Slothmano

I have only played a few rounds in the past few months due to weather and medical issues.

I had not seen a certain local member for a while. Top bloke, near retirement, bullet proof.

This guy was a genuinely nice guy and toured around playing a lot of golf around the region so it was not unusual to "not see him" for weeks at a time. We played regularly when he was around. If I make it to 60 I would love to be as fit and healthy as this guy.

I found out he was diagnosed with an aggressive tumour in his brain. It sounds like he left it too long to seek help. I won't go into it but in the 5 weeks since he was diagnosed, he has been in surgery 3 times and I believe the 4th is about to happen

I live in a great town/city on the coast. Unfortunately 30 minutes north is "hippie" central and a rampart antivax community.

My little boy is immunised on time as per the schedule and I actively try to shut down antivax garbage locally when I see it. (including a screening of vaxxed at a local church that was surprised when I informed them of its content).

So it looks like my little one has picked up Whooping Cough (waiting for the tests to confirm and I can't say much more in case it comes back negative and it causes a panic in child care centres etc).

Its mild due to the immunisations but wholly hell in a handbag it is still pretty awful listening to the little guy struggling.

I don

Right. So I am one of those guys. I have been trying to see how low I can go handicap wise and so I put a lot of expectation on myself on the course.

But I lose my shit...a LOT. I know it is my weakest point of my game but all the sports I ever played anger helped me physically. I really really struggle with this.

So, I am looking for help. Where do I go? What do I try?

I need methods and techniques to help cope with it on the course. I am not one for "hippie bullshit" as in "feel the inner chokras collide in your internal anal canal" crap. I am happy to accept that mentally things can change, just no idea how.

Any books, recommendations....??

I am thinking meditation but I have no frea

Just something I would share as it might encourage others.

A golf forum I used to visit had a thread where they would nominate "fines" for their play and donate to a charity of their choice.

I decided to do this starting from around March this year when I started logging and reviewing my rounds etc.

Pretty simple for every Double Bogey and 3 Putt, $2. For every time I "quit" mentally on the round, $20. Every shank..$50.

I will change it this year to evolve with my goals. Probably keep the doubles and 3 putts and the mentally quits. However I don't shank. So I might change that to something about the mental game for $10.

However today beyondblue got my donation. It might have only been

Jeazus.

I bought this on a whim the other month after I read it was like the original XCOM. I bloody loved the 1990's version (well it was 1990's when I got it anyway) and played it way too much.

When someone said XCOM with swords...I was there.

So I get no time to play games much any more, a little here, a little there. 100 hours later after only having it a short time....

I have not played anything other than Veteran/Ironman...I have gotten to 70 days once....and I love the failure.

Its so awesome to finally play a game that punished you for the simplest mistake....oh look, you forgot to rotate that dude...guess who is dead next turn.

Oh whats that, you have done nothing wrong but al

Ok. I have always had an issue with spin off my wedges. I generate a bucket load and it gets me in trouble.

I have been struggling hitting greens recently from 100 meters in so spin has been on the back burner, but I have corrected this miss direction "hopefully" but need to learn how to control spin.

On the weekend I had 2 decidedly disastrous spin effects. The first was a full 54 degree wedge in from around 75 meters into the wind. Good contact, landed a foot past, to the right, exactly where I wanted....spin. It spun back around 20 feet...maybe more.

next one was with the wind, 50 degree from around 95 meters out. Great shot landed 2-3 foot past (exactly where I wanted it) and proceed

I love my weekly golf. Mainly its the only 4 hours that are "mine" during the week. I play it for fun and to improve....but this Saturday.

Had our work Xmas do on just after lunch, so figured would skip this Saturday's golf. Mate convinced me to play ...I still didn't want to. But Ok..7:15 tee off....waaaayyy to early for me..but alright.

Get there early, shop not open. No probs, have a putt and chip. I need to hit about 20-30 golf balls just to get my back moving...getting old. To add to this I swapped my shaft in the driver back to a softer, easier to swing shaft to help my back on the day. I put my old shaft upside down in my bag (mistake) because if I could not get the driver working I

Ok...so I have a favourite ball. Srixon Z XV.

I spat my dummy a few weeks back and baseball hit a ball with the putter after another 3 putt. Into the bush...gone. Came back to practice on that hole and went and found the ball....my precious.

Last week I was warming up with some chips and skinnied a ball through the fence into thick bush (thick prickly sob's). Out of reach of my putter. Worst part, that was the first shot with it.

Soooo I am going to practice tonight on the way home and I have longer clubs with me....just in case I get a chance with noone watching to stretch through the fence and get that damn ball....my precious.

Am I the only one who does this?? I mean its not like I c

Played locally, Albany West Aust. Strong winds up and down with heavy rain fall on and off.

One of my 3 woods I got under it, into the wind, was coming backward in the end. 50 meters forward, 100+ left.

81 entrants. 1 player hit to HC or better. I lost gross on a countback with 12 over...12 over won Gross...sheesh. 2 birdies on the par 3's for the entire field...DSR of 76...highest I have ever seen it. 32 points and my handicap still dropped.

Tough tough day on the course. Come on summer...I need a break from these soft, windy, wet conditions...