Anyone play old man golf?

think of it this way...
450 yard par 5
150 yard 7 iron, off the tee and twice more, puts you on the green, 2 putt par, if it's a 450 yard par 4, that gives you a bogey and bogey golf is a smooth 90.....carry on

I can consistently hit a 7i 150 yards.

The last round I had, I consistently hit driver in the fairway about 270. The problem is the round before - I hit driver 250, but it was about 250 yards left of the tee too.

quote:

---

150 yard 7 iron, off the tee and twice more, puts you on the green, 2 putt par, if it's a 450 yard par 4, that gives you a bogey and bogey golf is a smooth 90.....carry on

---

Yea but a high handicapper has a fairly low probability of hitting 3 "good" 7 iron shots consecutively. At least one of those is likely to be a chunk, a hook/slice, a thin, etc.


I love watching golf sidekick and while I think his mentality on the course is a good one for amateur weekend golfers, you need to marry that mentality with execution. He executes at a really really high level compared to the vast majority of weekend golfers.

6 months after I had shoulder surgery, I started playing again. I had to finish with a really abbreviated follow-thru, like old man Arnold Palmer.

Couldn't hit a driver more than 240 or so but it was dead straight every time and my scores did not suffer.

quote:

---

where do you find those??

---

Everywhere that has multiple tees?

I grew up playing with a guy who never hit it more than 200-220 yards. Ever. He ended up going through college on a full golf scholarship because he would consistently score E or -2. His coach told him "you will never play on the PGA but you are an asset to my team because I know what you are going to do and I don't need to spend time working with you."

When we were young I laughed at him as we all drove it past his ball in the air. Now I wish I had his game.

As some point out above though, the difference between him and the rest of us was that he would hit that 200 straight down the middle EVERY TIME. He was a machine. That plan sounds good until you chunk one, hit the next one in the trap and then blade that one across the green. All of a sudden you are back to shooting 100.

quote:

---

love watching golf sidekick and while I think his mentality on the course is a good one for amateur weekend golfers, you need to marry that mentality with execution. He executes at a really really high level compared to the vast majority of weekend golfers.

---

I used to love watching him, but I started to get annoyed with how he misconstrued strokes gained. There's no recommendation from SG to hit driver every single time even if you lose a ball. The goal is to hit it as close to the hole as possible while avoiding trouble.

this is how i play golf now. i took a decade+ off when we started having kids and now my kids are in their teens and are getting into it and now i'm all in because i can play with them.

i was never good but i was younger and went with the swing hard drink hard mentality. my drives routinely landed 4 states right of the fairway. Now i'm smooth and easy, hit it right down the middle of the fairway ~225 then rely on my high irons to take me the rest of the way. I'm focusing on keeping my drive at that and being a sniper within 150 yards. that's all i can ask for. keep it in play, reduce penalties, and 2 putt max.

quote:

---

It might only go 250ish but it'll be playable.

---

a 250 yard drive is better than the VAST majority of amateur golfers

quote:

---

where do you find those??

---

#16 at Pelican from the tips is like 470ish.. the next tee box is 450ish