hamster

btw, tha SW use was intentional to overcome my fear of using it. My thinking is that if I can hit the ball soundly with that one, the PW will come easier, just my own little experiment. btw how do I keep from hitting the ball with the front of the the club and sending it whizzing along the ground when I want it to go up in the air? Happened twice todauy and almost cost me the game.

My handicap would have to the max as I really am not v good and have only ever played 9 holes, guess that would equate to 14 for a 9-hole? I used the scoring system from Wiki to work it out ie: par 4 + 2 (my h/c) = 6 - I hit 5 = a score of 3? Y/N? par 3 + 1 (my h/c) = 4 - I hit 6 = a score of 0? Y/N? What's with all this golf clobber mallarkey anyway, does it improve your stroke? I might stretch to a pair of slacks but draw the line at anything paisley or tartan-like.

perhaps nearer the date I may do this. In the meantime could you ask a 'certain person' to ask another certain person tomorrow how the golf went as I won;t see the certain person until friday, I do believe that that certain person may get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the other certain persons response. It's been a long time coming.

At the Mountbatten (Lordshill I saw some chap tied to a chair and the two girls teased him with their boobs near to his mouth, which he was very 'up for'. They got him to 'open wide' and close his eyes then proceded to squirt baby powder in his gob, he was gagging for the rest of the night. Another time down at the Lydhust Park Hotel (City Plumbing do) and they were disgusting, I shudder thinking about it.

are you admitting to dressing in the attire of a **** then?

Are you on drugs? Or is it me? anyway... fall = testicles

/\ Yup, we'd be interested in that landford, we went with 2 others last week and that was good so the more the merrier I say. SMS start? Might mean a drive into soton just to drive back out again and some of those interested might live east side anyway. How's about some start at SMS and meet others at Hedge End M&S petrol station? Seemd to be the bikers meeting point last week and it's a good spot to grab a coffee and fill the tank?

Righto people, firsatly thanks for getting my mind 'in the zone' last night I actually did drift off to sleep visualising the game. Woke up early and was thinking about the game, staff meeting, I told the others that I was gonna beat them up and before we left for the course i reminded them that I was gonna beat them, just so that they had no doubt as to what i intended doing to them. By most standards I was not 'on fire' but for me (and them losers) I was unstoppable. Really enjoyed the whole 9 holes and didn't lose a single ball (found 4 whilst searching for their's though). Only went in the rough once which I recovered fairly well. Putted 3 on each hole apart from a 4 and a 2 so average 3 putts which was as big a suprprise to me as it was to them. Used my SW to chip onto the greens which I thought made my chips look quite measured and impressive and switcehd to shorter tee's which stopped me sky'ing my tee shots. I left my Woods in the boot and I won, I did it, I kicked their arses. pity I won;t be at the morning brief to rub their noses in it, but that will keep, fear not. Tried to work out my score using the Stableford method and I made my score 9, bearing in mind that I used the max handicap which I am nowhere actually near to yet, is that any good? Thde others weren't keen on me working out there scores this way but I did sense a little bit of sour grapes which I never realised before but sour grapes don;t taste that bad to me. I accept that I am crap at this stupid game but I am in love with it. I'm itching to get out there again and may even get up before midday on Thursday and get out there again by myslef. Best advice i took with me was to concentrate on the short game and putting, I got there early and putted for about a quarter of an hour which really settled me and I could even see an improvement. I know this because usually I am too shy to practice putting in front of others but tonight I was ruthless and put some lovely balls away, even from distance. Thanks all.

****ty, that's S_H_I_T_T_y

I shall get to that thread in good time. Suffice to say it all came together and I ****ing did it, I kicked their arses. More later on the other thread. My **** observations are based on the fact that I proved tonight that one's attire counts for diddly squat, I wore my work jeans and casual shirt, smelly socks and yesterday's underpants. I did cuccumb to the golf glove and spiked shoes but apart from that I wear clothes that i like for me, not for anyone else. Couldnt give a toss what anyone else thinks. ;-)

Do you really believe this Turkish?

People who are willing to fork out £20 a year to look a ****. People who sell the BIG ISSUE Students Cyclists People holding fishing rods and are convinced that fishing is a sport when it is clearly just impaling a worm on a jagged bit of wire until a stupid fish gets hungry enough to bite it......and then chuck it back. WTF is that all about? People who drink Rose wine...it's not wine. Any lager drinker People with electric golf carts. People with electric gold buggies. People with gert big drivers which sound really coll when they make contact with the ball even when the ball triclkles about 10 yerads. People who insist on wearing golf attire. People who drive buses. People with clip-boards.

/\ f'sure landford. The next two are ‘Performance Car Legends’ and ‘Classic Sunday’ http://www.goodwood.co.uk/whatson/whatson.aspx A pretty cool event and amazingly FREE ENTRY. Burgers @ £5 each is a bit steep but then again there's plenty of local pubs for lunch. Might be worth having a SWF meet if others are up for it? I'd go to the classic one, just need to find someone with a 'classic' car....that starts. Are you in a rush Red Alert, as seeing cars in their Sunday best might help narrow your search.

/\ Can we start with a quick game of 'World Cup'? 1 goal and you go through. I bagsy being West Germany

"Good golf is in the head" Cheers gaffer, I feel much more positive already, partly through analysing it all sat here away from the course as after a game i have also started blocking it out, and partly from reading tit-bits on here. Last week I played with one of the girls who is quite good for 10p a hole (that's big bucks for us poor public sector bunch) and I remember now that it only cost me 40p, so maybe all is not lost. Another positive is that I haven't been in the sand for 3 weeks which I am retrospecively please about. What would people say is a good way of marking a scorecard to see where one's game is at it's worst? I sometimes hit a god tee short and make a note of the club used, then next time around use the same club and fluff it. Golf's not a sport anyway so perhaps I should go back to marbles, now where did i leave my marbles?

dougall

You have obviously not seen me all jumpered up mrs b, I actually know how you birds feel when men (some not all) stare at your cleavages, at first it can be quite off-putting then I realised that I can use the 'jumper no shirt' look to my advantage.

Cheers Mr S. I almost cracked 50 (a 50 and a 51) when I dusted the clubs off a couple of months back then it all went downhill, I simply feel that I'm gonna fail before I hit the ball sometimes and tense up so much that I resort to just blindly swinging at the darned thing. I know it's the wrong approach but I hate to go through the set up all over when people are watching (and waiting). PMT I guess. I also factor in that when we (work buds) started again we were gonna have a kind of handicap system but they (the better of the crap players, as we all are tbh) since decided that it would be worked out purely on actual scores and hence I am probably about 3rd bottom of the works league. I think that dented my aspirations a tad and perhaps at the back of my mind is a sort of 'sod it' resentment. actually, now that i think about it I am itching to get out there tomorrow and kick their 'air-shots don't count if hamster don't spot 'em, rule-changing, charlatans. That's what they are; a bunch of charlatans and I is gonna whoop there sorry arses. This time tomoz i shall be sat here with a celebratory Guinness with a smile from ear to ear. BRING IT ON. GRRRRR!!!!

Assuming that Smirker doesn't mind me jumping in: I'm playing 9 at Otterbourne tomorrow and although I play purely for fun my game has nose-dived over the past month. I strted using my woods and think that this is where I have lost my way after reading comments above. Thanks for the advice on here and I am going to experiment with the irons and plan to arrive early to have a play on the putting green. Having said that the practice green is pretty flat compared to one or two of the real ones up there. It's only after applying the logical thinking that the penny drops; I've taken 6 or 7 putts on one or two holes, the more frustrated I get the worse I get, any tips for relaxing and getting 'in the zone' would be appreciated. NB Due to early start for work tomorrow I shall be able to arrive at least half an hour before the others for the game. How best should I use this time?

He was at the Gaumont recently watching Riverdance. Maybe he is dating a lassie in the chorus line?

Just to confirm (PM'ed Minty) that neither my bruv nor I will be available now, sorry for getting everyone's hope's up.

rod

gawp

Saints NOT mentioned in the article below. Does this mean that we ARE in the hunt? "Gillingham striker Simeon Jackson could soon be on his way out of Priestfield if the events of the last week are anything to go by. Jackson was coy on his future when quizzed about his situation during a corporate event at the club last week. Norwich City, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers are all rumoured to be interested in Jackson, who has scored 42 goals from 98 starts for the Kent club to date. And chairman Paul Scally has confirmed the club had received a number of offers for the Canadian international, though none had met the club’s valuation of the player. Jackson’s contract with the club expires at the end of the 2010-2011 season and he is not expected to sign a new deal, meaning Gillingham would have to sell him this season in order to make a profit from Jackson, who arrived from Rushden & Diamonds for £150,000 back in January 2008. The longer Gillingham hang on to Jackson, and the closer he gets to the end of his contract, the lower his transfer price is likely to be, and Gills365 understands the club will look to sell Jackson before the season kicks off in order to achieve the best possible price and to give new manager Andy Hessenthaler time and funds to bring in a suitable replacement.

biscuit