Played for the first time on a real course (Par 3 at Hinksey Heights, Oxford) today, after a few visits to the driving range over the past couple of months.
Lessons Learned:
Golf in England in January is both windier and muddier than one might have imagined.
Putting the "bedroom-carpet-green" is not the same as putting a patchwork-quilt style green in the screaming wind.
Playing a course is (much) more fun than the range.
When people tell me the short game is the most important, they aren't lying.
Managed to hit a 4 or 5 tee shots to stop pin-high within 20 feet of the pin today, one pitched on the green, so I'm happy for my first time out. As mentioned above, short game needs a vast amount of work, resulting in a 20-over-par 47, but all good fun
You are correct, it's all about the short game. Mine is not very good either, which is why I tend to stick to the par 3 courses - lets me work on that extensively, for a lot less money than a full size course.
BTW I shot the exact same score you did first time out, on a par 3 course for nine holes....47
How long have you been playing and what handicap do you play off now out of interest?
It will be two years in April since I started playing. I don't have an established handicap, but my best score ever was a 94 - the Golf Gods were with me that day! I usually shoot 100-105. Not very good...but I just love playing golf...
Played for the first time on a real course (Par 3 at Hinksey Heights, Oxford) today, after a few visits to the driving range over the past couple of months.
Lessons Learned:
Golf in England in January is both windier and muddier than one might have imagined.
Putting the "bedroom-carpet-green" is not the same as putting a patchwork-quilt style green in the screaming wind.
Playing a course is (much) more fun than the range.
When people tell me the short game is the most important, they aren't lying.
Managed to hit a 4 or 5 tee shots to stop pin-high within 20 feet of the pin today, one pitched on the green, so I'm happy for my first time out. As mentioned above, short game needs a vast amount of work, resulting in a 20-over-par 47, but all good fun
Awesome...keep having fun with it!!! It can only get better!
It will be two years in April since I started playing. I don't have an established handicap, but my best score ever was a 94 - the Golf Gods were with me that day! I usually shoot 100-105. Not very good...but I just love playing golf...
congratulations on the nice score, many people wouldn't be able to get within 10 of you on their first time out. the short game is the most important thing in golf, but don't turn your back on the long game, a bad long game can cost you as many, if not more strokes than a bad short game.
I agree strongly with London. I at first had a poor short game and started working on that and neglected the rest of my game for a while and lost a few strokes cause of this. Now I have everything beautiful in my irons on in. Which led me to neglect my driver and this is the 1 long range club you can neglect if you dont play it =). Now Im tryin to get it back instead of my consistant 210yrd 3i.
Edit: almost forgot to add that is a very nice score for a first time out.
Which led me to neglect my driver and this is the 1 long range club you can neglect if you dont play it =).
yep, i haven't properly worked a driver in years, i own 2 driver's (they are both quite recent purchases too, one about 2 years old and other about 5) but none of them even get a chance to go in the bag, i was much more consistent (which led to me being longer) with my 3 wood. i just sometimes get those urges to whack a driver, suppose it depends how i feel when i wake up in the morning , i suppose i bag the driver, once in every 25 rounds or so, if its lucky.
Last edited by london_geeza : January 14th, 2007 at 09:54 AM.
I have a driver in my bag but it hardly gets used as its only a short distance longer then my 2i.(wrong launch for me but dead straight every time). Found the SQ for me in a 13* with diamana has actually a perfect flight thats lower then my current driver and its out there where my distance was before tryin the Nicklaus Thriver.
Yeah, I still need plenty of work on the long irons, on a full course I'd have to actually get close to the hole to use the shortgame!! Figure I can work on the long game easily at the range though, and the short game more so at the course, so hopefully it should work out ok.
Played two more rounds today, shot 43 then a 46, so hopefully it was entirely beginner's luck. (Had two short-range chips run around the cup and jump out again which was exciting but annoying!).
January 13th, 2007, 04:12 PM
Now you have crossed the threashold and now will be hooked on the greatest individual game played.ENJOY!!!!
, i suppose i bag the driver, once in every 25 rounds or so, if its lucky.
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