This month’s challenge is simple: get it close. Pick 5 different spots around the green and hit 3 balls from each spot — 15 chips in total. You can hit all 3 from one spot before moving on, or carry a few balls and calculate your score as you go. The challenge can be done: - On a chipping green - At the park - In your backyard Try to mix it up. Use different clubs, vary the type of chip you play, and pay attention to what happens with each shot. The aim isn’t to find one “perfect” chipping technique. It’s to work out which chips work for you so you’ve got more options on the course. Scoring ⛳ Holed = 5 points 👣 Within 1 pace = 3 points 👣 Within 2 paces = 2 points 📏 Within 10ft = 1 point ❌ Outside 10ft = 0 points Post your score below and let’s see who tops the leaderboard this month 👇 And if Donny can complete it… you definitely can.

Learn from my mistakes: Ticket to Quad Town 🎟️ Sometimes the best golf lessons come from doing just about everything wrong. In Part 4, I’m breaking down one of my own blow-up holes - the decisions, the mistakes and how one bad shot quickly turned into another… and another. The big takeaway: a bad shot doesn’t have to become a bad hole. When you’re out of position, the goal changes. Forget making par. Get the ball back somewhere sensible, take your medicine and give yourself a chance to walk away with bogey. I didn’t do that. Instead, I bought myself a one-way ticket to Quad Town. 🚂💀 Have a watch, learn from my stupidity, and next time you hit one into trouble: stop the bleeding early. 👇 What’s your biggest blow-up-hole mistake? Hero shots? Trying to make up for a bad drive? Going at pins you’ve got no business attacking? Golf’s hard. Let’s get better together.

Back from Bali… and I’m absolutely cooked. 😂 The trip was unreal, but I’ve come home exhausted and a little unwell, so I’m taking a couple of days to recover and focus on my real job. 😅 I was over there visiting a mate who manages Mexicola - we went to the opening of their new venue, and if you’re ever in Bali, definitely check it out. Great atmosphere. I also got a round in at New Kuta Golf. Awesome course with some epic holes. It’s not quite at the level of Vietnam for service and presentation (yet), but it’s a heap of fun and will be even better once the renovations are finished. Thanks for being patient while I’ve been away. I’ve got plenty of footage ready to go, so get ready for a content dump next week! ⛳️🔥 Hope you’ve all been hitting them well while I’ve been gone. Let me know what you’ve been working on!

Yesterday I thought was my first day back at work after a knee operation. Turns out I still had another day off. Kids were at daycare so I quickly called the golf club and put myself in the comp. Had an hour before tee time so I had a bit of a chip in the backyard and a crack at the lag putting challenge at the course when got there. ( It definitely helped my putting ) Ok breakdown of my round. 3 putt on the 3rd killed me didn’t hit the 2nd putt left the ball on the lip of the cup. Had my first Donny moment on the 4th was behind a tree about 100m out and tried to use my slice ( baby fade) topped it and it went about 30m duffed a chip then skulled a bump and run over the back of the green. 😐 Next hole I realised one of the fellas in my Group his name was Donny and I spent the next 4/5 holes wondering if it was Owen’s dad. It wasn’t. 5th hole I Put my tee shot on the green left my 1st Putt maybe 2ft short the. 2nd putt went exactly where I was aiming, and just went past the cup stayed dead straight. Had another 3 putt on the 6th actually Drained a long putt on the 7th to save some Grace 11th went into the water that was not ideal. Donny 12th I think I have blocked from my memory wasn’t much for the highlights reel on that hole. 13th finally got my first par for the round ( don’t think I had 1 in the round before that either ) Not much exciting to report on the last few holes. Got my 30+ points and I was happy what made it even sweeter when I woke up I thought I was going to be at work all day.

Wow... what a weekend of golf. Huge congratulations to Ryan Fox on winning The Open! 🏆 Lucas Herbert had a solid crack too. I managed to watch a fair bit of the first three rounds (and stayed up for all of Round 3... paid for that at work today 😅). I missed the final round but I'll be watching it tonight. Question for everyone: What do you reckon you'd shoot at Royal Birkdale? 🤔 I actually think most golfers would score better than they expect if they played sensibly, kept it out of the rough and stuck to their numbers. That leads nicely into an upcoming video where I show how Donny gets himself into trouble by constantly trying to hit the miracle shot instead of playing to a comfortable number. I also headed up to Canberra for my partner's birthday. She went shopping... I played golf. Fair trade if you ask me. 😂 There'll be plenty of content coming over the next few weeks from the trip across all the Fairways Optional socials: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fairwaysoptionalgc 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fairwaysoptionalgc ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FairwaysOptionalGolfClub 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairwaysoptionalgc I'll also be posting some extra behind-the-scenes content exclusively here in the community. I actually played some really good golf while filming, then backed it up with a comp round at Federal... It was FREEZING. 🥶 Fog everywhere. I played the first six holes in a puffer jacket. Oh... and I may have been carrying a slight birthday hangover (all the excuses). I wiped the first three holes. Couldn't hit it. Couldn't putt. Things finally clicked on the back nine, but I limped home with a pretty ordinary 23 Stableford points. But here's the important bit... I had an awesome day. It's a great reminder to temper your expectations. We play this ridiculous game because it's fun.