WelshGolfer
aka Grand-Master-Duff
- Jun 7, 2005
- 153
- 0
Lately, I have been really duffing it around the course and have been stuggling with an injury to my left wrist.
The injury was diagnosed as Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the thumb tendons in the wrist area). I am managing it with Ibuprofen for the pain and inflammation as taking weeks off doesn't seem to help it any.
Anyway, I finish a night shift this morning and head to my home course for a regular fourball.
It is 07:30 and the last of the morning mist is lifting off the course, so I pop a couple of Nurofen Plus and hit some warmups and chips to get ready.
On the first tee the mist is giving way to a glorious sunny morn, birds chirping, great.
I am not expecting any sort of good golf to emerge and as such am bewildered when, after 6 whirlwind holes, I am -1 and cruising.
At this point my stupid brain started "thinking" and I finished out the front double, bogey, par.
Still +2 for the front is way better than anything I have shot for lets say a while!
Started feeling tired on the back and the wrist started giving me a bit of trouble, but I still really enjoyed the whole round.
The back was punctuated by the smell of freshly mown grass (greens keepers were out in force) and a lovely mid-morning breeze keeping us cool.
I hit enough solid shots on the back to get it done at +3 for a +5 round, taking the money for a change.
I know this is not great golf by any means, but it was great for me and made better by the lovely course conditions and great company.
I swung the club well within my limits, shallowed it out at the bottom so as to protect the wrist a bit better and avoid digging too much.
As such I was left with some longer shots into greens than I am used to, but that was ok because, for once, I was in play more than not.
It was a lovely morning to beat a ball round a field!
The injury was diagnosed as Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the thumb tendons in the wrist area). I am managing it with Ibuprofen for the pain and inflammation as taking weeks off doesn't seem to help it any.
Anyway, I finish a night shift this morning and head to my home course for a regular fourball.
It is 07:30 and the last of the morning mist is lifting off the course, so I pop a couple of Nurofen Plus and hit some warmups and chips to get ready.
On the first tee the mist is giving way to a glorious sunny morn, birds chirping, great.
I am not expecting any sort of good golf to emerge and as such am bewildered when, after 6 whirlwind holes, I am -1 and cruising.
At this point my stupid brain started "thinking" and I finished out the front double, bogey, par.
Still +2 for the front is way better than anything I have shot for lets say a while!
Started feeling tired on the back and the wrist started giving me a bit of trouble, but I still really enjoyed the whole round.
The back was punctuated by the smell of freshly mown grass (greens keepers were out in force) and a lovely mid-morning breeze keeping us cool.
I hit enough solid shots on the back to get it done at +3 for a +5 round, taking the money for a change.
I know this is not great golf by any means, but it was great for me and made better by the lovely course conditions and great company.
I swung the club well within my limits, shallowed it out at the bottom so as to protect the wrist a bit better and avoid digging too much.
As such I was left with some longer shots into greens than I am used to, but that was ok because, for once, I was in play more than not.
It was a lovely morning to beat a ball round a field!
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