The Penguin Hunter Golf Diaries

Comedy Gala fundraiser, Royal Flying Doctor

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:25:00 PDT

Was a little rusty on the night, been a while between standup sets. For a good cause happy to participate and well done by the organisers and all who got up and performed on...

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The final season round Robe Open

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:42:00 PST

9/11/11 Wednesday The Robe Open on Sunday was my last committed hit on a course for a few weeks, time to rest up a bit giving my elbows a bit of recovery time. The improvement has been gradual and...

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Penola Golf Club Champion of Champions

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:43:00 PST

15/11/11 Tuesday. Started the “No Golf” period after Sunday’s round at Penola. Hopefully the two week lay off will do the job and get the body back to a condition of playing without discomfort. The...

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Golf as described on ABC Gruen Planet 16/11/11

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:05:00 PST

gruen planet 16/11/11 “Chalmers took home 1/4 of a million dollars after the Aust. Open, Tiger Woods income has dropped from $100 million to $60 million p/a. Host Wil Anderson, “Russell how...

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How low can I go.....

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:38:00 PST

21/11/11 Monday. Sticking with the no golfing effort to assist in recovery from the Tennis/Golfer elbow malaise. The last week was not easy did go out on Tuesday and hit 20 balls with my drivers just...

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A little dummy spit... Feel a lot better now

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:40:00 PST

24/11/11 Thursday. Getting close to spitting the dummy at the minute, had a gutfull of not playing golf today. After spending a few hours at the club sorting out the stock in the bar and with the...

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Back to playing the game at last...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:39:00 PST

29/11/11 Tuesday. The past weekend golfing was a pleasure to see and play in, starting on Friday afternoon with my first decent hit in 2-3 weeks. The 9 hole “chicken run” competition on Friday...

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2011 Robe Village Classic Golf Invitational

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:24:00 PST

1/12/11 Thursday. The return to form after the layoff over the past two weeks is working at the minute. Nothing spectacular more so back to my previous standard, with perhaps a little improvement...

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Playing out of my comfort zone

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:50:00 PST

7/12/11 Wednesday. It has been a gradual revealing of the following, that golf is a game of playing outside your comfort zone. As a person who does the best I can to be comfortable, to be able to...

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Chipping practise is always good value..

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:36:00 PST

I practise this part of my game as often as possible. I realise over the past 12 months how much my chipping ability has changed for the better from doing this. Being able to play with confidence in...

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Back in good golf form - Naracoorte Golf Course

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:51:00 PST

12/12/11 Monday. A weekend of golf has passed and 36 holes played at two courses, Naracoorte on Saturday and fronting up on Sunday at my home club, Robe for another round. Finally back into playing...

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Correcting pull shots...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:21:00 PST

Had some free time today and made an effort to get the camera out and film my Driver and Iron strokes. It has been quite some time since this has been done and a lot has changed for the beter since...

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Kingston SE Open preparation...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:52:00 PST

14/12/11 Wednesday, Left 4 hours early at 10 am, to get to Adelaide today so I could drop into Kingston SE and play 18 holes on the way. Had the Wilson blades in the boot, to give me my weekly...

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My Golf...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:00:00 PST

19/12/11 We have started a series of FREE 1 hour Junior Golf Clinics on the Sundays of School Holidays in January. This is an evolution of 3 years of unrelated Junior Golf events at the club in that...

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Exclusive Interview with Kim Jong Il, Golfing Superstar

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:12:00 PST

One incredible day in 1994, when the Dear Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea picked up a golf club for the very first time, and — as witnessed by 17 security guards and...

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How hard can it be...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:53:00 PST

22/12/11 Thursday. Did not even get close to the course yesterday, was locked away filming and editing for 7 hours. The mind and body were craving having a walk and hit this morning and was on the...

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Luck has nothing to do with it...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:07:00 PST

24/12/11 Saturday. Doing nothing more than casual social nine hole rounds the past week has been enjoyable and refreshing. A modicum of a semi holiday from the golf course after being a greedy guts...

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Summer sun, fun and golf...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:36:00 PST

29/12/11 Thursday. Golfing is in casual fun mode at the minute, very enjoyable and relaxing on my part to just amble around the course and hit the ball without tapping into the 'winning mindset'....

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The game is simple...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:20:00 PST

2/1/12 Monday The pre-Tournament training kicked off this morning with an 11 am coaching session. This year is coming up to 3 years of becoming a better informed golfer and improving the physical...

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Week One - Pre Tournament Training

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:44:00 PST

9/1/12 Monday. Fronted up and had a hit in the club round on Sunday, my first competition event for 2012. Following the two coaching sessions on last Monday and Tuesday, a lot of time had been put...

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Easing faults out of the game

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:28:00 PST

10/1/12 Tuesday. Out and into the practise regime today, working on the iron fault that was so effective in crushing any chance of success during Sunday's competition. Yesterday was a light workout...

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Ho hum...practise, practise,practise.

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:00 PST

13/1/12 Friday. Right now is one of those moments when I am pleased to have made the effort. It is now two weeks since the coaching sessions and putting my head down and committing to the task of...

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Practise and Patience, you need them both...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:55:00 PST

17/1/12 Tuesday. After the 9 hole Chicken Run on Friday I did not pick a golf club up again until Monday afternoon. No specific golf reason, a combination of having to do other things and golf is...

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Good results from practise make it all worthwhile...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:26:00 PST

18/1/12 Wednesday. With an electricity outage this morning it was not possible to do anything work wise so I headed out on the golf course for a casual 9 holes. Following yesterdays extended...

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Proof the distance gained is here to stay...

noreply@blogger.com (geoff) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:16:00 PST

24/1/12 Tuesday. Back on the driving range this morning with the p/w and the 5 iron from the AP2 set and the old 4 iron from the cavity back set I used last season. It had been something considered...

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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST

World Land Speed record attempt from backyard shed
Steve Vorwerk of Adelaide has been tinkering away in his shed for the past year putting together the parts and pieces he has collected and built an 18 Litre 550 hp V 12 Diesel engine with dual superchargers and put it into an old International Truck. On the 9th of March 2009 Steve is travelling to Lake Gardiner and having a go at the speed record.

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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 PDT

SANFL Grand Final song a hit
The song by Darren McCrae who used to play for West Adelaide and was on the coaching staff at North Adelaide, the Eagles and forward scout for North Melbourne and Carlton, will be sung at the pre game entertainment for Sunday's SANFL Grand Final after being re-written for the radio in SA. You can play it here; http://www.reverbnation.com/darrenmcc