I do find it easier to shoot a lower score when I drive farther because there are less times I can shank my iron shots! Also on my longest drives they are always straight because its when I slice to the right they go really short.
On approach shots you are now hitting into the green from positions you are not used to & yardages you perhaps are unused to & therefore maybe uncomfortable with. It may be that you need to use a differnt type of shot for an aproach. Most people may naturally have one type of aproach shot (though if you are an 11 handicap you should have quite an armary of shots at your disposal). I mean why do some of us always go for that full shot or lob shot, when a bump & run or a chip & run, or even variations withing the above will get us to where we need to be.
DING DING We have a winner! Practice that short game.
this lady diane that works at one of the courses i often play at told me this theory:
"when you find your putting game, your irons go. When you find your irons, your driver goes. And when you find your driver, the putter goes."
i think its an excellent theory...
Location: Bishop's Stortford, about 25 miles outside London, UK
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Originally Posted by rawhiti robber
when i'm being beaten i pull little tricks out like stroking my oponents ego by saying "wow you hit that flaming HUGE"
this make them try to hit harder and harder and they more often than not start going sideways . hehehe
Where I come we call that gamesmanship, and whilst legal it's not very gentlemanly. In fact, it's just not cricket.
PA Playa said:
One thing that I realize when my tee game is on -- my wedge play isn't as great as it should be. Everyone has their own abilities, but if I have a wedge in my hands, I feel that I shouldn't be looking at a birdie putt over 40 feet from the hole. And much of the time, that's the case. But the funny thing about that? If it's my third shot on a par4 (say I hit a bad tee shot and had to pitch out to wedge range) for some mysterious reason I will get that 3rd shot with wedge much closer to the pin that if it were a standard second-shot approach! Focus and determination is different, maybe....
Then, there's the simple fact that outside of those days where career rounds are posted, which are very rare, you're going to be very lucky to have two aspects of the game clicking in a single round, and if you get greedy, the golf gods will sense it and will suddenly give you more to complain about than 40 footers for birdie. ;)[/quote]
Ain't it the truth!!! I am happy if I have 2 aspects clicking on one day...
July 2nd, 2006, 01:29 PM
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