The strangest part of my game is....

[Bryan SD2]

Let's hear it... Some disclosure and sharing is good for the golfing soul. Maybe you have a 50 year old putter, or a $500 one. A ladies club? Don't carry a sand wedge? Use junior grips because of small hands? Quit on the back nine when a round is going badly?

What one part of your game is the most unusual.... Let it out! We're all in this together!

Here's mine. I use a 10 finger grip. All fingers on the club like a baseball bat. Always have, since the day I started as a young boy. I hate the overlap, it feels like I have no power. The interlock? Forget it. My father had a 10 finger grip and he taught me the same.

I'm still a single digit handicapper and played Div I as a walk on (which means I didn't really play ;) ). I have not met another 10 finger player in more than a decade.....


Yours???

[OkieGolfer]

Alright here it is........

I usually play Srixon Trispeed balls but I always carry Callaway HX Hot balls in the bag also. On the first tee box if the Srixon doesn't land in the fairway I'll switch to the Callaway balls for the rest of the day. Doesn't make any sense but just a ritual of mine.

[danieldrieberg]

You can tell if I'm out on a serious outing. I'll be wearing a Fedora. Just my thing.

[kurisu]

The strangest part of my game is my tee shots. I can't hit woods for crap (seriously it's appalling), but give me a 3 iron and things go well. Then, I try to hit the driver again (or 4 wood) because my clients say that hitting irons off the tee is boring (was seriously told that a few times) and my swing goes away for 2 or 3 holes until I calm down and forget about that straight pulled drive bouncing back of a tree and giving me a second shot behind the tee box...

[TaylorMadeTaylor]

I use a ten finger grip as well, always have always will.

The strangest thing about my game is:

I have a pair of lucky golf boxers. TaylorMade boxers of course (i kid).

[alo1984]

I also use a ten finger grip. I do also use a 50 year old ping anser putter. Strangest part of my game though would be that I refuse to play out of turn...I always hit badly if I play out of turn, so long ago I decided that I would never intentionally play out of turn again. It doesn't bother me if someone takes my turn, but it does bother me if I'm the one that played out of turn first. Weird, I know. I swear it just gets in my head and I always hit a bad shot.

[B-Con]

I wasn't sure, so I asked my wife, who has played with me a few times. She said it was "the way you wiggle for so long before you hit". I do have a tendency to stand over the ball for a long time before hitting, but I didn't realize that I wiggled about so much.

[Fat Slice]

I love to play golf with other people but I hate playing golf with other people.

[MSU Fishing]

I also use the 10 finger grip.. That's probably my weirdest thing too

[Bryan SD2]

It's a ten finger fiesta!!!!! I'm surprised. I am teaching my kids 14-12-6 the interlock.

[thecanadiana]

Is that I'm totally inconsistent 95% of the time, but when I'm in the zone I feel like I can put the ball in the cup from anywhere and I do come pretty close. This year I had a three week stretch where I was playing my best golf ever. Here's the noteworthy shots of that period.

hole in one - 105 yard par 3
hole in one - 200 yard par 3

4 consective birdies on a very short 9 hole par 3 practice course (holes range from 70 yards to 120 yards). What's notable is that on all four of these holes I put the ball within one foot! Finished 4 under.

Eagle from 100 yards out. My approach was from the right front of the green, the pin was tight at the right front and there was a big steep bunker protecting the pin. There was about 1 square yard of surface on the fringe where I could land the ball and have a chance for it to go in. Hit short, you're in the bunker, land on the green and it's rolling off the other side. Still can't believe I got it.

Less than an inch from a hole in one on a 122 yard par 3. The very next hole; 165 yard par 3 I rolled my ball over the cup by 3 feet.

Also, in that period there were two other shots on par 3's where I put the ball within 5 inches.

haha sorry about the novel.

[themightytimmah]

How fast I play...on an open course, I'll go through 9 in an hour and 15 minutes walking, <1 hour with a cart.

[thecanadiana]

  themightytimmah said:

How fast I play...on an open course, I'll go through 9 in an hour and 15 minutes walking, <1 hour with a cart.

I'm the same way. Yesterday I played a short executive course in an hour and twenty minutes. I even spent some time in the woods hunting for balls. lol

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

The thing that seems to be very different between me and the people I usually get paired with, is the unusual combination of how poorly I play and how strictly I follow the rules and keep honest score. I can't believe how many people I play with where I shoot 100, they shoot worse than me, and yet they give themselves credit for something in the 80's. I think that's why it's so rare to find someone with a decent swing and handicap in the upper 20's: people who write down scores that would put them in the upper 20's, are actually shooting scores that would put them in the upper 30's.

-Andrew

[luckyluke699]

That I pay so much time and attention before attempting to crush the ball off the tee, but nowhere near enough to putting from 6 foot...

[1par2win]

I usually don't eat before or during a round. It has nothing to do with nerves but when I go into golf mode my appetite is just gone. Can't explain it.

[BostonSully]

  luckyluke699 said:

That I pay so much time and attention before attempting to crush the ball off the tee, but nowhere near enough to putting from 6 foot...

Completely do this all the time.

I guess whats weird for me would be that if one day im good at putting ill be horribad at driving. If im driving the ball well ill be horribad at chipping, if Im chipping well then im horribad at putting.

[Yukari]

  alo1984 said:

.... Strangest part of my game though would be that I refuse to play out of turn...I always hit badly if I play out of turn, so long ago I decided that I would never intentionally play out of turn again. It doesn't bother me if someone takes my turn, but it does bother me if I'm the one that played out of turn first. Weird, I know. I swear it just gets in my head and I always hit a bad shot.

Same with me. I think it is because my mind is not clear. That is to say, instead of concentrating on the swing, there is a tiny voice in the back of my head that says, ___ should be hitting first.