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Zow
Footballguy
I’m a 6 handicap. 38 putts… is, uh… it means I hit greens!
The Gator
Footballguy
I'm good with 38 on the front 9. Some people can't be happy....
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
How much are you playing on the course vs on the range?
When I spend a lot of time on the range I can really get things dialed, but then when I go on the course I feel really nervous and get the yips. Not just for one round but for quite a few rounds until I get used to being on the course where the swings actually count again.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
I think it's honestly just banging balls, as Tiger puts it. That's what worked for me being around the same handicap. I have a net and mat in my back yard and I don't even bother setting up the tracker (Garmin R10) anymore. Just walk outside when I have a few minutes throughout the day and bang a few balls into the net, mostly just focusing on making good contact. I still hit some bad balls but I rarely just flat out chunk one that only goes 20 yards or top one that rolls anymore. Maybe once every 3 rounds or so, whereas it used to be once every 3 holes.
Then it just kind of builds itself. When you're not standing over the ball thinking "boy I hope I don't chunk this and look like an idiot" anymore it really mostly takes that out of the game.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
27 years after he talked his way into an epic trucking at the Masters, you'd think Colin Montgomerie might have learned to keep his Tiger thoughts to himself.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Man great coaching session this weekend, great round today. 85, with a couple really easy ones to get back. Working really hard on getting more in to out and natural in swing, and in doing so, a key thing has been to relax a bit. Which is often costing some distance, but when I do get the swing speed up a bit...I had like a 265 yard drive today (pulled it a little) that felt effortless - most others were around 205-215 and dead straight, and my normal one is like 225 with anywhere from a dead pull to a fade to a banana slice. That consistency really helped. I lost a single penalty stroke off the tee. Free stroke to get back, but that's fewer than usual! No balls lost to water. A couple tee shots where I was under it, or the slice crept back in, or a lined up a little too aggressively and clipped a tree - all of those cost me the ability to go for a par 4 green in two and ended in bogeys.
Putting continues to be awesome - I'm not dropping any long ones in (jk I did drop a single 20 footer for a birdie that felt amazing), but only 1 three putt and it was a misread where I thought it would settle right next to hole, but there was a steeper-than expected drop after the hole, just a really hard pin. No misses inside 5 feet. Had a couple 3-par-in-a-row holes where there were combos of GIR two putts and near miss greenside up and downs. Just excellent overall. I think a few bogeys become pars for sure as I get better and chip to the pin instead of "go middle get it on the green" and maybe some of those 25 foot 2-putts become up and downs from inside 5-10 feet.
Things to work on still:
Another coaching sesh in a week. I've got my wife doing this football drill with me each day for 5-10 mins (just toss a good underhand spiral - my natural toss when I do that is like exactly the swing path and wrist turn and weight shift and everything you want in a golf swing) to ingrain the movement pattern. Grabbed a good net and mat on prime day yesterday that'll fit nicely in my front patio courtyard. Pat leave has unofficially started, officially begins in a few weeks.
Onward and upward!
Putting continues to be awesome - I'm not dropping any long ones in (jk I did drop a single 20 footer for a birdie that felt amazing), but only 1 three putt and it was a misread where I thought it would settle right next to hole, but there was a steeper-than expected drop after the hole, just a really hard pin. No misses inside 5 feet. Had a couple 3-par-in-a-row holes where there were combos of GIR two putts and near miss greenside up and downs. Just excellent overall. I think a few bogeys become pars for sure as I get better and chip to the pin instead of "go middle get it on the green" and maybe some of those 25 foot 2-putts become up and downs from inside 5-10 feet.
Things to work on still:
- not confident on the 20-40 yard chips - I'm often leaving a long putt because I just chip to the green center
- distance off tee really hurts on long par 4s and long par 3s - two par 3s today I had to hit a great 3h and still end up a little short and just play for an up and down
- longer irons + woods - 6i and 5i were shaky, 3w I didn't use at all and there were 2-3 spots where it would be nice to pull it out and use it but I can't hit it well.
- Cost myself 3 GIRs with the PW/9i where I just got under the ball and it cost me 10-15 yards that would have been center of green. Not sure how I got under it, but will find out! Contact was otherwise excellent which is heartening
Another coaching sesh in a week. I've got my wife doing this football drill with me each day for 5-10 mins (just toss a good underhand spiral - my natural toss when I do that is like exactly the swing path and wrist turn and weight shift and everything you want in a golf swing) to ingrain the movement pattern. Grabbed a good net and mat on prime day yesterday that'll fit nicely in my front patio courtyard. Pat leave has unofficially started, officially begins in a few weeks.
Onward and upward!
Zow
Footballguy
Tl; dr - this!
Eliminating those big numbers is so huge for improved scoring and confidence. Next step is figuring out how to reduce and eventually eliminate doubles. Once you can step onto a tee box without any fear of a double or triple being in play, the game becomes so much easier and you can "aim small, miss small" and all that other positive mental stuff.
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Instinctive
Footballguy
Doubles on 8, 12, and 13. Killing those would be awesome too - all 3 holes were very gettable, but one was a penalty off the tee, one was just narrowly hitting a tree (I pulled it a little, shouldn't have been an issue) that knocked my drive down too short on a loooooong par 4, so basically bogey'd a par 5 for me lol, and one was my only bad chip of the day (caught a bit thin and did the dreaded one side of the green to the other).
On the first two - continuing to improve accuracy and consistency shaves one, maybe 2 strokes off each. On the third - don't be lazy - I think if I had brought a 7 iron and noticed how hard the ground was on one side, I'd have gone with a more bump and run approach with more margin for error and saved a stroke there too.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Oh, and positive mental stuff - I had a sequence where I had best drive of the day, 105 from the pin...here was my self-talk (out loud because I was alone and thats how I roll):
1. Alright, put the last hole back there, nice smooth swing, put it right where it dog legs (boom, center of fairway, 240, best drive of the day by far)
2. Perfect, now one of your favorite clubs, the old approach wedge. Been gettign udner a couple of these, so 102 out, 112 or so to center, you hit this 115 with good spin...aim for that tree and ignore the ping, put it on there (boom, short of center, hit about 107, pin high)
3. Great - putter has been excellent, nestle this one right up there for the easy par. Don't underread that slope, it's a bit uphill too, give it a chance.
4. **** YES that's how it's done birdieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Next hole, par 3, 164 to pin on left side of green, but middle distance
1. Ok man, 6-iron here, can;t hit the 7. Trusty six, never lets you down does it? Just go middle fo the green, aim a bit left and expect the fade ont he longer irons (hit pretty well, lands on, rolls to center of green) "you're a god man, a ****ing god."
2. Touuuuugh slider here. Don;t hit it too much, you know these will roll. give it a chance, leave it a couple feet on the downhill if you miss (did exactly that, skirted the right edge and settled 3 feet away)
3. amazing. Put it in for par. firma nd straight (back of the cup baby)
Amazing two hole sequence. Freaking awesome feeling.
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
Tuesday night league last night and I hit 2 perfect shots on 1 to set myself up with 130 into the front for a look at birdie but instead yank it left trying to hit a soft 8 instead of a full 9 (uphill). All is not lost as left isn't a big deal and an easy up and down only I'm not as far left as I thought but instead directly under a small bushy *** ****ing tree where my only shot is from my knees to swipe at it and knock it backwards. I should have taken an uplayable but no I get poor contact and barely get it out to the point where I now have sharp branches stabbing me in the back and still no shot at getting it on the green. 
end up putting 6 on the wrong side of the ridge by about a foot and 2 putt for an 8
My score card ended up with a triple, 2 doubles, a bogey, 4 pars and a bridie but also 2 double jamo's and sprite post round to numb the pain.
end up putting 6 on the wrong side of the ridge by about a foot and 2 putt for an 8 My score card ended up with a triple, 2 doubles, a bogey, 4 pars and a bridie but also 2 double jamo's and sprite post round to numb the pain.
belljr
Footballguy
So I took my first lesson ever (well sort of I had a guy look at me way back). Found a younger guy I trust at my buddies course. The reason is I fell like I plateaued. Hitting the ball much better overall but if I want to get to that next level, longer clubs need to come back into play and consistency. And obviously some weight loss.
I've always had a flatter swing my entire life always fight the inside take away. So end of last year to now I can't hit anything above a 5iron. 4hybrid, 5 wood 3 wood.
No confidence now with it so I don't try. Unless I'm on the tee. So i warm up and walk him through everything and he goes ok. And I just start striping 5 irons. 205, 210, 200, 212 further than I've ever hit it. We are on a mat because of rain but its still stripe city. He say ok hit a 4 hybrid. Shank, top block
Good news I know exactly the problem bad news you're not going to like the fix lol. So he shows me video. And is like I have never seen someone this flexible especially at your age. I had a shoulder rotation of like 150 degrees and way inside. He said there is zero chance with longer clubs to get where you need to get too and thats why you smother, giant slice etc.
Puts me in the right position and I'm like oh like this drill, he goes exactly. OMG it felt like a half swing He said you need to get more upright etc. Even when my turn was correct my hands were still getting behind my chest. It was like a light bulb of why everything was off. When my timing was on it stripe city but the issues Im having are consistent now. Even when I would get in the right spot i tended to get my arms separated which brought the other issue i fight.
So anyway I try to hit balls from this new position and its awful. I know Rome not built in a day. I don't know how much I want to commit to this change but its at least a start point to figure out if i want to rebuild completely or just know what the cause is and live with it lol
I've always had a flatter swing my entire life always fight the inside take away. So end of last year to now I can't hit anything above a 5iron. 4hybrid, 5 wood 3 wood.
No confidence now with it so I don't try. Unless I'm on the tee. So i warm up and walk him through everything and he goes ok. And I just start striping 5 irons. 205, 210, 200, 212 further than I've ever hit it. We are on a mat because of rain but its still stripe city. He say ok hit a 4 hybrid. Shank, top block
Good news I know exactly the problem bad news you're not going to like the fix lol. So he shows me video. And is like I have never seen someone this flexible especially at your age. I had a shoulder rotation of like 150 degrees
and way inside. He said there is zero chance with longer clubs to get where you need to get too and thats why you smother, giant slice etc. Puts me in the right position and I'm like oh like this drill, he goes exactly. OMG it felt like a half swing
He said you need to get more upright etc. Even when my turn was correct my hands were still getting behind my chest. It was like a light bulb of why everything was off. When my timing was on it stripe city but the issues Im having are consistent now. Even when I would get in the right spot i tended to get my arms separated which brought the other issue i fight.So anyway I try to hit balls from this new position and its awful. I know Rome not built in a day. I don't know how much I want to commit to this change but its at least a start point to figure out if i want to rebuild completely or just know what the cause is and live with it lol
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
ugh, brings back my memories of having my grip changed to get more neutral instead of super strong. I went from aiming right and knowing the ball would work left to trying to aim straight and having no idea where the ball would go. It took like 2 months to get used to it and now I'd never want to go back to the strong grip unless purposely trying to hook the ball. Golf sucksSo I took my first lesson ever (well sort of I had a guy look at me way back). Found a younger guy I trust at my buddies course. The reason is I fell like I plateaued. Hitting the ball much better overall but if I want to get to that next level, longer clubs need to come back into play and consistency. And obviously some weight loss.
I've always had a flatter swing my entire life always fight the inside take away. So end of last year to now I can't hit anything above a 5iron. 4hybrid, 5 wood 3 wood.
No confidence now with it so I don't try. Unless I'm on the tee. So i warm up and walk him through everything and he goes ok. And I just start striping 5 irons. 205, 210, 200, 212 further than I've ever hit it. We are on a mat because of rain but its still stripe city. He say ok hit a 4 hybrid. Shank, top block
Good news I know exactly the problem bad news you're not going to like the fix lol. So he shows me video. And is like I have never seen someone this flexible especially at your age. I had a shoulder rotation of like 150 degrees
Puts me in the right position and I'm like oh like this drill, he goes exactly. OMG it felt like a half swing
So anyway I try to hit balls from this new position and its awful. I know Rome not built in a day. I don't know how much I want to commit to this change but its at least a start point to figure out if i want to rebuild completely or just know what the cause is and live with it lol
3 hour lunch
Footballguy
Even the pros make doubles. Reducing them is huge for scoring but on some holes it’s always going to be a possibility. I think focusing on not compounding your mistakes is more critical. Every stroke matters, those 5 footers for bogey are as important as the 5 footers for birdie. If you drive it in the trees, don’t try some crazy hook shot over water trying to miraculously save par.
belljr
Footballguy
If I have a tee a sweep a little more so I'm less flat so thats why I was usually ok. But my god was it awkward. lolugh, brings back my memories of having my grip changed to get more neutral instead of super strong. I went from aiming right and knowing the ball would work left to trying to aim straight and having no idea where the ball would go. It took like 2 months to get used to it and now I'd never want to go back to the strong grip unless purposely trying to hook the ball. Golf sucksSo I took my first lesson ever (well sort of I had a guy look at me way back). Found a younger guy I trust at my buddies course. The reason is I fell like I plateaued. Hitting the ball much better overall but if I want to get to that next level, longer clubs need to come back into play and consistency. And obviously some weight loss.
I've always had a flatter swing my entire life always fight the inside take away. So end of last year to now I can't hit anything above a 5iron. 4hybrid, 5 wood 3 wood.
No confidence now with it so I don't try. Unless I'm on the tee. So i warm up and walk him through everything and he goes ok. And I just start striping 5 irons. 205, 210, 200, 212 further than I've ever hit it. We are on a mat because of rain but its still stripe city. He say ok hit a 4 hybrid. Shank, top block
Good news I know exactly the problem bad news you're not going to like the fix lol. So he shows me video. And is like I have never seen someone this flexible especially at your age. I had a shoulder rotation of like 150 degrees
Puts me in the right position and I'm like oh like this drill, he goes exactly. OMG it felt like a half swing
So anyway I try to hit balls from this new position and its awful. I know Rome not built in a day. I don't know how much I want to commit to this change but its at least a start point to figure out if i want to rebuild completely or just know what the cause is and live with it lol
its pretty drastic from where i used to be to now but at least i understand the issue
And my clubs were buitl for my slightly flat swing which I think first step is to get back to my original flat swing lol
Zow
Footballguy
Just got the call that I've been chosen to play as my club's "A Player" in our inter-club match on Monday.* This means I play from the tips and play as a scratch. We are playing at Pine Canyon C.C. which is an ultra-private course with a bunch of retired athletes and golf pros so there's a strong likelihood I'll have to play some former pro at his home course. I'll likely get trounced like 6 and 5 but, hey, kind of a cool thing to do on a Monday and the plan is to swing hard and take chances!
*I think there are two things going on. Of the players available from our club to play, I probably am best suited for the length. Also, and I appreciate my pro not saying it, I think this is a pure strategy call where I'm basically a a sacrificial lamb so some of our better players/guys with lower handicaps can get more favorable matchups.
*I think there are two things going on. Of the players available from our club to play, I probably am best suited for the length. Also, and I appreciate my pro not saying it, I think this is a pure strategy call where I'm basically a a sacrificial lamb so some of our better players/guys with lower handicaps can get more favorable matchups.
The Gator
Footballguy
Actually hit pretty well. Was more straight than ever before. I parred #9 at Pebble Beach with a sweet chip in from 20ft.
TLEF316
Footballguy
Any time I hear someone say that we need to "grow the game" I wish I could punch them in the face.
Rounds like today make me want to move to Germany where they require a golfing license in order to be allowed on a course.
If you can't hit the ball 40 yards out of the rough (and dont realize it....so you keep trying to hit a 3 wood over and over again)....you should stay home.
If you dont realize you're not suppose to talk/laugh/shuffle the clubs in your bag/watch a video on your phone when someone is hitting a tee shot...stay home.
If you dont realize that you should've be driving your cart or standing 50 yards in front of someone who is trying to hit a shot....stay the hell home.
If I win the lottery, I'm going full Eric Cartman and buying my own course that nobody else is allowed to come to.
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Rounds like today make me want to move to Germany where they require a golfing license in order to be allowed on a course.
If you can't hit the ball 40 yards out of the rough (and dont realize it....so you keep trying to hit a 3 wood over and over again)....you should stay home.
If you dont realize you're not suppose to talk/laugh/shuffle the clubs in your bag/watch a video on your phone when someone is hitting a tee shot...stay home.
If you dont realize that you should've be driving your cart or standing 50 yards in front of someone who is trying to hit a shot....stay the hell home.
If I win the lottery, I'm going full Eric Cartman and buying my own course that nobody else is allowed to come to.
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belljr
Footballguy
Yesterday was a 3 of us. Played quick the first 6 holes. Hit a log jam on 7. F this. Skip 8 9 10. Plow through 11-18. Finish 18 see a gap for 10. 4some at snack stand we say hey ok if we jump to 10 it's the only hole we have left we play 10. Ooh a gap for 8. Guys are chipping on 7. They are a 4some, tell them same thing 2 of the tried to give us ****. We teed off anyway. Was done 8 and 9 before they even reached 8 green. Wtf guys. With all that driving around still done in 3 hours. Absolute madness, we were playing 17 when the group we would have been behind just finished 11. Unreal how slow people are.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Just hacking around today at parts, but some really great holes in between. And keeping my head and a good strategy. Ended up at 92, which is exactly my 20 handicap. Just had a couple blow ups early and then 18 killed me. Not from strategic choices mostly, but things like an easy 7i in and just barely catching the ball or hoseling it or other horrid stuff. Continue to believe that good coaching and practice to get consistent striking will continue to unlock more and more. I'm glad I've got the mindset now of being in the 80s every time or flirting with it. A year ago...it was be in the 90s (and take some mulligans), whereas now everything counts.
Grahamburn
Footballguy
Another rough day, huh?Any time I hear someone say that we need to "grow the game" I wish I could punch them in the face.
Rounds like today make me want to move to Germany where they require a golfing license in order to be allowed on a course.
If you can't hit the ball 40 yards out of the rough (and dont realize it....so you keep trying to hit a 3 wood over and over again)....you should stay home.
If you dont realize you're not suppose to talk/laugh/shuffle the clubs in your bag/watch a video on your phone when someone is hitting a tee shot...stay home.
If you dont realize that you should've be driving your cart or standing 50 yards in front of someone who is trying to hit a shot....stay the hell home.
If I win the lottery, I'm going full Eric Cartman and buying my own course that nobody else is allowed to come to.
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Any time I hear someone say that we need to "grow the game" I wish I could punch them in the face.
Rounds like today make me want to move to Germany where they require a golfing license in order to be allowed on a course.
If you can't hit the ball 40 yards out of the rough (and dont realize it....so you keep trying to hit a 3 wood over and over again)....you should stay home.
If you dont realize you're not suppose to talk/laugh/shuffle the clubs in your bag/watch a video on your phone when someone is hitting a tee shot...stay home.
If you dont realize that you should've be driving your cart or standing 50 yards in front of someone who is trying to hit a shot....stay the hell home.
If I win the lottery, I'm going full Eric Cartman and buying my own course that nobody else is allowed to come to.
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
The Game is full. Everyone looking for a new sport please try baseball. I hear they are recruiting.
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Footballguy
Zow
Footballguy
Yes.
The Gator
Footballguy
Got some swings again at the sim.
Best drive
Planning on hitting the local range tomorrow morning to get in more.
Best drive
Planning on hitting the local range tomorrow morning to get in more.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Outstanding lesson again. I love getting to do this super consistently. I'm at or breaking 90 three rounds in a row too. And still a long way to go on good consistent swing. BUT: hit 12/14 fairways with the driver yesterday. HUGE for me. Lost distance - only 205-215 vs 240, but straight and 210 is way better than rough and 240 for me.
Putting has been absolutely outstanding. Practice with the mat at home really helping. Total money inside five feet, and getting it inside a couple feet on long ones with great consistency. Chipping has fallen off with all the swing changes, so up and downs are come and go right now.
Biggest changes in my journey:
1. Started out chopping wood basically - would take a huge backswing and come down very steep and across the ball - dead pulls, slices, super fat chunks, all bad
2. Had a solid swing for a while, lost a lot of distance but got good path from it by just swinging way less hard and focusing on sequence
3. Slice crept back in, so rather than the 2-3x/yr coaching tune up, since I'm starting leave, going 1-2/week for July/August
4. Got straight or even baby draws consistently, especially with the driver now, but still a lot of lost distance - I'm a relatively fit guy at 6'2" 200 and playing sports all my life, so should be better
Leads us to yesterday's lesson - the big challenge we think we found is I got so ingrained to not come in steep from the original big ugly gross swing, that I'm coming in super shallow and even dipping back a little, which takes distance away, which causes my common miss right now which is a fat that opens the face and shoots out right unpredictably. So we spent the whole session on a couple visuals, some good analogies to basketball, and all sequence sequence sequence of movement patterns. Basically if I can visualize a certain couple ways of hitting, my body works beautifully. But as soon as I actively think about the swing path or the sequence, my shoulders move first in downswing. That movement should cause the steeper over the top outside in swing, but I am SO ingrained not to do that now that instead I lean back and dip the shoulder and shallow it out.
All of these are less exaggerated than they once were, so we're talking mostly fat hits that go right at the worst 10%, most misses are just thinned but straight, and the hits are like 135 on an 8i instead of my old 150. But after all yesterday's drills I just hit a few and it's amazing booming small draws again...just wonderful.
Now it's about two things:
1. Doing the drills, staying consistent, and getting this swing down, which honestly on the video vs two years ago looks like a totally different person
2. See whatever comes up next, and get that chipping back. Short game used to be my savior from all the bad driver/iron play, so if I can recapture that touch around the greens instead of only with the putter, things can really take off!
I love learning and getting better at stuff. It's so freaking cool.
Putting has been absolutely outstanding. Practice with the mat at home really helping. Total money inside five feet, and getting it inside a couple feet on long ones with great consistency. Chipping has fallen off with all the swing changes, so up and downs are come and go right now.
Biggest changes in my journey:
1. Started out chopping wood basically - would take a huge backswing and come down very steep and across the ball - dead pulls, slices, super fat chunks, all bad
2. Had a solid swing for a while, lost a lot of distance but got good path from it by just swinging way less hard and focusing on sequence
3. Slice crept back in, so rather than the 2-3x/yr coaching tune up, since I'm starting leave, going 1-2/week for July/August
4. Got straight or even baby draws consistently, especially with the driver now, but still a lot of lost distance - I'm a relatively fit guy at 6'2" 200 and playing sports all my life, so should be better
Leads us to yesterday's lesson - the big challenge we think we found is I got so ingrained to not come in steep from the original big ugly gross swing, that I'm coming in super shallow and even dipping back a little, which takes distance away, which causes my common miss right now which is a fat that opens the face and shoots out right unpredictably. So we spent the whole session on a couple visuals, some good analogies to basketball, and all sequence sequence sequence of movement patterns. Basically if I can visualize a certain couple ways of hitting, my body works beautifully. But as soon as I actively think about the swing path or the sequence, my shoulders move first in downswing. That movement should cause the steeper over the top outside in swing, but I am SO ingrained not to do that now that instead I lean back and dip the shoulder and shallow it out.
All of these are less exaggerated than they once were, so we're talking mostly fat hits that go right at the worst 10%, most misses are just thinned but straight, and the hits are like 135 on an 8i instead of my old 150. But after all yesterday's drills I just hit a few and it's amazing booming small draws again...just wonderful.
Now it's about two things:
1. Doing the drills, staying consistent, and getting this swing down, which honestly on the video vs two years ago looks like a totally different person
2. See whatever comes up next, and get that chipping back. Short game used to be my savior from all the bad driver/iron play, so if I can recapture that touch around the greens instead of only with the putter, things can really take off!
I love learning and getting better at stuff. It's so freaking cool.
The Gator
Footballguy
Played pretty well at the tourny today. Only lost two balls( The Dude, Shotty Ironman) and had some very nice, for me. strikes.
I was consistently straight and about 200-220 on my five wood, which seems to be my most consistent club.
There was a water hazard before one of the greens about 230-240 out. Figured i'd layup nice and straight with the five wood, but I smoked it right into the water. I'm not good enough yet to club down lol. This one stung.
I was consistently straight and about 200-220 on my five wood, which seems to be my most consistent club.
There was a water hazard before one of the greens about 230-240 out. Figured i'd layup nice and straight with the five wood, but I smoked it right into the water. I'm not good enough yet to club down lol. This one stung.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
Had my best round in a long time on Saturday. Clean 36 on the front. 1 bogey, 1 tap in birdie. On the back I left 2 putts on lip for bogies. Finished with 4 straight birdie putts inside 15 feet. Good strokes but none fell. 36-38-74. Anytime I shoot mid/high 70’s I’m getting 3-4 birdies. So to shoot 74 with only 1 birdie was great. Pretty easy, stress free round.
I credit it all to my last lesson in May. I was a mess. Way too focused on body rotation. Was trying to post and rotate hard and frankly it made me so inconsistent. Coach wanted me to focus on hands and wrists. Create and release angles with speed. He’s one of those guys who gets on his knees and hits a driver 280 then says “how much body rotation did I use there?” Took it to heart and ball striking is light years better. More consistent and hitting it longer. Short game had been elite for awhile now (was always a 7 or 8 with very iffy ball striking). So now being better with GIR has made 8 of my last 9 rounds in the 70’s. Fun when a plan comes together. FYI - I’ve had maybe 2 range sessions in 4
months. Just hit 10-15 warm up shots and go
I credit it all to my last lesson in May. I was a mess. Way too focused on body rotation. Was trying to post and rotate hard and frankly it made me so inconsistent. Coach wanted me to focus on hands and wrists. Create and release angles with speed. He’s one of those guys who gets on his knees and hits a driver 280 then says “how much body rotation did I use there?” Took it to heart and ball striking is light years better. More consistent and hitting it longer. Short game had been elite for awhile now (was always a 7 or 8 with very iffy ball striking). So now being better with GIR has made 8 of my last 9 rounds in the 70’s. Fun when a plan comes together. FYI - I’ve had maybe 2 range sessions in 4
months. Just hit 10-15 warm up shots and go
Instinctive
Footballguy
Horrible but fun. Hoseling irons. Big fats. Was in a really good spot and last couple lessons have focused ok adding power and it's messed with what had become a really nice swing. Need to go back to that.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
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Footballguy
We had to use six of her drives (shamble format). Four of the or so were probably advantageous. Plus knowing she got to hit allowed me to be more aggressive off some tees.
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Footballguy
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Footballguy
I'd note it was the couples club championship. So it was husband/wife teams. Hence the format. We did try doing alternate shot for one of the 9s last year but that led to too many near divorces.
Our regular club championship will be traditional individual medal play (i.e. pure stroke format). That's this upcoming weekend and is 3 days long.
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Footballguy
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Footballguy
There was a low gross and low net in each flight.
And yeah our club championship is really just a test of who can keep it together for three days straight. I’ve made at least a quad on a hole every year which death. The winner is usually in the mid 70s every day.
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Footballguy
We have a separate match play tournament that is 16 guys per flight. Our official club championship is pure/traditional stroke play (with one open scratch flight for the "club champion" and several flights of handicapped play).
Both the match play champion and the stroke play champion get their photos on the wall. On the stroke play champ gets his (and hers, as we have a separate women's division) names on the flag.
belljr
Footballguy
Wanted to get your guys opinions.
I'm currently going through a pretty big swing change kind of. I took a lesson about a month ago with a guy I trust. Any way fixing my slot and takeaway to get my hand more in front of me. This was the reason for my new fade and poor contact with fairway woods.
Before I went on vacation I had a couple range sessions and a awful round then a couple decent ones.
Then I went on two weeks of vacation and didn't touch a club.
My question is I played today with no range sessions since then and struggled a bit with the change, should I/would you post your scores for hcp purposes or wait until you feel at least comfortable with the change.
I'm currently going through a pretty big swing change kind of. I took a lesson about a month ago with a guy I trust. Any way fixing my slot and takeaway to get my hand more in front of me. This was the reason for my new fade and poor contact with fairway woods.
Before I went on vacation I had a couple range sessions and a awful round then a couple decent ones.
Then I went on two weeks of vacation and didn't touch a club.
My question is I played today with no range sessions since then and struggled a bit with the change, should I/would you post your scores for hcp purposes or wait until you feel at least comfortable with the change.
3 hour lunch
Footballguy
Every score should be posted
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