Random Golf Thoughts

The club house wouldnt bother me to be honest. I couldn't tell you that last time I went into one to have food, or a pint… I'm very time precious in my current stage of life for golfing!

I'm from the rural midlands, and a lot of clubs around me put in big club houses during the 90's/00's. Some of them are only open and operational the few odd hours over the weekend these days, and some have not seen a penny put into them since and are quite a sorry sight!

Just give me a well managed course with available tee times and I'm happy.

I was a member there for 4 years when I lived in Dublin, and it was well managed to be fair. Course was always in good nick and I was a big fan of the turf driving range! Lads in the pro shop were sound, and I used to like the fact that if you got there early before your round, they'd let you out on the 7 hole to play 1 or 2 warm up holes.

The down sides were, the time sheet was quite busy, so you had to be on the ball when booking a slot. Especially when the world and its mother took up golf after covid! Also, while its an aesthetically pleasing track, its not the most challenging and very forgiving in spots, you could go round after round there without coming close to losing a golf ball! Its definitely worth playing though if in the Dublin area, and looking for a reasonable priced round of golf on a well maintained track.

Spiked almost year-round for me. It feels like I've no grip with any spikeless shoe I've tried. Only use them if the course is baked and bone dry or during practice. Spikeless feels like you're wearing trainers on a greasy football pitch. It's not that my feet are dancing around or screwing hard into the ground, I put it down to playing sports when I was younger.

I have ZX7s and had Z765/965 combo set before that. The combo set were second hand had plenty of dents and dings so I didn't notice any extras that I added but the ZX7s were virtually new when I got them. They were pristine so I got head covers for them. I'm glad I did because after almost two years of use, they're still in good shape. The Srixon forged clubs are really soft and mark easily. I don't get the negative attitude to iron covers.

I bought a pair which arrived yesterday. They feel very good when I tried them on. So seem fine. I suppoes I won't know properly until I try them while playing.

Bought 2 tops as well as they were a good price but size seems very big for large. I'm usually ok with most brands in size large but these are very baggy. I've been put off before with their sizing, it seems all over the place

Always go a smaller size with Druids gear think someone mentioned it here before. I find their stuff great once you get sizing right.

Received an email from my club inviting members to take part in a winter league on the recently installed trackman studio that our new pro looks after. Three rounds of 9 hole singles stableford where WHI applies on three different courses. First one being Adare, closest I’ll ever get to playing there so have signed up!
Just wondered if anyone else’s club does this and if you’ve taken part? It’s a new one for me.

Link ?

Is the BRS app acting up for anyone? For about the last week it keeps kicking me out whenever I try to access our club timesheet

The is the message:

If I access BRS via the Web browser it's fine, but this was intermittent last week when our timesheet opened and constant this evening

Same for me. I saw the error occasionally over the weekend but was able to get past it eventually. Getting the error constantly this evening

Logged out. Reset the password and seems to be working fine after that.

Took my first lesson there on Monday, got out to the range yesterday to try out what I'm working on (moving away from too steep a swing, making sure its inside/out) and boy does it take a lot of concentration to break out of your normal swing.

Hoping to grab nine holes Monday with a friend and interested to see how good/bad it will be mid swing change! Going to expect to come in a few shots worse than before while it beds in