Archive | June, 2026

Resetting My Problems, Part 2

30 Jun

Guess what? My terrible golf continues – not a whole lot, but enough to demoralize me. As mentioned, I participated in my club’s Annual Club Championship tournament over the weekend. It was a mixed-fortune outing, with an improved score only on the first day; the second day’s outcome unfortunately regressed the overall two-day total. Like I have repeatedly emphasized, the spirit and mind are willing, but the body and ability are not. Sigh.

There were some brilliant moments, but there were more of the opposite that I could not recover from to minimize the damage. The first day’s score had four pars to cover the disasters on several holes. Pars are not to improve the score but to do damage control so that the score does not blow up!

However, on the second day, Lady Luck was not on my side; I could only manage one par. How is this miserly one par enough to minimize the disasters that occurred? We are not even talking about birdies, which were nil, zilch, and nada. 

So many near misses. A typical bogey became a double bogey, a par became a bogey, and worse, a double-bogey hole exploded to become a double par or more! Every hole, there were little mistakes here and there that added up the strokes! The only bright outcome from the experience was my putting. It was my saving Grace from an even higher overall score! Hats off to my caddy, who was of great help in this department for both days.

On the first day, I recorded only 29 putts, very impressive putting overall, I have to say, but alas, the same cannot be said for the other departments of the game. Honestly, it is rather amazing that I improved to 28 putts for the second day; I just took more strokes to get to the green! The irony.

Now that the stress of preparing for the Annual Championship is over, I can heave a sigh of relief. I can feel the tiredness in my bones and joints. Was it worth it? No. I am in more pain than ever! And although I gripe about not being physically fit, I actually played a game this morning, albeit half-heartedly. Sucker. It’s a love-hate relationship for this game called golf.

I will have a physiotherapy session soon to reset my body, and I hope it will help so I can play better golf in my next game.

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Resetting My Problems

23 Jun

I have been playing some terrible golf lately. Every month, I participate in my club’s monthly medal, and fare terribly. So much so, my handicap has gone up, and it is very demoralizing and embarrassing. But what can I do? The spirit and mind are willing, but the body and ability are not!

My internal injuries are far worse than I thought! And it affects my golf game. However, instead of allowing the situation to drag me down further, I try to fix the problems at hand.

Firstly, I have been going for physiotherapy treatments to address the physical pain, and then to the driving range to improve my ball striking. Slowly but surely, it is working. My physical pain feels less, my ball striking has improved after several driving-range sessions, and my confidence has increased. 

The reason for all these extra efforts is that I am playing in my club’s Annual Championship this coming weekend. All I aim for is to improve my score from last year’s participation, that’s all. I played a decent round this morning, not the best, but sufficient to know the mistakes and what to do to avoid a disaster.

I play one more game on Thursday, and let’s hope for the best outcome come this weekend. Wish me luck!

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Happy 13th!!!

16 Jun

A WordPress notification popped up a few days ago, and it was a Happy Anniversary wish. My blog site is 13 years old! My goodness. Is that how long I have been writing?

It feels like just yesterday that the idea first took root. Now, 13 years later, I’m still going strong, although the frequency of my posts has decreased to once or twice a week. Of course, when I travel, and there is a lot to write about, the frequency increases.

Writing and sharing my experiences are wonderful activities that help keep my mind sharp and my memories vivid. Sometimes I can be a bit forgetful, especially regarding trivial matters, so maintaining this habit is a great way to support an active and healthy mind!

Here’s wishing myself a Happy Anniversary! Keep blogging, and cheers to many more years of sharing ahead.

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Week In, Week Out

9 Jun

The days that go by feel so ho-hum. Day in, day out, week in, week out, it feels the same. Too monotonous the routine that I can go about it like a robot on repeat. There is not much excitement happening.

The desire to play more golf has seeped out of me with the unpredictable weather lately. We can get nice weather for one nine, and upon crossover, the weather goes downhill, that is, too hot for my liking or raining cats and dogs in a worst-case scenario. When this happens, the golf goes down with it. Hahaha.

Over the weekend, I played in my club’s monthly medal tournament. During the first nine, I played so well because of cloudy, cool conditions. All my shots were spot on, and I was one under my handicap at the turn. The back nine, sadly, was a different story. Too many strokes over. Sigh.

The sun came on full blast, and needless to say, the will to play good golf melted under the sun. It’s a lesson learned to continue to build my mental strength to overcome the heat and adversity of uncontrollable situations.

So, I’m taking a break from playing in the sun or rain for the remainder of this week. Perhaps next week, when I tee off, I will have a better mental approach. We shall see.

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Extended Weekend

2 Jun

It is nice to have an extended weekend with two replacement public holidays on Monday and Tuesday. But it throws the momentum off. Monday felt like Sunday, and Tuesday felt like a Saturday! It’s a weird feeling.

I played golf on Sunday and Tuesday, and Mother Nature had a little fun with us on both days. We gave up the last three holes when the rain started for the Sunday game, while on Tuesday, playing at a course outside and with five holes left, the rain came down in a fury and we didn’t have enough time to find shelter. I was soaked to my underwear. We decided to wait it out and did manage to complete the game.

The extended weekend saw many holidaymakers travelling. Some even took leave from work to stretch the holiday break. We opted not to be part of the crowd, hence, the golf and eating out because I deemed the home kitchen closed! Heheheh.

It will be quite some time before we have another long stretch of holiday break. So, making use of it and being happy about it!

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