First time on a golf course

[The Road Dog]

Dark you are doing everything right, don't change. Unless you find a par 3 course you can get on for your single rounds, the big course will have to do. Playing is the only way to learn the complete game. Do it every chance you get and get some lessons, and you will get better. Oh and don't get a big head when you do start to get better.

[Mattplusness]

This is my second season playing and I've shot an 89 and a 90 this season so far, which I think is pretty decent. What I did was work on accuracy first over distance. If you find the correct swing motion, you will add power gradually.

[darkhunter139]

Played again today at the same course and did MUCH better. I was hitting my driver and irons pretty well but my chipping still needs some work (it was better though). I shot 97 through 16 which was a 21 shot improvement over Saturday. Was able to finish all 18 with a 111. Got a lot to work to do still but did much better out there today.

[darkhunter139]

How long does it usually take you guys to play 18? We started at 3:45 and were not done until about 7:45 is that about average? By the time we got to the back nine it got kind of backed up and by the 16th we were waiting at least 5-10 minutes before we could tee off on the last three holes.

[markpf189]

4 hours is about the norm, a lot quicker if there is no wait of course.

[Easy]

Played again today at the same course and did MUCH better. I was hitting my driver and irons pretty well but my chipping still needs some work (it was better though). I shot 97 through 16 which was a 21 shot improvement over Saturday. Was able to finish all 18 with a 111. Got a lot to work to do still but did much better out there today.

Good stuff. I don't even bother with my driver atm. I just use my 5W, then usually a hybrid or 7i from there. At minimum track your score and putts everytime you go out there, find the weaknesses and work on them. IMO, At our level sometimes the score can be misleading to how you really played. There are times when I score 107 and left much happier then when I scored 100 on the same course. But my main priority at the moment is to become a more consistent ball striker, on average I usually grub one shot per hole, that bothers me more than making a three putt. (At the moment anyway)

[darkhunter139]

Three putts really aggravate me for but your right, I usually screw my shots from around 30-60 feet up and that feels even worse to me because its basically a wasted shot (Sometimes two in my case haha). Going to keep chipping around the yard to try and work on that. Right now I do not have a fairway wood but I hit my 4 hybrid on a few short par 4s which usually resulted in a better shot. I am thinking about picking up a 3 or 4 wood to use instead of my driver sometimes.

[saevel25]

lets say your able to two putt ever green, thats 36 putts, thats usually over 25% of your game, so spend over 25% of your time on the putting green. Then driver, then irons. Try to make it so you can hit as many greens as possible. Short game is all technique and feel, you can spend some spare time.

[darkhunter139]

lets say your able to two putt ever green, thats 36 putts, thats usually over 25% of your game, so spend over 25% of your time on the putting green. Then driver, then irons. Try to make it so you can hit as many greens as possible. Short game is all technique and feel, you can spend some spare time.

Yeah I know I really need to work on my putting I had way to many 3 putts and no 1 putts. The only green that I can find to practice on around here charges 6 bucks a day and its about 40 mins away so its not real practical. I am probably just going to break down and get a decent sized putting matt to put in my basement.