4th place and the exciting new season

Sooo close, but a windy final round gave me 17 points and a 4th place finish in the Winter singles competition. As I probably mentioned, the comp comprised of 10 rounds of 11 holes and your top 6 stableford scores were calculated. I managed to post 7 scores with my lowest being a miserable, frozen greened, snow covered fairway 13 (not making excuses honest). I was really hoping for a twenty something on the last round to wipe out that 13 but the strong wind was a real challenge to play in even the putting was difficult.
     Over my last few rounds and range sessions I have been really pleased with my ball striking, it has felt crisp and accurate, also I have been shaping the ball really nicely when needed, which is becoming a handy asset. I mentioned in my last post about Don Trahans new site swingsurgeon.com, well I can tell you, the first couple of weeks have been excellent (bar a few technical issues, which all new sites have). Dons son DJ has been sending video links from the Sony Open which take you inside the ropes of the PGA Tour professional, also Don is back with his snow covered daily blogs, reminding us of the fundamentals and general tips. All well worth a watch and I really like the direction the new site is going.
     Going back to the end of my last post and I spoke briefly about another (really important) part of my game/journey, The Mental side of Golf. I stumbled across a link to the Golf State Of Mind and after receiving the free Ebook and 5 emails I decided to purchase the program (a snip at £8). It basically came as an MP3 with over 1 hours worth of tips to help you control your thought throughout your round and swing. What an eye opener, I now have a solid, unshakable pre shot routine, which has been allowing me to focus on the positive and feel of my shots rather than the mechanics of the swing. Using this program has also helped my learning of the surges swing as I now trust what I am practicing rather than trying to tweak during the course of a round. I can't wait for this season I feel really positive about my game and the direction my learning is going in........watch out handicap.

Winter competition 2010/2011 final results

New year, new start

Happy New Year, the 2011 golf season can't come quick enough. Finally the snow has gone (for now) and golfers everywhere are rushing back to the course to try out their new tips and practiced routines (maybe that's just me ha ha). Well I for one am really looking forward to a number of things this coming season,

• Getting properly fitted for a new set of irons as my Ping G10's, although great irons,  just don't seem to fit well since adopting my new swing, plus I managed to have a trial with some semi blade irons and they felt really nice with much more control.
• I am currently on the waiting list for a place in the William Hunt Trilby Tour williamhunttrilbytour which is the best amateur national golf tournament in the UK so fingers and toes crossed.
• Don and DJ Trahan (my mentors) have created a new web site swingsurgeon which is currently being designed to improve on the old site and give its members a whole new golf learning experience, I can't wait to see what's in store. (From my previous blog posts you may have heard me mention PPGS, hard not to really ha ha, well Don Trahan (The Swing Surgeon) had some conflicts of interests with his partners at the old site and therefore parted company and created the swing surgeon website. I have always had the sense to stick with something/someone that is good for me so in Don I trust).
• The chance to play a full season at my club Priors Hall as I joined last season in June and missed out on 4 months worth of great tournaments (this affected my order of merit chances).
• Documenting my 2011 season progress on this blog and adding much more interesting bits and pieces to hopefully attract like minded golfers and swing surgeon students from the UK and all over the world.

Recently I received a great comment from an avid golfer and swing surgeon student (Bob MacLean). He mentioned something which I have been attempting to do via this or the swing surgeon blog and that is to maybe create a group/society of UK surge students that could meet up for a round or a range session where we could all compare stories and maybe help each other to reach our targets using Dons swing methods. Hopefully if I receive enough feedback/interest we could arrange something in the future.
     Please feel free to comment with any suggestions or just to talk golf, and remember,
IN DON TRAHAN WE TRUST http://swingsurgeon.com

ps. check out The Golf State of Mind its really interesting and well worth it (it has given me a whole new approach to the mental side of the game, I will talk more about in my next post, http://www.golfstateofmind.com