The Golf Thread

[SKIQUATTRO]

dont care for the game, i do get called to play at an occasional outing or with an uncle at the country club (18 holes in 3hrs)...ususally after the 6th hole I've had my fix and everything after that is just a rush shot to get the round over with. typically in the high 80's/low 90's....rather be doing other things: Sailing, surfing, mtn/road biking, waterskiing....maybe i have ADD....

 

[campgottagopee]

dont care for the game, i do get called to play at an occasional outing or with an uncle at the country club (18 holes in 3hrs)...ususally after the 6th hole I've had my fix and everything after that is just a rush shot to get the round over with. typically in the high 80's/low 90's....rather be doing other things: Sailing, surfing, mtn/road biking, waterskiing....maybe i have ADD....

High 80's and low 90's are darn good scores for someone who doesn't play much.....may want to take it up-----I know guys who play ALL THE TIME and wish they could shoot in the 80's. They really suck though:smile:

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Just back from a pretty nice round for me . A Glorious sunny fall day in the 70's with leaves changing color and i shot a 44/38--82 which is my one of my best this season .

Had seven pars and finished with an Eagle on the 18th . Put my tee shot on the green 287 yds then sank a 23 footer -- yee haa

Only thing was i had 3 penalty strokes otherwise i's of bagged my first sub 80 ever , Oh well something to shoot for next time

Nice warp, ive had about 7 putts at an eagle lipped 2 out , never made one yet.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Nice warp, ive had about 7 putts at an eagle lipped 2 out , never made one yet.

Thanks FLG-- keep swingin it'll happen

Funny thing yesterday the Eagle was on a aerated green with all those damn holes filled with sand too -- i simply relaxed said what the hell and hit it after plumb - bobbing the pathway

THUS proving most of this stuff is more DUMB luck than skill

 

[drjeff]

Thanks FLG-- keep swingin it'll happen

Funny thing yesterday the Eagle was on a aerated green with all those damn holes filled with sand too -- i simply relaxed said what the hell and hit it after plumb - bobbing the pathway

THUS proving most of this stuff is more DUMB luck than skill

As of late I like aerated greens ALOT. Atleast then I have a reasonable excuse as to why my putts haven't been falling as of late!

 

[Warp Daddy]

As of late I like aerated greens ALOT. Atleast then I have a reasonable excuse as to why my putts haven't been falling as of late!

Yeah i know i had trouble a couple of days ago too with aerated greens and have not putted well Most of the season 'cept for a stretch in July . You guys all listened to me CRY ASS bout my vacation putting or lack therof

-- BUT yesterday my putter was on fire -- GO FIGURE

Its a friggin crazy game at times

 

[drjeff]

Yeah i know i had trouble a couple of days ago too with aerated greens and have not putted well Most of the season 'cept for a stretch in July . You guys all listened to me CRY ASS bout my vacation putting or lack therof

-- BUT yesterday my putter was on fire -- GO FIGURE

Its a friggin crazy game at times

What I keep telling myself, since the putter has made literally thousands of putts over the years, is that "its NOT the club that has the problem, its the idiot that's holding the club that has the problem!"

As my grandfather used to tell me years ago when he was alive and I was playing golf with him, "Jeff, golf is a 4 letter word that most times can only be described using other 4 letter words!"

 

[Warp Daddy]

What I keep telling myself, since the putter has made literally thousands of putts over the years, is that "its NOT the club that has the problem, its the idiot that's holding the club that has the problem!"

As my grandfather used to tell me years ago when he was alive and I was playing golf with him, "Jeff, golf is a 4 letter word that most times can only be described using other 4 letter words!"

KEERECT ON BOTH scores

YOUR grandaddy was a SAGE --------------

 

[drjeff]

KEERECT ON BOTH scores

YOUR grandaddy was a SAGE --------------

Fortunately some of the DNA didn't get too mutated as it was passed on either

 

[Warp Daddy]

Fortunately some of the DNA didn't get too mutated as it was passed on either

I'm SURE of that Never met a "slow" dentist

Have fun on vacation and keep it on the short grass -- keep us posted on that golf scene

 

[drjeff]

I'm SURE of that Never met a "slow" dentist

Have fun on vacation and keep it on the short grass -- keep us posted on that golf scene

Two dozen ProV1x's are packed in the golf bag and ready to tempt the coastal marsh lands of Southwest Florida in a few days

 

[riverc0il]

THUS proving most of this stuff is more DUMB luck than skill

That is one of the things I have come to truly enjoy about the game. I appreciate that simple fact more often when I am hitting well than when I am hitting poorly, surprisingly. Probably because when I am hitting poorly it is not about luck but rather a lack of good technique.

 

[drjeff]

That is one of the things I have come to truly enjoy about the game. I appreciate that simple fact more often when I am hitting well than when I am hitting poorly, surprisingly. Probably because when I am hitting poorly it is not about luck but rather a lack of good technique.

That's the genius of golf. You can be playing like cr$p, but with some good luck (like say hitting the cart path and then bouncing off three trees and ending up in the middle of the fairway) you can score well, or you can be playing great and with bad luck (like say your approach shot to the green bounces off a sprinkler head and goes out of bounds) end up scoring like cr$p. Either way, you'll more than likely come back for another round

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Two dozen ProV1x's are packed in the golf bag and ready to tempt the coastal marsh lands of Southwest Florida in a few days

nice I look forward to some golf TRs..it doesn't look like I'll play this weekend in the rain but maybe if there's a clear hour or two..I'll squeeze in 9 or a bucket at the range..also a good tournement on TV

 

[drjeff]

nice I look forward to some golf TRs..it doesn't look like I'll play this weekend in the rain but maybe if there's a clear hour or two..I'll squeeze in 9 or a bucket at the range..also a good tournement on TV

TR's should start late Tuesday/early Wednesday. Gotta do a few days of Disney 1st

 

[riverc0il]

That's the genius of golf. You can be playing like cr$p, but with some good luck (like say hitting the cart path and then bouncing off three trees and ending up in the middle of the fairway) you can score well, or you can be playing great and with bad luck (like say your approach shot to the green bounces off a sprinkler head and goes out of bounds) end up scoring like cr$p. Either way, you'll more than likely come back for another round

I have had some pretty amazingly impressive lucky bounces due to balls that I have rocketed into the woods. Two weeks ago I came pretty close to a birdie on a par 4 (had it not been for a chip that came up short and a three putt...). Never would have even had a chance without the bounce that not only kicked it out but kicked it out with forwarded momentum. Happened also three weeks ago on a par four and I think I would have made par but for a three putt again. Then again, I have lost more balls than those that have taken favorable bounces.

:smash:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Sometimes when I git the ball in the woods and get a lucky bounce back in play..it's like the tree spits..or throws the ball out..it's one of the more thrilling things in golf...On a par-4 with 150 yards of water to clear in front of the tee..my Dads buddy hit a worm burner..that skipped 4-5 times across the lake..bounced into the rocks and got a kick into the fairway..pretty crazy. Alot better than a lipout on a downhill putt that leaves a testy 4 footer that is missed..turning what could be a one putt par or birdie into a three putt bogey or double..

 

[riverc0il]

57 on 9 holes today. Not my best effort. Started off with a boogie and a par and it went downhill for the remaining 7 holes. Not having a 3W really hurt my game. I tried my driver once on a side by side fairway drive and put the ball right down the center of the fairway. The other fairway. So I was teeing off every hole with my hybrid which was hit and miss (mostly miss). New 3W shipped Friday and can't get here soon enough.

For the short game, I had 2 one putts and 7 two putts never using the putter more than twice per hole. Most people seem to have issues with their short game. I just can't get the ball down the fairway without hacking a tee shot into the woods and then using two clubs to go half the distance to the green. Getting an 8 on a par 4 with only two putts is a problem. Less than half of my shots were made within 20 yards of the pin today.

So I am really happy with my short game right now but not having a driver (nor the more reliable 3W off the tee) is a killer. Especially considering it is the only club other than my putter that I use on every hole expect the par 3s.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Steve RU using the "RIGHT" side of the TEE B0X and aiming left ??

ARE 2 knuckles showing on your LEFT hand with matched up right palm on the grip , ANother trick to help with the banana ball may be to Drop your back foot in half a foot length behind your lead foot and set up for a semi closed stance which should HELP to SQUARE up the face at impact

Relax your forearms , No tension at all , bring the club back slowly along the ground then up -- Try swinging at a 7 out of 10 strength . (10 being killer fast )


Hope some of this helps

BTW treat yourself to a new 3W-- u deserve it boy

Warp

 

[riverc0il]

Doing all those things. It is a swing mechanics issue. What I keep coming back to is not enough hip rotation in the backswing and then leading with the shoulders instead of turning the hips on the downswing. My driver and wood play has always sucked but even my iron play was sub-par today. Actually, my iron play is worse now than it was about a month or two after I first started swing the clubs. Part of the problem is I have researched my swing faults to death and I am trying too many different things to "fix" the swing. End result is I have thrown my iron game off while trying to fix my wood and driver play.

I'll be starting next season off with a series of three lessons for sure. I have done well for a beginner but I really need someone to boil down my swing into two or three fundamentals, snow me how to fix the issues, and show me how to mentally get my game back if (when) I loss it again.

BTW... new 3W already on the way. Along with a new 3H to round up the bag. So I have already been well treated.