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TG Blog: The challenge comes to an end

David West, 29 September 2011 15:43

Thursday 29 September It's now been 369 days since I first played golf. I've played on 44 golf courses, playing 130 rounds of 18 holes and 80 rounds of 9 holes. I've taken 16,473 strokes at an average of 5.4 strokes per hole. This does not include all the time I have spent practising. At the end of the year ...

TG Blog: One year up and it's final challenge time

David West, 16 September 2011 09:33

Friday 16th September 2011 That's it, the year is up. There is no more time to practice. It's now time to see how far I've come. Next week is challenge week. It is 361 days since I played my first round of golf, 353 days since I set myself this challenge and it's time for the test... after one year ...

TG Blog: Breaking into the 70s

David West, 02 September 2011 12:51

Friday 2nd September I'm into the final month of my challenge. In three weeks time it will all be over. And things are heating up. Two weekends ago I shot 80 for the first time. Happily, the occasion was the medal competition at my club, Mount Pleasant, and a net score of 62 saw me win the competition. The fact ...

TG Blog: Confidence comes and confidence goes

David West, 19 August 2011 16:44

Friday 19th August 2011 I had a catch up session with James last week where he wanted to assess how capable I was of playing different types of shots. I stood with a ball at my feet and a 6-iron in my hand and waited for an instruction... "High draw" said James. After a couple of swings to get the ...

TG Blog: Handling the pressure

David West, 05 August 2011 16:51

Friday 5th August 2011 In the last two weeks I have played eight rounds of golf of which seven have been in competitions and none have been on my home course at Mount Pleasant. This phase of my challenge is supposed to have two major benefits; to allow me to become more comfortable playing new and different courses and to ...

TG Blog: "I'm not going to make it"

David West, 25 July 2011 11:11

Friday 22 July I'm not going to make it. I'm not going to be a scratch golfer. There, I said it. When I'm playing well and I'm 'in the zone' I believe I can do it. People I play with say I hit the golf shots of a scratch golfer – and I believe I do. But when the pressure ...

TG Blog: 10 weeks to go

David West, 08 July 2011 17:35

Friday 8th July Back in March, six months after my first ever round of golf, I submitted cards from three consecutive rounds in order to gain an official handicap. At the time my target was to achieve a handicap of lower than 15., but my three rounds were only good enough for an 18 handicap. Nearly four months have passed ...

TG Blog: Becoming my own analytical caddie

David West, 24 June 2011 13:42

Friday 24th June There are three months to go and the pressure is on. After nine months of hard work it feels like the crunch is coming and I need something to show for it. This, of course, only adds to the pressure. Each time I go out I think, 'this is the day when it all comes together', and yet ...

TG Blog: Get the head right and the rest will follow

David West, 10 June 2011 09:48

Friday 10th June The last two weeks have been about changing the focus of the challenge. We have spent the best part of nine months working to make sure my body knows how to play the shots I need to be a scratch golfer, now we are concentrating on what goes on in my head. Last week I was given ...

TG Blog: Get a grip

David West, 27 May 2011 09:56

Friday 27th May 2011 I had my first golf lesson more than eight months ago now. The entire lesson was spent on the less-than-exciting topic of 'how to grip a golf club'. This week I've had to do it all over again. Over and over again. I'd been very happy with my golf recently; I was hitting longer than ever ...

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