How many golfers do we have on AWIMB? Over the past couple of months I have become

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Originally Posted by WES

Short game I, had a scratch golfer tell me 50% of your practice time should be chipping and putting. Had one lesson on each and with practice they both went from a weakness to a strength. Hdcp went from 11 to 7 almost entirely because of my short game.

Vilamoura every June with 3 mates for golf, boozing, eating and other <cough> indulgences, life is good :-)

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Broadly agree. Getting from tee to (near) the green is the easier bit. Decent scrambling is where you get your scores down.

Must play more next year. Costs about ?80 a round at the frequency I play nowadays...

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Originally Posted by Rich

very much involved. Got some decent clubs and have improved a lot through watching YouTube videos and hitting 100 balls at the range a couple of times a week.

But now I'm wondering if some lessons with a pro would be benefical? My good mates mostly play but three of them are off scratch (one of them better than that). This makes me playing with them more them watching me as I attempt to go around in less than 90-95.

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Not a golfer but golf courses make excellent hunting grounds during the Winter months; both shooting and coursing, so I'm a lifelong fan..

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Not a golfer but golf courses make excellent hunting grounds during the Winter months; both shooting and coursing, so I'm a lifelong fan..

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I play winter golf, red. Careful now :-(

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I play winter golf, red. Careful now :-(

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We were there first, I'm afraid. That's why even the ancient cave paintings of Indonesia depict hunting scenes rather than golf matches.

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Not a golfer but golf courses make excellent hunting grounds during the Winter months; both shooting and coursing, so I'm a lifelong fan..

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Shooting birdies, r, I assume...

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I play winter golf, red. Careful now :-(

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Winter golf is for deviants, w :judge:

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Shooting birdies, r, I assume...

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Yeah. I like partridge but my mates, I don't know; their nerves and eyes have gone to pot from a lifetime of too much strong drink so we mostly go after pheasant nowadays.

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Winter golf is for deviants, w :judge:

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It?s all about getting through it and then the banter, the Guinness and the Welsh rarebit in the clubhouse afterwards, I :nod:

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It?s all about getting through it and then the banter, the Guinness and the Welsh rarebit in the clubhouse afterwards, I :nod:

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I'd rather just go to the pub, w.

wd the pub imo

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Originally Posted by IUFG

I'd rather just go to the pub, w.

wd the pub imo

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You cannot argue with the pub :-)