swings with plane station, again, focussing on trail arm / elbow. Changed the angle of the stick to be a bit less steep, which I found harder. Made the swing shorter, and tried to keep same tempo as yesterday. Then chipping ladder drill with 9I.
  13. Dornenglanz
    Had some free time this afternoon, so took a trundle round the original 9 hole course where I first learned to play. Played two balls, better ball, again. Was curious to see how I would fare, as I find this a very difficult course. It's not long, but it's very tight, and if you don't hit fairways, it's punishing. The greens are small too, so if approach shots or chips/pitches aren't accurate it's tough. I don't have confidence to hit anything other than irons straight enough to not get into trouble, so I didn't reach any par 4 or par 5 in regulation. There are three par 3s - the first I lost two balls (one in the lake between the tee and the green, and one in the heavy rough to the right of the green - I couldn't find it anywhere, so 4 with a penalty. The second par 3 is 200 yards, and I don't have a club that goes that far, that I trust, so I left myself a 50 yard wedge in, and hit both just off the back of the green into very heavy rough. Neither rescue shot from that rough reached the green, so another chip needed, and then a putt, for a double. The final par 3 I hit the green with a 5I, but didn't hold the green, and it scooted off. Chipped to 6 feet, but left the putt about an inch short (x2!) on a tricky down hill slope. Final par 5 again I was punished for distance - had an 80 yard uphill shot to hit the green in 4, but left it short twice, chipped on, ran down a hill, and putted in 2 for 7! 46 over all... which is pretty poor for best ball. But very interesting and enjoyable. And lesson learned - for courses like this I need to be able to hit my hybrids / woods / drivers straight. On wider courses I can factor in the over-fade shape that I typically get. The longer work of controlling that is in progress, and the irons are much more predictable.
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    Day 9: Full swing practice, checking in on finishing position, and weight forward, extension. Also had feedback from coach to slow my backswing *a lot* - so focussed on counting 1,2,3 swing, which seemed to be a nice tempo.
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    Played home course today, but for a change I decided to have a go at "best ball", having read about it in Every Shot Counts. Basically I hit two balls, picked the best result, and from there hit two balls, all the way to the end. Scored 89 over all. Learned a lot, and a lot of encouraging stuff. Often the best ball wasn't wildly better than the second best. Often I was able to make an adjustment based on the first shot - slightly different aim, etc, and improve on it. Putting was particularly interesting. I was able to putt better the second putt most of the time, having learned from watching the first putt. Overall the most encouraging thing was the consistency - it wasn't that I hit a terrible shot, and my second shot got me out of jail - that happened two or three times maybe. Most of the time I hit a pretty good first shot, and then improved on it, which shows me that I am getting to the stage where I can make an effort to do something, and see that thing start to happen.
  16. Dornenglanz
    Day 8: Full swing practice with 4H and 5I, focussing on trail elbow, then a solid warm up hitting every club in the bag, before 18 holes.
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    Latest DTL video: I've been working on setup - trying to keep weight more centred (front to back) and not to have such bent legs. It's getting better. Also not over extending the trail arm. And this fortnight my major focus is on the trail arm, specifically elbow at P5 - becoming more level with the left. The feel I am going for is of my right elbow pointing down to the ground and moving in front of my ribcage from P3 to impact. It's not there yet, but it's a lot better. The purpose of the stick in this case is to deliberately reverse my standard which is a shallower backswing and a steep downswing. In this respect, this swing isn't necessarily what I would take to the course, but a snapshot on some work in progress.
  18. Dornenglanz
    Day 7: Lots of putting drills and short game drills, then full swing work with plane station, focussing on trail arm / elbow.
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    That looks like the one yes!
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    Here are some photos!
  21. Dornenglanz
    Day 6: One handed chips with 52* and 60*, then 7:30 swings with the same, with and without the tour striker ball. Putting with rails drill, then 18 holes 15 foo 2 putt challenge - finished even par - one birdie and one three. Chipping ladder drill with 52*. Then in the afternoon played a tiny little 938 yard 98 hole par 3 - lots of PW / 9I off the tee - hit three greens, and two more nearly, and focussed on trail elbow. Really happy with today.
  22. Dornenglanz
    Recently I've been playing with only half a dozen or so clubs, and I've also been checking out some of the very short courses around the area, to focus on short game and approach shots. I've not felt inclined to trundle a trolley around, and my old pencil bag has broken straps and can only be carried like a suitcase. Yesterday, after walking with me for 18 holes, my partner said: you really should get yourself a new bag. So we popped into the shop, and there I found a thing that is apparently called a "moon bag". It's sort of floppy, if there are no sticks in it, and it doesn't have long legs that pull/rotate out - instead it has sort of "ears" that are a couple of inches long, so you lay the bag down and the clubs provide longitudinal structure, and the ears prop it up. It has a very nice carrying strap, and it waterproof, and has some useful pockets and stuff. I'm quite excited by it! I'll see if I can take some pictures later 🙂
  23. Dornenglanz
    Day 5: Played the 18 hole par 3, again mostly focussed on trail elbow. Was a slow group ahead and nobody behind, so I also putted a bunch of times to kill time.
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    Day 4: Set up a 4 foot putt with no break, and set up 2 sticks as rails either side. Challenge was to putt 50/50. I succeeded! Did feel like I was more aware of starting the ball on line, and tried using the line on the ball to help. Then did a bunch of 50-60 yard pitches, focussed on setup, and on keeping elbows close, and trail elbow down and in. Did some using the tour striker ball, and some without. Hit quite a lot of really quite nice shots, and generally felt as if I was doing the right thing. Finished with a putting competition with my daughter - we walked six holes, and then once we got the green, threw each others balls on the green somewhere, and putted out. 5 times per hole. She had a 2 shot handicap. She won 4-1! I think she's getting cut!
  25. Dornenglanz
    Day 3: Swings with plane station, steeper backswing, shallower down swing; same feel without; one handed swings with wedge.
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