Spring Valley Golf Club (55)

Today was the 11th annual Parkview Hotel Golf Day at Spring Valley Golf Club in the Melbourne Sandbelt.

The weather was great although a strong breeze made some holes play long today.

An ambrose completion our 4 man team had us all on similar handicaps, which is probably not ideal for an ambrose, but an enjoyable day.  We didn't make enough putts early on and so ended up a couple over par.

Wonderful hosts at Spring Valley, with a superb BBQ dinner concluding the day.

Growling Frog Golf Course (-)

The next SGA Victoria game at the Growling Frog course north of Melbourne.

This was also my second round game in the SGA Matchplay.  My opponent had to concede 5 shots.

We were scheduled to start on the 1st hole but a late hiccup meant we started with a shotgun start on the 9th hole.

A reasonably steady start whilst my opponent was struggling had me a few holes up.

Eventually held on to win 3 and 2 and progress to third round.

Morack Golf Driving Range - Swing Profile App

As slightly different post to usual but have been trying to get to the range and work on the long ingrained out to in swing of mine.

Managed to get to the range just before sunrise - best part of the day you know.

The Swing Profile app has a auto capture function so you can set up your phone/camera device behind you press the record button and wait for it to show green on the screen and it will auto record each swing.

The free version only records last 3 swings, so am thinking of upgrading.  The best feature to me is the automatically drawn lines that give you the opportunity to see clearly what the swing is doing.  These don't appear on the exported video though


Still some work on that first downward motion for me.

Yarra Yarra Golf Club (34) - Choice Hotels Charity Day 2017

An invitation to attend the 2017 Choice Hotels charity day to raise money for Kids Under Cover at the fantastic Yarra Yarra Golf Club in Melbourne's sand belt.

Yarra Yarra Golf Club

The weather was not kind with a few showers on and off during the day. 



We started on the par 5 18th hole but never managed to get enough birdie putts close enough to convert.

The Kids Under Cover charity is a great charity helping prevent youth homelessness and if you ever have a old car that you don't know what to do with, you can donate it!

Lang Lang Golf Club ( - )

A very early start for the 1 hr drive south east to Lang Lang Golf Club.  We seemed to be even too early for the pro shop staff as the gates were still closed on arrival.

Some locals were around enjoying the cooler conditions before the rain.

Another SGA Victoria game and a cooler start to the day

Par 4 first hole

We were the first group off the 1st, so got away slightly early to try and beat the weather than was looking a little ominous.

Short par 4 third hole



A mix of holes on the front nine, some longer par 4's but also some really nice shorter holes where it is all about placement off the tee and ability to hit short irons.  Today our distance judgement was not great.

Par 4 10th hole

A total of 4 wiped holes and 8 points on the front nine, before starting the back nine with a par 4 on the dogleg 10th.

Par 4 14th hole

The rain finally arrived around the 14th hole and although only for a few holes it was reasonably heavy and enough to make it unpleasant, wet clubs, ground and conditions.


Had a slight improvement on the back nine with a couple more pars including a par on the 18th.  Sixteen points for a total of 24 for the day.

Yering Meadows Golf Club ( - )

Second game for the year and it was round one of the 2017 Matchplay championship with SGA Victoria at Yering Meadows Golf Club.

An early start had us playing holes 19-27 and 1-9 otherwise known as the Homestead course.

No shots given or received against my opponent today and despite a delayed start to the round, I made a good start on the first hole with a 6-iron to 5 feet from the pin.

The good start continued and I made the turn 7up with irons and putting all working today.  Would have shot around 41 gross for the front nine, with 2 birdies and 2 pars.

Won the first hole of the second nine to go 8up before losing the next.  A 30 foot putt for bogey gave me a half and win 7 and 6.







Huntingdale Golf Club (38)

First game for 2017 and after some hot weather after Christmas we managed a perfect day for golf with light winds and 25C.

It is always a pleasure to come to Huntingdale, traditional home of the Australian Masters for many years.  The course was in magnificent condition even after suffering damage to some of the bunkers in recent storms in Melbourne.

A shotgun start, but we were fortunate to be off the 1st tee.

A reasonable start to the round, my first for over 6 months although only 1 par amongst a heap of bogies.  Unfortunately the second nine saw more bunkers and misdirected tee shots bring the scoring down.

Sixteen points first nine, but fell in a hole on second nine.

Have been trying to work on correcting the slice in my out to in swing.