Short Game Woes

UK Handicap; 3.3 USGA Handicap; 4.2

Another two games this weekend, and I feel worse about my game than I did at the start of the weekend.

Played in a stableford competition early on Saturday, and manage to provide everyone with entertainment by taking a divot off the first tee that started a good 6 inches before the ball. Somehow I managed to scramble a par, after leaving myself 190 yards to the green instead of the usual 90.

After 11 holes I was 3 over par, and had 3-putted 4 times. I lost my game completely after that, a very similar game to the previous week. Finished with a total of 6 3-putts, and missed the handicap buffer zone by 6 shots. It is pretty soul destroying hitting greens (although not particularly close to the hole), and knowing that once every 3 holes a shot will be thrown away by taking 3 putts to get down.

On Sunday I practised for a couple of hours, then played 9 holes on the course. It was pretty mediocre stuff, as well as having putting problems I have now developed issues with my chipping, hitting one shot fat a total of about 3 yards, followed by a thin shot that zips and trundles past the hole at a high speed. Repeat process for about 45 minutes, and slowly simmer.

To that end, I have decided to get my first lesson of the year next Sunday. The irons are alright at the moment, nothing more, my short game is appalling, and my putting is like watching a horror movie. The only positive thing in my game at the moment is my driving, everything is going long, with a nice little draw on it.

The other positive item is that I don't appear to have gone up 0.1 for my game last Sunday, no results have been published, so I can only imagine that due to the lack of entrants, and the playing conditions, that the competition was declared void and the handicaps haven't been adjusted upwards.