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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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Nefyn is lovely, played at Hollyhead in an open comp last friday thats ok, Carden Park the Nicklaus Course is good,

Nefyn is my favourite course in UK (the old back 10 not the new ones), it's brilliant

 

Royal St David's is very good around there too as in Conway. Pwhelli and Porthmadog are alreet but if you're around there avoid Abersoch it's shit

 

I don't rate Mottram, the back 9 is long but it's overplayed and I've never seen it in good nick. Same with Shrigley

 

 

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Houghwood st helens way is a decent course that does buggies. When i played it we walked it though and nearly died but the course was lovely and the greens were awesome even tho we played back end of winter.

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i had a 79 gross today...playing ok at the moment

 

Thats a cracking knock. I played superb front 9 this morning just 3 over at the turn. My swing then decided to fuck off to the clubhouse while i stayed out there to chop my way to an 86 :roll:

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cheers play off 8...and have played on and off since i was11...but seriously again for the last two years..want to get to category 1 this season

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cheers play off 8...and have played on and off since i was11...but seriously again for the last two years..want to get to category 1 this season

 

Your going the right way by the sounds of it. I only started playing properly last winter after just playing occasionally. I only play off 18 but our handicap qualifying comps only start on this Saturday coming. Looking forward to getting my handicap down, long way to cat one for me yet though :thumbsup:

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I'm off 10

 

Was 8 two seasons ago but steadily got worse

 

Was having a good roun today without anything special and triple bogeyed the last with a right royal balls up. Standard scratch was high though do dropped 0.3

 

Wet and windy in Stockport this morning

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ive only just taken it up properly, im off 21 my aim is to be down to 18 by the end of the season hopefully.

yea me too aint got an handicap yet just trying to get used to hitting the ball consistently mitton fold inbetween blackburn and whalley do the buggies thing but you'll need em because its hilly as fuck by the way if any body can give me a tip to stop me topping the ball would be grateful i'm terrible with my irons all right with my driver tho

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yea me too aint got an handicap yet just trying to get used to hitting the ball consistently mitton fold inbetween blackburn and whalley do the buggies thing but you'll need em because its hilly as fuck by the way if any body can give me a tip to stop me topping the ball would be grateful i'm terrible with my irons all right with my driver tho

 

Aim for an inch lower than the ball.

 

Happy to help

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Houghwood st helens way is a decent course that does buggies. When i played it we walked it though and nearly died but the course was lovely and the greens were awesome even tho we played back end of winter.

 

not far from me that, played it for the first time the other month, liked it

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are thee lifting thee head up to quickly to see where the balls gone before thee have hit it?

that could be the problem got a mate in the pub who says he'll go for a game with me and give me a few pointers i did'nt do too badly today but god knows how the pro's hit the ball so far with their irons went and did 9 holes today it was only a small course called highfield near wheelton but its a tricky one went round in 41 its a par 30 so did'nt think it was to bad

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yea me too aint got an handicap yet just trying to get used to hitting the ball consistently mitton fold inbetween blackburn and whalley do the buggies thing but you'll need em because its hilly as fuck by the way if any body can give me a tip to stop me topping the ball would be grateful i'm terrible with my irons all right with my driver tho

 

I had that problem when i started. I was told remember that the swing is a rotation of your upper body and stay down throught the shot. I was lifting up on downsing trying to get it airbourne.

 

If you are struggling have a lesson with a pro and they will probably solve that in one go.

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not far from me that, played it for the first time the other month, liked it

 

Yeah i enjoyed it. Needed 3 pints straight after just so i could breathe though, it was a fucking hilly bugger!

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