Noob Mistakes You Made

[tracker]

When I first played a course, I inevitably ended up in a bunker, and since I didn't know any better, I would take practice swings hitting the sand.

[Mrd19abhs]

My biggest noob mistake was ediquette related and I would always walk on my buddys line I could just never remember to walk around. Finally after telling me for like two rounds I guess he got fed up and decided he was gonna start hitting me with his putter when I did. I prometly got the picture when it hurt to sit in the cart. lol

[Shindig]

Oh man. I tried to learn golf by watching it, first on Xbox (TW04) and then on TV. Of course, I would mentally tune out at swing analysis, so I didn't see the turn, and I tried a -- literally -- all arms swing, with the rest of my body frozen.

I also had particularly poor course management; I always tried to reach GIRs, even when I wasn't able to break 100. This was particularly deadly as a short hitter, since I had to hit a lot of 3-wood off the deck from sketchy lies. Once I decided to go for par-5s in 4 and long par-4s in 3, I found myself breaking 100 regularly. Then I found it wasn't as necessary as much of the time.

[tracker]

My biggest noob mistake was ediquette related and I would always walk on my buddys line I could just never remember to walk around. Finally after telling me for like two rounds I guess he got fed up and decided he was gonna start hitting me with his putter when I did. I prometly got the picture when it hurt to sit in the cart. lol

haha my friend would do that all the time. He started around the same time I did, he would always putt out of turn while stepping all over my line.

[DonW]

The first time I played golf as an adult with other players I picked up my playing partners ball marker on the green and handed it back to them saying I think you dropped this. I never saw them put it down in place of their ball and had never heard of marking your ball when I played as a kid ten years earlier.

[O.B. Right]

Let me see if I can think of any:

1. Spending a year trying to teach myself to hit at the range
2. Spending the same year ocassionally endangering other golfers with my crazy, errant shots
3. Going to the range and hitting a large bucket in 15 minutes
4. Going to the range and hitting TWO large buckets in 30 minutes
5. Reading and trying to apply waay too many golf swing tips

This lead to me having the following Noobie swing problems:
1. Grip too tight
2. Too much tension at address and through the swing
3. Trying to "hit" at the ball
4. Swaying with my upper body
5. Not swinging around my body

Now, I still totally suck at golf and barely can break 100. However, when I play with my buddies or other people who have these "fatal swing flaws" I just feel bad for them. Standing at the tee box, they don't understand (as I didn't) that they have a 0% chance to hit the shot they are envisioning.

[B-Con]

Taking too long on the course. Until recently I was a slow player. I was decent at being aware of my turn and being prepared for it, but I moved slowly and took too many practice swings. That and I was an erratic hitter so I'd be all over the place.

This lead to me having the following Noobie swing problems:

Hear hear, been there done that.

[sean_miller]

When I first played a course, I inevitably ended up in a bunker, and since I didn't know any better, I would take practice swings hitting the sand.

I feel like a noob whenever I play with a lefty. I never know where to stand or put my bag to be out of their way.

[newtogolf]

I feel like a noob whenever I play with a lefty. I never know where to stand or put my bag to be out of their way.

As a current noob and lefty, the only safe place to stand is behind me, I haven't hit a boomerang shot yet.

[Kieran123]

I remember my first hole I ever played I made a par on, and thought golf was easy...I proceeded to rack up a score not even worth mentioning.

My noob mistake was assuming golf was easy....it is the hardest sport I have ever played.....but the most rewarding

[nevets88]

Listened to my not so practical friends and played a full regulation course without much preparation.

Carried my carry bag with clubs facing back, not front.

[pxc]

I hit into a group of old ladies without yelling fore or apologizing. I am not a good golfer now but I at least know a majority of the etiquette.

[sean_miller]

Listened to my not so practical friends and played a full regulation course without much preparation.

Dude, my brother's been playing as long as I have and he still carries his bag like that (> 20 years now).

[bwdial]

Tried to hit a one-iron on my first trip to the driving range. Didn't get a single shot more than a couple of feet off the ground and probably didn't hit a single ball over 75 yards. Didn't acquire much skill, but I did acquire a couple of handfuls of blisters.

[Eleven]

I am almost 44, and until this summer I never once attempted to correctly swing the club.

I swung as fast as I could back and forward, with zero hip movement.

Finally got serious about having fun, and I'm slowly bringing that Index down...

[cody west]

As a current noob and lefty, the only safe place to stand is behind me, I haven't hit a boomerang shot yet.

trust me its not safe behind all lefties. i hit a tree with a wedge from about 20 yards, not a full swing but a punch shot so it had some speed to it) and as a pitcher in baseball the auto reaction to a line drive is to catch it with your bare hand so when it came back at my head i caught it with my bare hand

[Chev]

Back when I was very very new to the game, I watched drives from just off to the side, down range from the tee box.

I got hit by one shanked drive in the stomach. I jumped just in time to not get hit in the chest. I had a purple welt for weeks.

I now stand behind the hitter "watching the ball for them"

[Steelers2056]

When I started I knew NOTHING about golf, And of course made a lot of n00b mistakes.

Including:
1.Playing my first 2 rounds with the back of a right handed putter even though I'm a lefty because I didn't know there was a difference.
2.Hitting a 9 iron off the tee of a 300 yard par 4 because I though the higher number irons were for longer distances.(After that the course owner took me off the course (In a very polite way) and gave me a huge bucket of range balls and showed how get a proper stance and grip, Which I am thankful for because I don't even want to think how high I would have scored.)
3.Playing with some weird cross handed grip with my hands way apart.
4.Trying to play a full sized course even though I could barely hit the ball because I didn't even know the difference between a par 3 and a regulation course.

Thankfully the aforementioned course owner introduce me to a good golf pro that gave lessons there who showed me how to swing properly. In fact any success I have is because of the lessons I got from him, Since if I didn't get lessons I probably would have continued to hack it up and never improve.