It’s been a busy few weeks with a few tournaments to catch up on since my last blog, so here goes……
The Paul Lawrie Ladybank Masters was cut short due to a flooded course on the second day. I was reasonably pleased with my two over par on the first day, with a strong finish with birdies at 14 and 15, giving me a top 30 finish. Driving was good but iron striking was a little off resulting is some missed greens and a few up and downs. My putting stayed strong, building on the previous week at St Andrews.
Then it was down to Richmond on Thames on the Saturday for the Masters Pro Tour Sunday Pro Am followed by the two round tournament. I had a great team on the Sunday. We played some good golf between us and importantly had some fun along the way, finishing just outside the top three. The great thing is that it was a chance to play the course and pick up some local knowledge. I carded two over on day one with a couple of birdies, but slumped to seven over day two due to really poor driving. It’s so difficult when you can’t get the hole started, a struggle from the off really. However limiting the damage and keeping the score in control resulted in a win for me in the over 58 years category. So, all in all, not a bad few days’ work, then back North and to the range to sort my driving.
This Thursday and Friday past it was the Paul Lawrie Panmure Masters, over the course at Barry, which I’m growing to really enjoy. To me it’s a kind of shorter sister to Carnoustie Links and in excellent condition. I was four over both days, a bit disappointing but still enjoyed the challenge. My driving was back on, my putting continues to improve but my irons were a bit off…..the great thing for me was that I was able to sus out why and recover the situation and get my takeaway back on plane. This for me is testament to the work Coach Pete has put in with me to improve my understanding of my golf swing. Rather than just keep doggedly doing the same thing, hoping it will improve, I changed something and it worked…..that’s the difference for me now. The penny Coach Pete gave me has finally dropped !!!
After a real nice day today relaxing, it’s off back down South to Reading for the Masters Pro Tour Championship over The Caversham today (Monday) and tomorrow.
Will let you know how we go.
All the best
Calum