The Inside View

As I mentioned earlier, I hope to play one more round with my friend from Singapore before he heads back. We did manage to play a round at Bombay Presidency Golf Club on the day he was leaving. I shot 86, which is 16 over par 70 for the course. Its was OK round considering I was playing only for the second time on this course. There were two positives I could take from the round. First I shot 3 birdies, which I have never done before and second I was driving really really well. I had two triple bogeys and two double bogeys also. That means I have to improve on my approach shots and short game if I have to get to the handicap single digit. I must mention that we were joined by a young (Only 18 Years old) professional golfer of Indian Golf tour, Raghav Wahi , for our round. It was a pleasure playing with him and watching him. He was practicing for the upcoming professional tournament " Crompton Greaves Open". All the best Raghav for the tournament! My friend played very ba...

This is a never ending debate going on between my six year old daughter and me. Who is more powerful Krrish or Amitabh Bachhan! For those who don't know these guys. Krrish is an Indian super hero enacted by actor Hrithik Roshan in the move of the same name. In this movie his father was given supernatural power by an alien called Jaadoo, which has passed on to Krrish. She has seen this movie at least 50 times, yes at least 50 times and remembers it frame by frame. Amitabh Bachhan is the superstar of Hindi cinema of my generation and still is one of the biggest stars of Hindi films. The debate started around couple of weeks back when me and my daughter were returning from Bangalore Golf Club after her practice and my round. She told me Krrish is the most powerful person in the world. Just to be a little nag, I said I think Amitabh Bachhan is more powerful than Krrish. God..Hell broke loose after that and she started..... Can Amitabh Bachhan save someone hanging from the tree? I said ...

I think yesterday I have finally found out what, of many, is the biggest problem in my swing. Its the balance. I struggle to maintain balance in my front swing and have a tendency to fall in front. Its results into the slice and shank that I hit sometimes with my short irons. I desperately need to fix that as soon as possible. Me and two friends of mine started playing Golf around the same time in the Fall of 2003. We played many many rounds together until career and other priorities did us apart. One is based in Singapore and the other is based in London now. It is beyond explanation how much I miss playing with them. We keep sharing news about our game, good & bad score regularly. The good news is that the buddy in Singapore will be travelling to India next week and we will play a round together, probably 2 rounds together. This is the best news that I have got since long. Since our game really becomes competitive, I should better visit Driving Range couple times before he com...