Words Of Unwisdom: Things You Tell Yourself Even Though You Know Better.

[Stretch]

Range day: "Yeah, my elbow does hurt a bit. Maybe hitting five buckets will make it feel better?"

Course day: "Man, this is a long hole. I better swing out of my friggin' shoes on this drive!"



Do your worst...

[Shankapotomus]

Not quite what you have in mind but as a newbie..

Addressing the Ball: "Ok, nice slow tempo here.. don't need to smash it."
Post Swing, Topping the Ball: "That was slow?"

[Fairway_CY]

Good thread idea.

For me... it's always the same:

"This hole is only 370. 3 Wood will leave you a 7 iron. Yeah, but Driver will leave me a 9 iron."

I always hit the driver... and almost never well.

I'm an idiot.

CY

[Shanks A Million]

Me: "My leg feels fine, I'm going to go hit a small bucket."
---Later---
Them: "Small or large?"
Me: "Um... large."
---Later---
"Oh man, my leg hurts, one more..."
"Maybe just one more..."
"Ah, one more won't kill me..."
---Later---
"Damn, my leg really hurts."

Wake up the next day, repeat.

[Undr Par]

for me it's basically the abc's of golfing......

keep my head down and take a nice easy tempo swing.....

[DavidFehertysBike]

"yeah..i can hit this 4iron over that tree 10 feet in front of me..."

[sean_miller]

  DavidFehertysBike said:

"yeah..i can hit this 4iron over that tree 10 feet in front of me..."

I could pitch one out to the 150 . . . or I could sling a big hook one around the trees with a 3 iron Now how did that Faldo tip go . . . ?

[Titleist Man]

  sean_miller said:

I could pitch one out to the 150 . . . or I could sling a big hook one around the trees with a 3 iron Now how did that Faldo tip go . . . ?

EXACTLY what i do!!! haha mayb thats y i suck....

[DavidFehertysBike]

  sean_miller said:

I could pitch one out to the 150 . . . or I could sling a big hook one around the trees with a 3 iron Now how did that Faldo tip go . . . ?

hahahahaha

[doctork]

"Hey, if Tiger can do it..."

"Trees are 90 percent air..."

"Don't leave it short, don't leave it short, don't leave it short..."

"8-iron is plenty of club to carry that bunker..."

Good thread, Stretch!

Cheers,
DoctorK

[Where's the Cart Girl?]

Standing over ball
"Something doesn't feel right...step away, step away, step away. F*ck it, swing!"

Post shank
"I knew it."

[Sanzabar]

Walks up to the ball after my drive on a par 5. Hit it about 280... looks over at my playing partner and say... "Man, I think I can make it to the flag with this next shot."

He says, "Nah... play it safe and leave yourself a simple chip shot."

I look back and say, "forget playing safe... Im gonna crush it."

SWING... CRACK!! Hello tree (tried to hit the ball 800 yards and sliced it bad)

Look over and say, "toss me another ball" as he just chuckles and throws me a ball.

I then, switch clubs and hit a beauty down the middle of the fairway.

Look at him and say, "HA... thanks alot".

[walk18]

Standing over a putt: "if I can just get the line right, the speed won't matter." - proceed to leave it way short..

[goblue107501]

  Where's the Cart Girl? said:

Standing over ball

...and then things go bad.

This is my worst one. I don't know why I can't get myself to step off. I always try to adjust midswing and that never works.

[Gioguy21]

'its in the hole..its in the hole...'....'nope, in the rough past the green'

'if i can only just punch it out to the 100 i can knock it within 15 feet to save bogey/par...'

[golfaddiction]

  goblue107501 said:

...and then things go bad.

Last round I actually stepped away from a 10 foot putt mid-backswing because it didn't feel right. I was really proud of myself, and ended up making the putt after re-grouping.

How bout - I'll be able to find that one! (after it veers off into the woods)

[Outfoxed]

"Don't ... ."

It's a magnet for me. I'll tell myself, don't let it leak, set up for a slight draw. And pow, there it goes right. But the opposite seems true, too. Water on the left, so I tell myself, don't let it draw. And pow, my ball is looking like a dead duck.

[Mrd19abhs]

  Where's the Cart Girl? said:

Standing over ball

Man thats the story of my life right there. must happen 2ta3 times a round