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I have had the same playing experience as you, but I did know that wasn't the "rule." I have seen it happen in high-level team match play events. I've been asked to mark from like a foot away before.
No - Knock on wood, but I do find myself getting more stressed over short putts as I age. For me, the key is being certain of a target, aiming at the target, and then making a smooth stroke to that target. When I doubt my line, I tend to re-direct the club face mid-swing, and then everything falls apart and I usually miss. Here's a good article on it that breaks the yips into three categories (I'm number three), and what can be done once you've diagnosed it. I think it helps to figure out what the root cause of it is and then focus on how to fix it. Good luck.
Thanks. What’s so tough is that in my 20’s it was my short game that was my savior. Ballstriking was average at best. Now in my 40’s it’s a complete role reversal. What once was second nature is now completely foreign...like forgetting how to read.
thud.Such a fickle, stupid game sometimes.
I finally got down to a 7 handicap. Best I've ever played. Then, the last four rounds, somehow I'm hitting everything fat and shoving my driver again. Keeping it in play, but have shot 94 (incredibly high winds), 86, 91, 89, 89.
On a positive note my partner (a 2) and I shot even par in a horserace this past week. The two negatives were: 1) I had to get myself all liquored up to do it; and 2) I missed a 4 footer for the win on 18 and then proceeded to lose the chip off by a foot. $1200 miss.
It's masochistic to play from these tees with your handicap. Move up!Still grinding. Getting a little bit better all the time but still have my bad rounds. The good thing is that my bad rounds are now like 100-105 (and I pretty much need a disaster to be over 100 these days) instead of 110. A year ago, I had never shot better than a 102.
Shot my best score ever (a 93) out in Colorado a few weeks ago but it came with a few asterisks (Colorado air, shorter tees that what I normally play and a breakfast ball on the first tee) but I was still relatively proud of it. (especially on a course I'd never played) I hit some great iron shots. I just cant seem to put everything together in a given round. One day my irons are great but my slice off the tee comes back. The next round I'm hitting 12 out of 14 fairways but my putting is atrocious. I just know I'd break 90 if I could put it all together just once.
The one place that I'm consistently MUCH better than I was a year ago is chipping. I was hilariously bad a year ago. Now I'm at least giving myself a chance. (going to the cavity back Cleveland CBX wedge has helped. My old blade didnt have the bounce I need) I've also got 2 chip in birdies from 35+ yards this year. Making a lot more long putts too. Unfortunately, a lot of the LONG putts have tended to come after an abysmal approach shot, so most have been an unlikely par save or a merciful bogey.
Still have 2 open spots in my bag that I'm trying to figure out how to fill. I'm not that long off the tee so when I play from the blue tees at my club (about 6400 yards, 132 slope) I leave myself some really long 2nd shots on a few of the longer par 4's (when I dont hit a very good drive) Unfortunately, I dont have a consistent 200-220 club in my bag. I have a 3 hybrid that I bought off the rack a few years ago, but I can't get it out there past 200 all that often. Trying to figure out what fairway wood I can get that I'll actually be able to hit. Not sure I can hit a regular 3 wood off the deck with any consistency. (maybe a 3 wood HL?)
Wonder if my wife would approve of a Torrey Pines excursion when I'm out your way in a few weeks...
I don't disagree. I usually play with my brother (he's a 10 handicap and hits it over 300) and I just hate the idea of walking up and playing from a different tee.
Right there with you...have no idea where driver is going. Considering benching it for 2-iron. And I just reshafted it too.Such a fickle, stupid game sometimes.
I finally got down to a 7 handicap. Best I've ever played. Then, the last four rounds, somehow I'm hitting everything fat and shoving my driver again. Keeping it in play, but have shot 94 (incredibly high winds), 86, 91, 89, 89.
Played the Chaska town course Sunday. Beautiful day. Would have been a beautiful round of 84 from the greens. I'd have been very happy with that. (Written with my teeth clenched). Except. A. 65. Year. Old. Random. Single. Joined. Our. Twosome. And. Proceeded. To. Par. The. Front. Nine. Bogeyed. 12. And. Birdied. 17. From. The. Green. Tees.
4 iron to the right side of the tree. 60° on the green. Don’t mess with the ####### tree.
This was probably good advice. Played entirely from the whites for the first time all year (slope 124, about 5800 yards on the card) and broke 90 for the first time tonight. Nearly choked it away on the last hole with an embarrassingly bad lag putt from the fringe (was getting dark and i forgot there was a ridge that I couldn't be on the wrong side of
) but knocked in a 25 footer for the 89. 
We have a group we play the same course every Sunday morning. We throw money in for greenies. One summer on the 8th hole par 3, I had 7 weeks in a row peppering that pin. I'd say those 7 rounds was under 10ft combined.
My brother in law (a 2) and his brother (a class A pro) both don’t have one. Probably have played multiple thousands of rounds between the two of one. I got one the first year I really started playing regularly. My other brother in law, who is like a 20 handicap, has 2.
Had one. June 25, 2009. Driving home, news came out Michael Jackson died.
It's not luck getting it near the hole. I think it is luck getting it to go in.
Not if you're aiming at the flag
I think I laughed for like 4 holes because of the ridiculousness of it all. Kid's probably hit the ball straight at his target 3 times in his entire life and he has a hole in one without ever playing a full round. Golf.... love it.
So many Likes!!! What a thrill for him and with you guys there. Humbling but TOTALLY awesome!encaitar said:I've played golf for over 20 years now(since my early teens). Been anywhere from a 1-7 handicap for the last 15. Never have had a hole in one.
My brother is 4 years younger than me. He started playing 2 years after I did. He's been a scratch to a +2 handicap since high school(plays all the time). He's never had one.
My best friend has golfed as long as I have(we were on the high school golf team together). He's similar in skill to me. He's never had one.
His father has golfed for 40+ years. He's always been about a 10-12 handicap for as long as I've known him. He's never had one.
The four of us went out two weekends ago for a round. My brother brought his 8 year old son with. His son has hit the range and sometimes comes with and hits a few balls and putts on the greens, but has never played a full round. We are on hole 11 at our local and it's a short 140 yard, slightly downhill par 3. It's 105 yards or so from the front tees so after we all hit, then my brother tells his son to go hit one from the front tees(since that's about as far as he can hit a ball right now). Of course, while we're all standing there watching..... 4 pretty decent golfers who don't have an ace among them..... My 8 year old nephew holes out.
Great story. Brings up the theory that we forget these kids don't know how hard golf is so the just aim and swing.encaitar said:I've played golf for over 20 years now(since my early teens). Been anywhere from a 1-7 handicap for the last 15. Never have had a hole in one.
My brother is 4 years younger than me. He started playing 2 years after I did. He's been a scratch to a +2 handicap since high school(plays all the time). He's never had one.
My best friend has golfed as long as I have(we were on the high school golf team together). He's similar in skill to me. He's never had one.
His father has golfed for 40+ years. He's always been about a 10-12 handicap for as long as I've known him. He's never had one.
The four of us went out two weekends ago for a round. My brother brought his 8 year old son with. His son has hit the range and sometimes comes with and hits a few balls and putts on the greens, but has never played a full round. We are on hole 11 at our local and it's a short 140 yard, slightly downhill par 3. It's 105 yards or so from the front tees so after we all hit, then my brother tells his son to go hit one from the front tees(since that's about as far as he can hit a ball right now). Of course, while we're all standing there watching..... 4 pretty decent golfers who don't have an ace among them..... My 8 year old nephew holes out.
Who, and was he any good?TheDirtyWord said:Had one. June 25, 2009. Driving home, news came out Michael Jackson died.
Chance encounter last week, buddy of mine and I got paired with a current NBA player and his Dad. Cool guys. Any way on one of the par 3’s, he asked, ‘you ever get an ace? So I’m like ‘yep, June 25, 2009’. And his eyes perk up ‘That’s the day I got drafted!!’
So I come back...’No way! So what else happened that day?’
Without hesitating he answers, ‘Michael Jackson died!’
Anyway, played like shyte today
LOL - I was at a Laker game 4-5 years ago for a Sunday afternoon against the Thunder. Kobe was hurt at the time (late in the season...maybe March) and Meeks went for 42!
