Unfortunately, Alan and I lost today 3 and 2 to Chris Kelly and Heather MacRae - worthy winners I have to say - they played great together and eventually went on to win the Tournament so congratulations to them both!  

On my own ball today, I have to be honest and say that it was very much a mixed bag - some good and some poor.  I hit the ball well off the tee but the approach shots into the greens proved somewhat tricky today - my distance was out and found it tricky to judge the cross winds!

From tomorrow onwards, I'll be busy teaching and rolling out my Winter Performance Plan which, so far, has been greatly received. 

The winter is a great time to knuckle down to some hard graft on my game and I'll be making changes here and there!  I've changed my clubs from Wilson to Titleist so really need to get to work on woods/irons and wedges and sharpen them up!  Once next season comes around in March/April 2012, I'll be ready to shoot some good scores and hopefully climb up the order of merit.

I also have some corporate days booked out in the diary which is great - it's a real pleasure for me to meet new people and help them with various aspects of their games.  At the same time, it's good for those clients to get together and forge good relationships going forward in a relaxed atmoshphere.

As I like to keep up the competitive edge over the winter, I've registered again to play in the Ayrshire Alliance - next game is on 9th November at Western Gailes. 

I'm looking forward to seeing the progress in my own game come on and also my pupil's games too - all of them have worked really hard on their games this year and know that with continued commitment over the winter, they'll see the results!