Let There Be Light

So here we go, a new start.

I love golf, I love everything about golf but I fell out of love with playing the game.

I had major surgery on my knee in 2009 so basically missed the whole of that year.

Thankfully I got a medical exemption from my club so managed to keep my handicap for 2010, but playing to 14 was a major issue. To be honest I did not really enjoy playing.

I honestly did not realise how much I used my left knee until then. Even though I had received the medical all clear, my sub conscious was simply not allowing me to commit to a full follow through.  I developed not so much a slice but a straight right block. 2010 just became hugely frustrating.

So to 2011, which just became a huge catalogue of errors.

Error 1 was changing my irons. I had a brilliant set of Mizuno’s with project X 5.5 shafts, I genuinely loved these clubs. But after a couple of pre season rounds with friends everyone thought my block had come from having shifts that where too stiff.
So like a fool I put my beloved Mizuno’s on e bay.

Then came error 2. After a week of hitting various irons I settled on a set of Callaway Razr X irons. Now with money being tight I thought I would trawl the internet for a set.

Yes I can see you all shaking your heads!

What a set of duds! These where as much the genuine articles as I am a Gerrard Butler look alike! I could not hit a cows arse with a banjo! Ernie Els could have not used these bloody things.

This was now June, I had no medal rounds done and now had no irons.

It became a case of beg steal or borrow just to get playing.

But I found a set of traded in Taylor Made burners, cheap, but it would get me going, well so I thought. I was struggling to shoot under 90!

Confidence was at an all time low.

Convinced it was the shafts or the lie I ordered another set!

I wanted the project X shaft but with forged heads, so went for the Wilson FG Tours, in the exact same set up as my beloved Mizuno’s.

By now I was hitting my 4 & 7 irons the same distance!

Playing became a major chore, so I just quit and lapsed my handicap.

So hence the creation of this blog.

The plan is a simple one.

I have 4 lessons booked with Iain Bratton at Newburgh Upon Ythan, after he gets me back into a swing the plan is to go and get properly custom fitted for a set of irons and then get my handicap back.

I will blog every step of the way, the good, the bad and the ugly.

This is not going to be one of these “get to scratch” blog’s, its going to be a simple journey to get back, and enjoying, playing.

Hopefully every week any of you will be able to recognise or get help, from what I am going through.

Lets hope we have an interesting journey.