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A mixed bag...

No, I'm not talking about the clubs in my bag, I'm talking about the results both on and off the course this week.

Let's start with the stack training, which for one reason or another seems to have stalled out when it comes to the all important max intent swings with the 195g weight. Wednesday's session saw that set average out at 89mph meaning my eSpeed and Distance Potential took a hit as a consequence. However, I did break a new set record on the 125g weight with a 95, besting my 94 that had previously sat as the tide line.

I proceeded to card an 81 with 1 birdie and 4 pars on my next 18 hole round, hitting 58% of the fairways, a measly 22% of greens in regulation, whilst taking 32 putts.

It was a back-to-back day for the next stack session with a round to follow, which I know I said I wasn't going to do this week but, needs must when you're trying to speed train and improve on the course too. 

The problem with doing this is I think I don't fully commit to the max swings in set 4 and as a result it was the slowest I've technically been since I started training. However, that's not to say I was slow across the board, as I set a new record on the 105g twice in the same set, first with a 95 and then a 98 (previous best was 94). So, I still think there's progress, even if the needle hasn't moved on the headline number for a number of sessions now.

As for the round that followed, it was another steady outing with another chip in (on #3), another birdie (on #4) and six pars. Odd that I felt like I putt well in this round too considering I had 3x 3 putts, which is high for me, but still only 31 putts total.

Reflecting on the stack sessions this week I'd like to point out that whilst the results in those sessions might not be showing up in the numbers, they are in my play. I'm further off the tee at the moment than I have been since the summer, without the advantage of the run out we'd get in those conditions, which bodes well for not only now but also the season ahead.

I also put this card forward as a general play card, as whilst I could easily turn up to some of the competitions over the next few months and win, I don't want to be known as a bandit, after all I'm improving and I want my handicap to reflect that progress. 

As you'll see from the lead image on this post, that means I'm now down to 13.4 from 14 and heading in the right direction towards single figures...


Inch-by-inch, we're moving forward, let's keep going!

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