re: What part of the game do you struggle with the most?

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fairway woods off the fairway, followed by pitch shots to an elevated green on side of the elevation.

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I went to a demo day in Lafayette one year at the Ambassador Range, and a vendor was showing me a fairway wood and some hybrids. I had never hit with a hybrid before that, so I asked him how do you hit it. Like a driver or an iron. He told me that with fairway woods and hybrids to hit them like they are irons and you'll get good contact every time(if your swing isn't all jacked up like mine). Low and behold he was right. At least for me. Every time I hit my 3 wood, I hit it like an iron and make great contact. I just wish I could hit my irons like irons and make good contact....lol.

Paying attention to each shot. Every round, I have a couple shots I can look back on and know, I rushed through it.

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It does make sense though. I'll hit everything on the range, but spend no time practicing chipping or putting. I know what I need to do to work on it.

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I find that any time that I spend on putting and practice chipping shows more than spending an hour at the range hitting irons and driver.

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What are you using in it's place? I have tried my 3iron on occasion, and sometimes I hit it much better, others the same(Bad).

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I've been going 3 Wood or 2 Hybrid on short/manageable par 4's. Oddly enough, i've got no problem putting those clubs in play. I'll only break out the driver on a long par 4 or par 5. I've gotta get over it though. Need to be able to get more distance off the tee so I can get some manageable approach shots on the longer holes.

Getting off the tee, staying in the short grass. Right now I’m probably six out of 10 at 180 to 210 yards. I was about the same with my hybrid’s trying to get extra distance on my second shot . But I’ve learned to just keep hitting the four and five iron instead to keep third shot in play from 130 and in. Let’s my hacking, ever changing swing , beer drinking and ball busting arse enjoy a round of 85-100.

I've lowered my handicap by 5 strokes since Jan 1, and it's still going down. I moved onto a golf course at the end of last year so I play a lot. Every part of my game has significantly improved except for one, the fricking driver.

I don't even hit the ball very far, but I still can't consistently hit it.

Normally it is my sand game. I know the technique for hitting explosion shots but it is an absolute disaster when I try one. I actually have a lot better results just picking the ball out of the bunker just like hitting a chip off of a tight lie.

However this year something else has popped up that has absolutely destroyed my game. I have been playing golf for 45 years and have never had this problem until this year. Normally chipping and putting are the strengths of my game but this year I am hitting chip after chip after chip dead right in an almost reverse shank like result. I don't do it every chip but when I do it on one chip I do it on the next ten chips after it as well. I also have the problem with full short irons but it is not as bingy and purgy as my chips. It will be like one good shot one suck shot ratio while my chips will be like 30 good chips in a row and then 15 awful ones in a row. Finally broke down and took a lesson (first one I've ever taken in my life other than from my high school golf coach). He had me close up my grip a little and that has seemed to stabilize the chipping but there is still no consistency in my short irons.

Putting. my entire life. kills me