It has been said by many a wise golfer that there are two sides to the game of golf. Is there? I had always thought that there had only been one invented by the Scots. But No! That wasn’t the point that these wise golfers were talking about. It is more towards the “physical” side and the “mental” side of golf. Olaf, never one of the intellectuals of any games (to start with) had a look at this “mental” side from his angle and bought a book called “Golf is a game of confidence” by Dr. Bob Rotella. It has been a good read thus far and helps me to understand why Olaf has never been able to break 90 in a round.

Who doesn’t love the big “easy”? The big giant golfer from South Africa with his quiet demeanor and almost effortless swing has golfers around the globe mesmerized. Every time he plays, a good amount of his fans are quietly waiting to see his name atop the leader board. But sadly, it hasn’t happened for the past two years. Reason being, he was held back with a knee injury and out for about ½ a season.

Golfnick has recently been busy helping to bring up the numbers of golfers into the world. And in the future posts, we hope to bring forth to our viewers the very own diaries of these individuals. Each coming from a different background and most of them have never held a club until our very own golf meet a fortnight ago. Please note that all of them share only a common interest, they are all bloggers! Let’s introduce them as well as what Olaf thinks each have to do to improve their swing:

My dear friends and readers, I am proposing that we meet up again this Saturday 12th May 2007. Venue will be the Bukit Jalil driving Range. Time: 3.00pm. For some additional news, Olaf’s Grand Master will be joining us for the meet. Take this opportunity to see this wise man who may hold a 24-handicap but is always ready to play. Just for the love of the game!

For those who will be joining us for the first time, you will not need to bring anything but just dress in a shirt, shorts, socks and a pair of trainers. If you happen to have a club with you, bring it along! If you have other things such as gloves and the likes, please feel free to bring them.

Olaf and a bunch of bloggers had a rather unique blog meet yesterday at the Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Club driving range. As far as we can tell, it is a first. The turn out was small with a mixed of newbies and golfers with a few years of experience but we had lots of fun and laughter helping each other improve on our golf swing. Between the 7 of us, we managed to hit 1,000 balls and collected a few backaches.

It was such a blast that we have already started planning for another session. Stay tuned to Golfnick for the announcement.

Thanks goes to Wingz, Kenny Ng, Dale, CKYEO and PennyPupz for attending our driving range blog meet, especially to Wingz for coordinating the event and spreading the word.

Now for some photos:

This coming Saturday (May 5th, 2007), we are going to have a fun gathering at the driving range. Olaf wants to invite anyone who is going to be in the vicinity of Kelang Valley, Malaysia to join us for a driving range meet this coming Saturday. Those interested please drop a note to Wingz (rojaks.wingz[at]gmail.com) the coordinator. Details of the meet can be found here.

Golfnick would also like to thank Wingz for helping us spread the word. His reach with his Rojaks Daily is going to be much better than what GolfNick could achieve in a few months.

I am not a very firm believer in buying any golf clubs before trying them out. Believe me! I have tried to purchase on eBay but always came out short. But I read a great post just a few days ago and was surprised to see that someone had done extensive research on buying used golf clubs. This post is a must read for anyone wanting to look for some clubs.

But here are some tips; I think I would like to share with you golfers out there: