The Right Frame of Mind

With the Race to Dubai entering its final furlong, there were a couple of occurrences which made me think about the mental side of golf and the impact that it has.

I wrote previously about misplaced confidence in my own golf game and the times that it has come back to bite me in the arse so it was extremely interesting to see two professional golfers at opposite ends of the 'Good Place Mentally' spectrum on the same course over the weekend.

A Comedy of (Golfing) Errors

With appropriate apologies to the Bard, my round of golf at Millbrook GC on Monday afternoon, with my brother-in-law Greg, didn't exactly light the high-quality fires or threaten the upper reaches of the OWGR.

5 things I love about golf

It is now under a week until Gribber and I will be playing golf which, coming a mere three weeks since I last played, puts me firmly into 'regular golfer' territory. With my anticipation building ahead of Monday afternoon, I thought I would pen a few things I love about the game of golf.

5 things learnt in golf this week

1. If at first you don't succeed... 

A pyrrhic victory

I had waited 38 days for the opportunity to play a round of golf, so I was loathe to let a dose of man-flu (or was it ebola?) rain on the parade.