Month: April 2021

It’s great to have had a couple of days’ competitive golf over a marvellous course and to test the work Coach Pete and I have been doing over the winter.  As always the latest Paul Lawrie Tartan Pro Tour event over Dornoch on Monday and Tuesday was really well run.   

I had a great couple of days, shooting 74 and 76, playing some shots that made me proud and some that quite frankly disappointed me.  What’s starting to dawn on me is that the poor shots weren’t necessarily down to a lack of skill, but more about my lack of my discipline in terms of routine and set up.  The really positive thing was that my shot choices were generally much better.

I would have liked to post better scores but there were just not enough birdies, which means that the bogies hurt like hell.  However I refused to give in on Tuesday in some challenging conditions. I stuck to my routine while holding on to my belief, and managed to claw back a reasonable score with three birdies in the last four holes. The fourth was in the jaws but a little short at the 17th.  So I’m thinking: “Calum it can be done”.

Now I’m just excited for the next event, yet to be confirmed.

……and another bonus was four cans of St Andrews Beer from the sponsors, which helped with relaxing in the Airbnb on Tuesday evening.

All the best
Calum

I’m delighted to say that my first tournament is just around the corner, up at Dornoch this coming Monday and Tuesday in the Tartan Pro Tour Royal Dornoch Masters. This is just one of a great schedule put together this year by Paul Lawrie.

The gradual easing of restrictions means that competitive golf is coming back. The senior schedule down south kicks off in May and it looks like European events will start in June.

I’m really excited to be getting back to it after a winter of working on my game with my coach Peter Whiteford. We’ve made some great improvements so now’s my chance to take them to the competition and see how I do – after all that’s the purpose of the hard work.

I’ll let you know how I go, and if you’re playing this weekend have fun out there.

All the best

Calum