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re: Scratch golfers
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:04 pm to Tyga Woods
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:04 pm to Tyga Woods
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Tyga Woods
Seems legit
But in all seriousness
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Keeping it in play off the tee and shrinking your proximity to the hole on approach shots from 150-200 yards will have he greatest impact on your scores.
This is my problem, I'm long, but if I'm long in the wrong direction I'm fricked. Short game is important, and it's the first part of my game to go if I've been away from it long enough, but keeping it in the fairway and GIR is when I score. A good short game will save par from what should be a bogey.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:04 pm to Tyga Woods
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With all due respect to the guys saying "short game", it has been proven that the biggest gap between really good golfers and average at best golfers, is the long game.
How many putts are there "supposed" to be per round (36)? How many tee shots are there per round (18)? Understand the hazards and out of bounds on approximately 1/3 of the holes increase the significance somewhat, but if people spend twice as much time practicing putting as they do drivers and metal threes their scores would go down a lot.
This post was edited on 3/26/17 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:05 pm to themasterpater
I shot 92 yesterday. Ninety feckin two. I can participate in this thread.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:07 pm to LSUballs
92 ain't bad. You've got some kind of a swing, you just got some blow up holes
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:07 pm to melovecookie
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I got to even par after 10 rounds..... probably over a 3 month period
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:10 pm to themasterpater
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but keeping it in the fairway and GIR is when I score.
most of the tour has this problem. To dispute what Tyga said you rarely even use a driver more than 12 times a round. Usually courses have some short par 4's that make 3 wood/ iron the best choice. Chipping and putting account for more than 50% of all shots while driving may make up 15-20%
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:21 pm to Tyga Woods
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With all due respect to the guys saying "short game", it has been proven that the biggest gap between really good golfers and average at best golfers, is the long game. Keeping it in play off the tee and shrinking your proximity to the hole on approach shots from 150-200 yards will have he greatest impact on your scores.
With all due respect...no
You want some humility? Go play with these 70+ year old golfers that are shooting their age. Hit it 120 yards and still shooting under 80.
Short game is where you lose strokes on your score.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:24 pm to LSUballs
Shot a 117 at pelican point last Thursday
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:29 pm to lsusteve1
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With all due respect...no
You want some humility? Go play with these 70+ year old golfers that are shooting their age. Hit it 120 yards and still shooting under 80.
Short game is where you lose strokes on your score.
I'm not going to argue with you. We've all played with guys like this. It's my opinion that the reason they can shoot those scores is because they don't miss fairways and are good at playing their approach shots away from trouble. Putting is important, no doubt, but I've had rounds in the 90's with under 30 putts. You can two putt every green and still shoot 100 if you add in penalty strokes and bad decisions. Current handicap is 4.7, down from about 14 two years ago. Biggest difference came when I started hitting more 3 woods off the tee and stopped aiming dead at every pin.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:34 pm to FloridaMike
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Congrats, this might be the most outlandish claim ever in TD history. I'm still trying to wrap my head around someone claiming to have a better handicap than half of the guys on the PGA Tour.
Not the most outlandish but I would call bullshite on being a legit +5.2 handicap that can actually travel and play to it. My local club growing up had a lot of scratch guys that could play there but couldn't tote an 8 at another course.
I play to around a 3 or 4 now but play a hand full of times a year now.
My keys to success on the golf course:
1. Learn to putt. It is easy to practice as long as you practice well. You can cut a lot of shots off your score by making putts inside 5' and having a good shot at the 5=15' putts.
2. Play to your strengths. I can't hit a driver for shite so I hit a lot of irons off the tee and pull a driver when I have to. Sounds simple but I don't get goaded into hitting a driver when I don't need to and save shots due to it. This also applies to your irons too. If you can't hit a 100 yard shot, don't hit the ball to the 100 yard marker. Play to your strengths.
3. Learn to chip. Again, sounds simple but the best players still miss greens, you have to get up and down when you do.
4. stay consistent. Find ball and clubs you like and stick to them. Different golf balls have different ball flight, stopping ability and distances. If you swap golf balls a bunch then you won't be consistent.
5. If you aren't good already, spend more time on the range than the course. This one is big. If you can't make contact with the ball, spend time on the range and not chewing up space on the course.
6. Last but not least at all, play the correct tees. Don't play the back tees just because you have a dick in your pants. Play the tees that are most appropriate for you, if you can't figure out which that it, talk to the starter and he can help you. You will speed up play and have more fun.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:37 pm to Topwater Trout
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To dispute what Tyga said you rarely even use a driver more than 12 times a round. Usually courses have some short par 4's that make 3 wood/ iron the best choice. Chipping and putting account for more than 50% of all shots while driving may make up 15-20%
I'm not trying to understate the importance of having a good short game. It is critical to scoring well. All I'm saying is that the long game gives you the best opportunity to go low. Why put all that pressure on your short game. Being good off the tee and on approach shots gives you a built in margin of error. If you are on the fringe playing 4 on a par 4 and you get up and down, great!! Kudos to your short game, nice 6! If you would've hit your drive a little straighter and put your approach in the middle of the green could've had a 4.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:37 pm to go ta hell ole miss
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How many putts are there "supposed" to be per round (36)? How many tee shots are there per round (18)? Understand the hazards and out of bounds on approximately 1/3 of the holes increase the significance somewhat, but if people spend twice as much time practicing putting as they do drivers and metal threes their scores would go down a lot.
In theory you are correct. I will agree with Tyga for the most part. If you shoot over 100, the fastest way to lower your score is to keep the ball in play. If you shoot 85 and under then the fastest way to drop your score is to tune in your game and improve putting.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:43 pm to Warfarer
Anyone here play with blades?
I've got some old arse callaway x-14's I play with.
I've hit some mixuno blades, a bitch when you hit them wrong, and like butter when you hit them right.
I've got some old arse callaway x-14's I play with.
I've hit some mixuno blades, a bitch when you hit them wrong, and like butter when you hit them right.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:51 pm to themasterpater
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Anyone here play with blades?
I play miura tournament blades 3-9 and miura classic wedges 48,52,56 and 60. Miura SIT driver and TaylorMade R11 3 wood and rescue hybrid. Bettinardi SS7 putter. Im very happy with my set up these days and don't see changing any time soon.
I also have 2 sets of old school Hogan Apex blades in my work room with a set of Titleist tour blades.
Blades feel rough when you mishit them but the whole forgiveness shite is just that, shite. If I toe a blade 7 iron a bit it goes 160, if I nut it, it goes 165. I have found that a lot of ping iron and callaway irons have some hot spots that are 20 yards hot.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 12:58 pm to Warfarer
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I have found that a lot of ping iron and callaway irons have some hot spots that are 20 yards hot.
This shite drives me nuts. I mis-hit a PW with my callaways it's good for 125-130. I nail it it's like 145 over the green. Distance is nice and all, but frick it's hard to dial in when I do that.
Hit those mizunos I mis-hit left to right more often, but contact feels better, and distance much more predictable
This post was edited on 3/26/17 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 1:05 pm to Tyga Woods
I say it's all important to shoot in the 70's but most high handicappers I see are 2 an 3 putting and terrible at chipping. Within 10-20 yards I expect to get up and down more than half the time.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 1:16 pm to Topwater Trout
I've been playing a lot the past year and I've gone from a hacker to a bogey golfer. When you're starting out, any practice helps. But as I got better I realized that keeping it in the fairway and trying to get up and down are the best ways to keep your score down. Practice lag putting will save you a lot of strokes too.
The biggest problem I have now is pitching. I can't ever get enough loft on the ball and get it to bite. Any advice would be appreciated.
The biggest problem I have now is pitching. I can't ever get enough loft on the ball and get it to bite. Any advice would be appreciated.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 1:32 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
I forget which pro wrote the article but after reading it about "having quiet legs" while pitching helped me a ton.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 1:46 pm to go ta hell ole miss
Nothing better than getting it in the cup in 3.2 strokes on a long 4
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