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re: Looking for some golf advice
Posted on 12/21/12 at 4:56 pm to RickySauwce
Posted on 12/21/12 at 4:56 pm to RickySauwce
1. Learn the actual USGA rules of Golf. You will be surprised what you don't know.
2. Play by those rules religiously.
3. Walk when you play. You will be surprised how tired you can be on the 18th hole, and that fatigue can definitely affect your game. If you want to be a successful pro, you will have to walk 18 holes four days in a row.
3. Find the club you hit 150 yards and make love to it. I.E., you need this to be the most dependable club in your bag - you can hit it straight 150 yards in your sleep, anywhere, anytime.
4. From 150 yards in you should always be able to get a 3; you should always be be able to hit the green from 150 in.
5. From just off the green you should always be able to get up and down. This might be the most important aspect of becoming a scratch golfer.
6. On a par 5, the most important thing is hitting the fairway - no matter how short. Even if you hit it only 150 yards, you just turned a 500 yd par 5 into a 350 yd par 4. Contrast that with the guy who pulled out his driver, hit it OB, and is now hitting his 3rd shot from the box. Or the guy who hits it 250 into the rough or woods, then chips out and is laying 2 in the fairway. If you want to shoot consistently in the 70's, you need to make the right mental choices, and this is one of them. Once you become a scratch golfer, you can weigh the risk/reward of trying to reach a par 5 in two.
7. Be able to 2 putt from anywhere on the green.
8. Spend a lot of time hitting from the sand.
9. Practice the hard shots, not just the easy ones.
10. When you go to the range, spend the bulk of your time on chipping and putting, and twice as much time on your short irons than your long irons and woods.
11. At the range, practice the 25, 50, 75, 100 shots, don't just pull every club out and hit it as far as you can.
12. Take deep breaths, and relax. I've heard that you should never swing more than 80% as hard as you can - I think that's good advice.
13. Don't drink alcohol when you play - if you are serious about becoming a pro that is. (When I play I always have cold beer, but I have accepted that I won't ever be pro.)
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Good luck! When I had time to practice I went from consistent low 90's to consistent low 80's, and half of those strokes came from mental choices.
2. Play by those rules religiously.
3. Walk when you play. You will be surprised how tired you can be on the 18th hole, and that fatigue can definitely affect your game. If you want to be a successful pro, you will have to walk 18 holes four days in a row.
3. Find the club you hit 150 yards and make love to it. I.E., you need this to be the most dependable club in your bag - you can hit it straight 150 yards in your sleep, anywhere, anytime.
4. From 150 yards in you should always be able to get a 3; you should always be be able to hit the green from 150 in.
5. From just off the green you should always be able to get up and down. This might be the most important aspect of becoming a scratch golfer.
6. On a par 5, the most important thing is hitting the fairway - no matter how short. Even if you hit it only 150 yards, you just turned a 500 yd par 5 into a 350 yd par 4. Contrast that with the guy who pulled out his driver, hit it OB, and is now hitting his 3rd shot from the box. Or the guy who hits it 250 into the rough or woods, then chips out and is laying 2 in the fairway. If you want to shoot consistently in the 70's, you need to make the right mental choices, and this is one of them. Once you become a scratch golfer, you can weigh the risk/reward of trying to reach a par 5 in two.
7. Be able to 2 putt from anywhere on the green.
8. Spend a lot of time hitting from the sand.
9. Practice the hard shots, not just the easy ones.
10. When you go to the range, spend the bulk of your time on chipping and putting, and twice as much time on your short irons than your long irons and woods.
11. At the range, practice the 25, 50, 75, 100 shots, don't just pull every club out and hit it as far as you can.
12. Take deep breaths, and relax. I've heard that you should never swing more than 80% as hard as you can - I think that's good advice.
13. Don't drink alcohol when you play - if you are serious about becoming a pro that is. (When I play I always have cold beer, but I have accepted that I won't ever be pro.)
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Good luck! When I had time to practice I went from consistent low 90's to consistent low 80's, and half of those strokes came from mental choices.
This post was edited on 12/21/12 at 5:00 pm
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Posted on 12/21/12 at 5:18 pm to Lou
Great advice. I didn't pull my driver out of the bag today. Hit 3w/6/w and 3/6/6 on the 2 par 5's and had tap ins for par. Switched from Ping S59 Tours to Razr X Tours and it made a big difference this first time out. The Razr X's are about 7-8 yards shorter, but a bad shot is just shorter, not 30 yards right. Shot 41 at Calvert. Now if I could only putt...
Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:35 am to Lou
Pretty solid advice, except having to shoot scratch to go for a par 5 green in two. 
I still don't drink when I play, and I've accepted the fact I'll never be a pro. Beer just tastes better after the round.
I still don't drink when I play, and I've accepted the fact I'll never be a pro. Beer just tastes better after the round.
Posted on 12/22/12 at 9:54 am to Lou
quote:
Find the club you hit 150 yards and make love to it. I.E., you need this to be the most dependable club in your bag - you can hit it straight 150 yards in your sleep, anywhere, anytime.
That's a very interesting point. For me, it's my 9 iron. I use it from 100-150. I'm always a little bit short from 150 but I don't trust my 8 iron. He's a son bitch.
Posted on 12/22/12 at 10:45 am to Lou
really solid advice thank you
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