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In a holding pattern but, still moving forward


Today's stack session was conducted ahead of a ten hole match / competition and, whilst there's no overall speed bump today there were some PB's...

Starting with the comp, it was affected by the weather, as the ground frost means we're currently on temporary greens. This is a very unusual situation for our course and was compounded by the lower section of the course being closed entirely (holes 14-16), with these holes usually part of the ten hole loop we'd play. In lieu of the missing holes we played 17 and 18 first and then back to 1 through 7, across to 13 and then back down 18 to finish but off a forward tee.

I played really well and scored 20 stableford points, with one blob on SI.1 having hooked a couple OB left off the tee I wrote off the hole. I had five pars, the most satisfying of which was on 18 the first time round, as I chipped in from 30 yards. 21 points won the competition, so not far off (if only I hadn't had that blob on 6...), although there was five of us sharing that second spot on the podium by all accounts.

In terms of the stack session it's the first time I haven't seen an eSpeed bump since using the system but, that's not to say there wasn't improvement. In set 1, with the 235g weight on the stack, I PB'd 3 times, starting with the 82, then the 83 before rounding out with three 84's.

I definitely feel like it's having a benefit whilst out on course too, not only off the tee but incrementally throughout the bag.

Let's keep pushing, 110mph here we come!!!

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