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Golfing board: dropping from mid 80s to sub 80s?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:28 pm
What did you work on or improve the most when finding your score consistently drop from mid 80s into the 70s when golfing? I get off the tee well, hit my mid irons good enough, and am more consistent in my short game but have been stuck in that 83-86 range for a long time. Can't seem to bust it. Advice?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:30 pm to BabyTac
Putting, putting, putting
That or just play 3 less holes
ETA: also avoid the big number on the score card. Look for safe bail outs and if you're in trouble just play the safe play no matter what
That or just play 3 less holes
ETA: also avoid the big number on the score card. Look for safe bail outs and if you're in trouble just play the safe play no matter what
This post was edited on 5/2/16 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:30 pm to BabyTac
When I'm playing like that there's two reasons. One or two big numbers and not getting up and down around the green at a regular clip.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:30 pm to BabyTac
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hit my mid irons good enough
Irons and putting. drive for show, putt for dough
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:30 pm to BabyTac
Short game and putting. /thread
Just think about it: if you go from two putting every green to two putting half, that's 9 strokes shaved per round. A lot of pars can be saved if you can reach the green in 3 knowing you can sink that putt.
Just think about it: if you go from two putting every green to two putting half, that's 9 strokes shaved per round. A lot of pars can be saved if you can reach the green in 3 knowing you can sink that putt.
This post was edited on 5/2/16 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:32 pm to Navajo61490
I putt decent, not great but how do you practice putting when all courses could have different greens speed or breaks?
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:33 pm to BabyTac
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Golfing board
Prepare for the anchor...
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:34 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan
Scoring happens from 100 yards and in. Wedge play, chipping and putting are all ways to improve scoring. I know plenty of guys who can rip it off the tee and have average iron play but they can't make putts and if they miss the green they're making bogey or worse.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:34 pm to BabyTac
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how do you practice putting when all courses could have different greens speed or breaks?
Control what you can control.
If you can consistently putt the ball a certain distance with a certain amount of effort, you can make every putt a straight putt. Spend some time putting before you go off and you'll know what to do when you get out there.
Make 100 putts from 5 feet, 10 feet, 15 feet, etc. as often as possible. You can make the rest of the adjustments once you're playing.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:37 pm to slackster
short game - from 100 yards in.
This is where the pro's make the money.
This is where the pro's make the money.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:43 pm to BabyTac
As everyone else said. Short game, short game, short game.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:43 pm to BabyTac
The biggest way to drop quickly for me was two things. Eliminate 3 putts and eliminate trouble off the tee. If you can knock those two aspects out, you essentially limit double and triple bogey from your game and your scores should plummet.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:48 pm to BabyTac
Of course short game and putting are the stroke savers but ask yourself this;
How often am I past the pin or over the green on my approach shot and how often an I short of the green?
If you are like 95% off the people I've played golf with and watched you are not only short of the pin you are short of the green. The reason most people come up short they get yardage to the pin and select the club they hit that distance when the hit it PERFECTLY.
Experiment with selecting a club that we'll get you to the back of the green and see how that works.
How often am I past the pin or over the green on my approach shot and how often an I short of the green?
If you are like 95% off the people I've played golf with and watched you are not only short of the pin you are short of the green. The reason most people come up short they get yardage to the pin and select the club they hit that distance when the hit it PERFECTLY.
Experiment with selecting a club that we'll get you to the back of the green and see how that works.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 1:55 pm to BabyTac
1) find out where you're losing strokes.
2) Inner Game of Golf by W. Timothy Gallwey
2) Inner Game of Golf by W. Timothy Gallwey
Posted on 5/2/16 at 5:14 pm to BabyTac
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I putt decent
There's your answer. You don't have to be great, but decent putters don't consistently break 80.
What everyone is saying is correct. But I'll add that when I was playing a lot I tracked my shots on the course. Below my score, I had a line each for: Fairway, GIR, # putts, etc. Then if I missed a fairway, I'd add a note for "bunker, OB, etc.". Once you start tracking those wasted shots, you'll quickly recognize a trend for where those shots are being wasted.
Then its a matter of analyzing the data. Maybe it is the "one blow-up hole" that you can avoid by taking a 3w off the tee instead of a driver on a tight, but short, hole. Maybe it really is your putting. Either way you'll find out pretty quickly.
This post was edited on 5/2/16 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 5/2/16 at 5:35 pm to BabyTac
Chipping and putting. Keeping left foot planted helps big time off the tee and hitting greens.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 5:56 pm to MountainTiger
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short game - from 100 yards in.
This is where the pro's make the money.
So much misinformation in this thread. Sure pros are better in that area, because they are better everywhere. But where pros really excel versus the average golfer is from 150-225. If you have ever played with pros or semi pros, it is crazy how good they are.
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1) find out where you're losing strokes.
2) Inner Game of Golf by W. Timothy Gallwey
For the OP, this is the best answer in the thread, find out weak spots in your particular game and get better. Its not a difficult equation.
Posted on 5/2/16 at 6:21 pm to Seeing Grey
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So much misinformation in this thread. Sure pros are better in that area, because they are better everywhere. But where pros really excel versus the average golfer is from 150-225. If you have ever played with pros or semi pros, it is crazy how good they are.
I think that Mark Broadie said that the strokes gained stats indicate that the biggest difference between a tour player and an amateur is from 150 in. I have a 10 handicap and if I hit the green with a wedge I'm pretty happy. Tour pros drop it inside 10-15 feet on the reg. And then make the putt.
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For the OP, this is the best answer in the thread, find out weak spots in your particular game and get better. Its not a difficult equation.
Thank you.
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