The Playing Golf Thread

Sillybilly said:

Taxi_Lad said:

How’s the shoulder @Sillybilly?
my mate has recently joined the green staff at Dartford GC. He says they haven’t done proper aeration of the greens for 3 years. They have now finished the first core and top dressed them so hopefully be playing well when you return. He also reckons the head green keeper is keen to lose the temporary greens in time👍🏻

Well there’s a story!!!!  May as well tell it here. The shoulder remains unfixed. A couple of more dates came and went during lockdown and I had some advice which suggested the passage of time might not have done me any favours. I’ve been waiting patiently. We decided to crack on with life and recently my family and I relocated to the Isle of Wight (completed on16 Feb as seen elsewhere in this forum. I’ve been having foot issues which my doctor put down to plantar fasciitis over the winter but it was clear after a week on the island that I was in real trouble so the panic button was duly pressed. Anyway, cutting a long story very short and with appropriate thanks to the sterling efforts of Ventnor Medical Practice and Southampton General Hospital, I am typing this from the recovery ward after my third surgery totalling 21 hours this week culminating in the amputation today of my right foot below the knee.  Life will, as they say, go on but at the moment my shoulder is but a pimple on the arse of my distress.  

The new greenkeeper appointment at Dartford will be absolutely key. Already obvious that it has been the blind leading the blind for years. Just hope it’s salvageable. 

blackpool72 said:

@Sillybilly.
Just caught up with this Jim. 
Best wishes and stay strong mate.
Plenty on here wishing you a speedy recovery. 

Addick Addict said:

@Sillybilly

Your courage in adversity puts some of us to shame. Your comments about the NHS should be a badge that everyone wears. Please continue to share your story. I suspect that you wouldn't want to raise its profile but it deserves a thread in its own right especially for someone like myself who, with only a passing interest in golf, stumbled across it. Take care and hope that you will have the opportunity to fully appreciate your change of home soon enough.

Sillybilly said:

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Jim, we can't begin to have any idea of the struggles you have had to face thus far. 

Just unbelievable that, especially in these days of huge advances in medicine, your condition is clearly an ongoing, serious issue. 

Our hearts go out to you & our own past health issues pale into total insignificance. 

You are one brave Addick. 

PLEASE keep in touch to let us all know how things are going as we'll 100% be asking one another if anyone's heard from you now that you're in our thoughts. 

Hoping this won't give you any kind of setback but there's a big, juicy kiss awaiting you in Crossbars....

...and one from Fanny too .

Thanks Jean.  The warmth from all my different groups of friends has been very moving. I need targets to fight for and a Fanny snog in Crossbars is right up there!  I fully intend to collect.  I’ll keep you all posted. Best. Jim aka Sillybilly

lolwray said:

Anyway I played at littlestone Warren today ..conditions were far from benign..I played to my handicap and just for good measure I played to my partners handicap aswell..I was awful 

Taxi_Lad said:

Up at Redlibbets again today. Better than Monday but finished double double triple to wreck my card 😡