Jim Bywater

First game in 4 or 5 weeks and I played better than I have for ages, simply because I was driving well. My playing partner, J S (Phatschaft), still beat me, but not by much. Phatschaft plays with Wilson Fatshafts and Ping drivers. I've got Callaway X-16s and Big Berthas. It was very bright but very cold. The greens are suffering from the weather but, also, the course is really well designed. The hazards and obstacles are placed just where you don't need them. You HAVE to polish up your course management skills and self discipline. I think I might start taking out a limited set of clubs to make me think differently - outside my usual box.

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I had one or two golf lessons in the fifth form at school. I seemed to be quite good, as far as can remember. Twenty years later I had my first game in Uppsala, Sweden. I was directing a show written by John Fiske and starring 'Kesselofski and Fiske'. Paul Kessel took me out for a round. I surprised everyone, including myself, with the quality of my game. Twenty years later I had my next game of golf whilst working on an Alan Plater play, End of Empire, at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor near Newbury. My game had somewhat deteriorated through neglect and the ageing process. However, the spark had turned to fire and now I'm a member of the local nine holer and play off a 28 handicap with an electric buggy and a set of Callaway X-16's (Steelhead). My favourite course. so far, is Seaford Head. The Hell Hole, number 12 is amusing and the 18th, The Head, is awesome.
My local nine holer is small-ish, but make a mistake and you pay for it.

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