re: Scratch golfers

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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.

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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.

92 ain't bad. You've got some kind of a swing, you just got some blow up holes

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but keeping it in the fairway and GIR is when I score.

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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%

Shot a 117 at pelican point last Thursday

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Anyone here play with blades?

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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.

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.

I forget which pro wrote the article but after reading it about "having quiet legs" while pitching helped me a ton.