Moved back a set of tees & putting woes

[Dad-2-3]

This thread Handicap and Tee Box Correlation got me to questioning my reasons for playing the front mens tees (68.8/122 6196 yards) at my home course. I have played with several other members who have questioned me about why I play there and I always shrug and tell them I'm not man enough to play from the blues (71.9/127 6876 yards). One member told me in a very joking way I was full of $hit and that I hit the ball better and farther than 75% of the male members, so I shouldn't be afraid to play from the blue tees.

OK.....I played the back 9 the other day once from the white tees and once from the blues and scored exactly the same. 44. Not a good score by any means, but about average for me. Plus, if I'm gonna shoot a big number it may as well come from the blue tees. My next outing I played the whole 18 from the blues and played terrible, even worse than I usually play and shot a 94 47/47. The problem wasn't distance, it was unfinished swings with irons which resulted in GIGANTIC pushes. I would've scored the same way from the forward tees swinging it like that. At any rate I think I'm staying back there at the blues.

Next stop................The Tips 75.6/129 7621 yards .....uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh maybe not?!?!

Also for the last month or so I have been trying to mimick the SnT swing. I have noticed that the fat shot has just about disappeared out of my arsenal. Now a new issue has crept into my game...putting. I always believed I was a decent putter at 1.8 putts per hole. I did not hit many GIR, so that may to be expected. I knew once I started hitting more than 3-4 GIR/round my putting stats would take a dive, but I didn't know how bad it would be. In my last 108 holes I have 3 putted 18 times, 11 of those were for bogey. I even 4 putted once!!!!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHH! 47 of 108 GIR with only 1 birdie is pretty frustrating to say the least. AS a 16 index I'm not delusional in thinking my iron game is great as I'm not leaving the ball 4-6 feet from the hole like a pro can, but 3 putting from 30 feet is totally stupid, to say nothing of a 4 putt! Working on the lag and 3-6 footers will hopefully bring these numbers down.