And the beat goes on

Nothing dramatic from the last round, except perhaps from some near apoplexy from several missed short putts, offset slightly by a few good ones, including two birdies. Total putts were around 35 - not really good enough.

I've decided, however, to try to take some pressure off my short putts by allowing myself two missed short putts per round. This is in the spirit of Walter Hagen, who never got upset by a bad shot, saying that he always hit seven bad shots per round, so that when it hit one it was 'just one of the seven'.

Sticking with the ten finger grip that I've gone back to for full shots. It makes little difference to length or accuracy, but takes a bit of strain off my left hand, which has been a slight problem in the past. I'm using a simple ten finger grip for putting also and finding it works as well as any other grip - probably better with longer putts.

One thing I've decided is to concentrate on accelerating on all shots. As soon as I try to ease up on a shot (so as not to go to far with a touch shot of 50 or 60 yards for example) the results are terrible - usually fat shots and sometime thin shots. Deceleration is a killer in golf. The other thing with chips and short approaches is to stay down - 'having a look' is fatal.

That's it; the beat goes on.