Rob and I on the 18th

A fantastic view of the 18th and Club house.

The 13th and the Gorse bush

This view of 13 gives a great idea of the fairway width and length of rough. The other picture is of Gorse bush which is like natures golf ball swallowing barbed wire.

Remember the basics

At every professional event in the world go to the Range and you will see the same thing. Alignment aids, and more often than not just a simple shaft or club on the ground just to make sure no bad habits aren't formed.

Yet visit a driving range or practice fairway full of club golfers and you would be hard pressed to find and alignment aid.

Just remember it is golf not rocket science!

Aim at the target and you have a chance of hitting it.

The Open Championship at Birkdale

Just fantastic easily the years best event

transport change

There are some perks to working with one of the worlds best players it is very hard to que up again

Great Chipping

The key to great chipping is to use your body to hit the shot not your arms and hands. notice in this picture of my follow through my arms are still in front of my body which is facing the target. on top of this my head has rotated to watch the shot.
to practice this get yourself some plastic practice balls and chip them towards a mirror and see if you can achieve a finish position like this.
Good golfing

Has the game changed?

Here is a picture I took in 2006 which highlights the change in golf equipment over the past 70 years. The clubs on the right were my Grandfathers and the other set mine. Not only are there more clubs and the shafts steel and graphite instead of wood, but the lenghts are also massively different with the only wood in my Granfathers bag being the same lenght as my 3 iron.
The clubs have changed as have the balls and the equipment which maintains the course. However the love of the game is still the same.