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  1. 1. Where do you waste the most shots?

    • Driver
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    • Long approach/Fairway woods 180+
      37
    • Middle Distances 130-175
      28
    • Short Irons 90-125
      5
    • Pitching <90
      36
    • Chipping
      42
    • Putting
      61
    • Mental/Course Management
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Jeepthrills Great Member

Jeepthrills

Where do waste the most shots? Bad swings can happen anywhere, but what part of the game hurts you the most?

Mine would be a close call between long approach shots and the mental game. I would say that mentally I will have a few lapses per round and they always seem to inflate the score. I don't have as many long approach shots per round so I'll go mental.

The distances are more subjective than anything. I also sepperated putting and chipping. I am a reasonably good putter, but I can be a total spaz when chipping.
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teal Well Established Member

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Mine would be driver and the long approach. Often off the tee I have found I could have thrown the ball farther. I am much better with the 5-9 irons. Putting is decent. Don't really remember a large amount of 3 putts if any.

I know some will laugh but as a kid I lived on minature golf courses - putt 5-6 hours a day, 4 days a week and a putter doesn't scare you much :)

I am the most nervous on the tee and I think that kills my game. Plus I would do well to tie a rope from my nose to belt as I lift my head a lot (so they tell me)

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Can I pick two?

My short game is just..... not good... it's not horrible, but i DEFINITELY waste lots of shots on the green and mostly chipping... I almost always over shoot the pin when i'm chipping...

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MountainHip Well Established Member

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Medium distance approach shots.
I hit them solid, with good feel, But I keep missing the GREEN!
I usually missed to the right.

Give me 180-210 from the green, and I am there.

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Driver: TaylorMade Burner 9.5* Stock Stiff
5 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Aldila NV Stiff
7 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Stock Steel
4-PW: TaylorMade R7XD Stock Stiff Steel48* Wedge: Callaway Forged52* Wedge: Founders Club60* Wedge: Founders ClubPutter: Odyssey DFX 6600Balls: Titleist ProV1 & DT SoLo

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p_funk Established Member

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I put the middle distances. I usually only use my driver 1 to 2 times a round soit does not hurt me that much, where as I hit alot of bad shots with my longer irons 3/4 and 5 iron too.
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LarryK Well Established Member

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Almost anywhere between tee and green, but I figure I should at least get on about two-thirds of the time from the middle distances. And I don't. I should get on from short approach range 80 - 90 percent of the time....and I don't.

Whenever I don't get on, I figure I should be able to get up and down ........well.....sometimes.

There are a lot of places to lose strokes.
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Clubswinger21 Dedicated Member

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I score well if im putting well and thats the same for everyone. I dont throw away alot of shots if you're playing to make pars cuz i usually do that pretty well. I throw away good chance's to make birdie after ive cracked a drive 275 down the pipe and im left with 105 yard sand wedge and i pull it dead left or chunk because the fairway is pure mud from winter rains. Or if i do hit a good shot i miss the putt. Im not a bad putter but i just cant seem to make it when it counts. Those 2 things are what keep me from shooting even or below par.

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I waste so many points on the green it is ugly and annoying!

The first Putt always comes up short, the second in response a little bit longer but not on the perfect line and the third is always a 5-10 inch putt that drops, but that means: Par? Not with me

I am more the bogey/double bogey player.

But my long irons are 3-4 are perfect so I dont care about the rest

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I waste too many shots around the green; I'd like to turn 3 shots into two more often from about 10-15 yards; if I do that I'll shoot mid-70s more often.
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DEFINATELY off the tee.

In My Callaway Golf Bag:

Driver: BB 454 8* Aldila nv65s
Fairway Wood: 3&5 Sport Stiff
Hybrid: Nicklaus 21* Himax4- PW: GT2 Tightlies StiffSW: 588 GunLW: 588 GunPutter: OZ T100Bite Men's Golf AC II Golf Shoe Top Flite ballGrey Goose Mini's

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I waste a ton of shots on the greens. I was looking at my stats so far this year. In the 12 rounds I have recorded in 2007 I have hit 71% of the fairways and 74% of the GIR. Pretty darn good if I say so myself. But I am averaging 35.3 Putts per round. My scoring average is 74.1. So I don't waste many shots from tee to green, and my chipping is decent, but my putting is atrocious. I have only had one round out of the 12 without a 3 putt and I have 4 putted twice. I worked very hard in the fall on my ballstriking and it has paid off. But it also has now shown me where I am lacking.

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allin Great Member

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I am short of the tee so I have to hit a lot of medium and long irons into par fours. I don't mind if I miss so much but I seem to miss in the worst possible spot, downhill chip, bunker no green to the pin etc. Althouth it is not where I waste the most shots, I feel the most frustrating miss is an easy pitch or chip that goes badly. The one time I can get really get .

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My chipping has been atrocious lately. I've bladed more shots across the green in the last two months than I care to talk about. I've knuckled down and started putting in the time around the practice green which seems to be helping. I hate having an up-and-down to save par turn into a double bogey because of stupid mistakes like that.

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II throw away good chance's to make birdie after ive cracked a drive 275 down the pipe and im left with 105 yard sand wedge and i pull it dead left or chunk because the fairway is pure mud from winter rains. Or if i do hit a good shot i miss the putt. Im not a bad putter but i just cant seem to make it when it counts. Those 2 things are what keep me from shooting even or below par.

I am the king of blowing a good shot by following up with a turd. I will bomb a drive and then skull/chunk/pull/shank my wedge. In my league last season, three weeks in a row I hit a drive of 280+ into the fairway on the same hole. All three weeks I proceeded to butcher the hole with less than 50 yards to the pin. The best part was that I did it three completely different ways. First it was the chunk that didn't advance 5 yards. The next time was the skull that flew over the green and out of play. Finally it was the push that went long and right, again out of play. I figured it out the following week when I hit a worm burning drive about 175. I followed it up with a 7 Iron to 10 feet and rolled it in for birdie.

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golfchief Dedicated Member

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I chose the mental, I think I get tired the last three or four holes and make stupid mistakes and that can really mess up a good round. have to bring more food with me I guess. lol

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Putting - If you hit a bad shot into the green then you can make it up by good pitch for par. But if you hit a bad putt you cannot make that shot back up!
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