What's your biggest weakness?

[NJpatbee]

I could use improvement in every part of my game, especially around the green.  However, driving the ball is a strong point in my game for 12 holes, but the 2 I miss I miss badly typically resulting in a triple or worse.  I attribute this to a loss of focus and not following my pre-shot routine.

[iacas]

Chocolate peanut butter ice cream.

In golf, uh… lack of time to play/practice.

[David in FL]

The Keys are simple… you just have to actually practice them, eh? :-)

True dat!

[MS256]

You mean outside of a general lack of talent for the game and a sub-standard swing that I have to re-learn each day as I go along? Well outside of those things I throw away a lot of strokes when I lose focus, basically don't care very much what I shoot on a hole, and just go through the motions.

[Hammer 4]

In golf, uh… lack of time to play/practice.

And after 9 months of practicing they actually work...

[vangator]

A well turned female butt and putting.

[dfreuter415]

Q: What is you biggest weakness?

A: Declining distance. I have been golfing more than 50 years, and the ball just doesn't seem to go as far any more with any of my clubs. I have been able to compensate by working hard on my short game and putting. My goal is to remain a single digit handicap for as long as I can, while having as much fun as I can.

[brice]

Sand game without a doubt. I grew up on a golf course with almost no bunkers, so to this day I have no touch or feel in them and have never actually been formally taught how to hit out of them properly lol. I've lost a lot of strokes in tournaments because of it

[Strandly]

Hitting fairway woods off the ground; hit quite a few low liners.

[Gary L]

Wouldn't mind hitting it 10-20 yards further

I would like to be more consistent with my GIR's, would be great to hit at least 12/13 every round. Short iron play was sucking for a while, hitting big pushes but getting that under control. Hit 15 greens in our last SoCal outing and 14 at Aviara for a Titleist media day. Here's my last 5 rounds (round at Encinitas Ranch/Aviara not included)

It's not like I don't give myself chances, fairways hit numbers

I will give you 15 more yards off the tee, but it will cost you 15% in fairways hit.  What say you?

Satan

[Chris223]

Biggest Weakness... After carefully looking at my scores from my last several rounds, and looking at the holes where I scored double bogey or worse, compared to bogey or better (and I used to think it was my short game...)

I can honestly say with confidence, I CANNOT get off the friggen tee to save my life.  Can't hit a driver, can't hit a 3 wood, can't even hit a damn hybrid off the tee with any sort of consistency.  The last round I played, I scored no worse than bogey on all but 1 hole in which I hit a drive that gave me a chance to hit a GIR.  All other holes that I made double bogey or worse?  I topped my tee shot, pop flied it, hooked it sliced it you choose I did everything but put it in a place where I at least had a chance to go for the green.  Right now I am topping a ton of shots, dribbling the stupid ball at best 100 yards.  So instead of being in the fairway and anywhere from 130-180 yards out on a par 4 for a 2nd... I am hitting out of the rough short of the fairway 300 yards out, just trying to give myself a 50 yard shot to get on the green, which usually results in a 2-3 putt for double bogey.  All I know is that I am frustrated with my game right now because I haven't shot better than 97 since June (twice failed to break 100) and my best score this year is a 91 (94+ in all other rounds) and my best score last year was an 88, twice.  I don't know why my game has regressed so bad because I still feel like I am striking my irons good enough to shoot low 90's and on a good day break 90 but because I might get 200+ off the tee right now 3 times per round and be in play.  Par 4s are pretty long when your second shot is 300+ yards.

[cipher]

Driver, 3W, partial wedge shots and short game lately.  Biggest is the driver.

[Lihu]

Biggest Weakness... After carefully looking at my scores from my last several rounds, and looking at the holes where I scored double bogey or worse, compared to bogey or better (and I used to think it was my short game...)

I can honestly say with confidence, I CANNOT get off the friggen tee to save my life.  Can't hit a driver, can't hit a 3 wood, can't even hit a damn hybrid off the tee with any sort of consistency.  The last round I played, I scored no worse than bogey on all but 1 hole in which I hit a drive that gave me a chance to hit a GIR.  All other holes that I made double bogey or worse?  I topped my tee shot, pop flied it, hooked it sliced it you choose I did everything but put it in a place where I at least had a chance to go for the green.  Right now I am topping a ton of shots, dribbling the stupid ball at best 100 yards.  So instead of being in the fairway and anywhere from 130-180 yards out on a par 4 for a 2nd... I am hitting out of the rough short of the fairway 300 yards out, just trying to give myself a 50 yard shot to get on the green, which usually results in a 2-3 putt for double bogey.  All I know is that I am frustrated with my game right now because I haven't shot better than 97 since June (twice failed to break 100) and my best score this year is a 91 (94+ in all other rounds) and my best score last year was an 88, twice.  I don't know why my game has regressed so bad because I still feel like I am striking my irons good enough to shoot low 90's and on a good day break 90 but because I might get 200+ off the tee right now 3 times per round and be in play.  Par 4s are pretty long when your second shot is 300+ yards.

What kind of par 4s do you play? If you just hit a 4/i5i that would put you about halfway on a standard par 4 380 yards (sea level standard conditions). A lob wedge off the tee would be the only way I can see leaving 300+ yards, less if I blade it.

I would hit 6i/7i for the time being. You need to get that driver working, eventually.

Driver, 3W, partial wedge shots and short game lately.  Biggest is the driver.

Your swing path looks pretty solid, it's probably something really subtle.

[AllenEagledOnce]

Driver. I'm usually wild(98%) I'm talking low hooks OB, bombs pushed way right, usually OB too. Including sky shots to worm burners. I really think I'm just over swinging. ..though the times I do get lucky and stripe it are a thing a beauty :)

[cipher]

Your swing path looks pretty solid, it's probably something really subtle.

Thanks Lihu, yeah it is just a few things that need to be tweaked a bit.  It is getting closer.

[newtogolf]

Overall my biggest weakness is chipping and pitching.   Too many fat and thin shots, especially from the rough that result in multiple pitches / chips per hole.

The problem is compounded because I find myself in many situations where I have to pitch or chip because I made the wrong shot selection on the shot I hit prior to the chip or pitch.

I usually struggle on Par 4 425+ holes where I hit my drive around 220+ yards and then try to hit the green with my 2nd shot rather than lay up.  For some reason, the thought I'd have a shot at birdie convinces me to take the risk and usually results with me trying to save bogey or worse.

[Lihu]

Overall my biggest weakness is chipping and pitching.   Too many fat and thin shots, especially from the rough that result in multiple pitches / chips per hole.

The problem is compounded because I find myself in many situations where I have to pitch or chip because I made the wrong shot selection on the shot I hit prior to the chip or pitch.

I usually struggle on Par 4 425+ holes where I hit my drive around 220+ yards and then try to hit the green with my 2nd shot rather than lay up.  For some reason, the thought I'd have a shot at birdie convinces me to take the risk and usually results with me trying to save bogey or worse.

Yeah, I pretty much play everything over 430 like a par 5. Lucky for us, there's usually only a few holes like this on even 6700 yard courses.

[newtogolf]

Yeah, I pretty much play everything over 430 like a par 5. Lucky for us, there's usually only a few holes like this on even 6700 yard courses.

Yeah, there must be golf mermaids on the greens or something because I know better but I seem to lose my mind when the situation comes up and make a bad decision.