Even if you’re not into Golf – Golf does my head in and that’s where the challenge lies for me.

It’s not only a game of inches, it’s a mental challenge in maintaining concentration under duress. I’m an expert in the duress aspect of the game.

Please read on it gets better !

I’ve recently bought myself a new set of golf irons. They’re a beautiful thing and I’m very proud and fortunate to have my brand new Cobra F-Max irons.

I’ve had a well used set of clubs for years, truth be known I bought them over 20 years ago. I really was nothing more than a social player and enjoyed a hit when the opportunity arose. A bad hit at that.

It’s only in the past two years I’ve started playing golf, usually on a weekly basis. Our golf group evolved from a bunch of young cricketers who enjoyed a hit in the cricket off season and when time allowed in the summer months and me – I’m the “ring in”.

I’ve got a few years on the group, so I’m also the old guy I guess. I know they humour me at times, but I get a great laugh out of listening to their banter. Nothing has really changed since I was their age.

We all have handicaps that vary from 8 to 24. We are not super competitive so we generally keep our cool and very much enjoy the game for what it is – we not playing for sheep stations.

A couple of things I should clarify at this point –

• “Keeping our Cool” is general in comment. I’d be lying if I said there hasn’t been moments of very “Uncool”. Me included. But learning to keep your cool is part of mastering the mind game of golf.
• Yes, I am the older guy and although I cop a bit of flack from the younger group at times, this activity is generally encouraged by one individual who I will call Tom.
• As far as not being super competitive – that’s only up to a point. We all want to win. So we do take it relatively seriously. If you have a low handicap and the higher handicappers are having a good round, then you’re under a bit of pressure. And the looks on some of the faces show that focus is everything! Though I will say I have seen – I’ll call him Dave – crack a smile. Yes, I’m sure it was a smile as it definitely went beyond a grin.

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So, as time has progressed we’re all wanting more out of our games and although after years of struggling with my golf game with marginal, if any, improvement, I marched into the Drummond Golf Shop at Burleigh and pleaded for assistance to improve my game.

My long held view was that “You couldn’t buy a golf game in a golf shop” – so figure out the game first before investing in new and expensive equipment.

I had previously updated my driver and 3 wood . Oh yes I can hear the boys now “What about that vintage 4 wood that has screws on the face that came out with you in the Ark ” Yes, I have kept this little gem – it’s my “money” club. But my irons were next.

So I now have my Cobra F-Max irons. They’re designed to be more forgiving for high handicap players like myself. They should improve my game. They’re a beautiful thing.

Drummond Golf were very helpful in assisting me with the choice – we tried the new Callaways, Wilson Staff and Cleveland clubs but the Cobra’s felt the best.

It’s now a couple of weeks later and after a couple of games with my new Cobra’s, I have proven my theory.

You can’t buy a golf game in a golf shop!

I’ve now proved I’m definitely a shit house golfer. I have a great set of clubs. I just can’t hit that damn small infuriating, god forsaken, stupid dimpled bloody white ball. And when I do hit the stupid dimpled thing, it ends up in a ridiculous bloody sand bunker or in the damn trees that should have been cut down fifty bloody years ago! Don’t start me on why the hell would you put a lake on a perfectly good golf course for God’s sake! What the hell is wrong with these so called course designers!!!

Except that approach shot on the eighteenth last week – with my new Cobra F-max 9 iron. From 120 metres out to land that beautiful little white shiny dimpled ball within half a metre of the hole – and yes, I sunk the putt. What a feeling – Dustin Johnson eat your heart out!! And that’s why I will be back again next week. Now if I could just do that 18 times!!!

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