Definition of "Good Ballstriker"

[Lihu]

Yup. You'd have to be intentionally tanking it to shoot 90+ while hitting 12 GIR and 16 nGIR. Heck, one of my round this year I hit 7 GIR and 12 nGIR with 39 putts and I still managed to shoot 88. I probably would have shot in the 70s with five more GIR.

In your case, less putts. ;-)

[lumpuckeroo]

So the title to the post is definition of good ball striker, IMHO, there are two aspects to this, one is hitting the ball solid on the club and second is hitting it in the direction you intended.  The first aspect to this, can't be measured, the second one can.  So you can score well by miss hitting a lot of balls straight and a proper distance and you can strike the balls solidly, missing your intended target and score not so well.  So maybe its just in the wording, but I think there is good ball striking and good striking of the ball, all IMHO.

[David in FL]

So the title to the post is definition of good ball striker, IMHO, there are two aspects to this, one is hitting the ball solid on the club and second is hitting it in the direction you intended.  The first aspect to this, can't be measured, the second one can.  So you can score well by miss hitting a lot of balls straight and a proper distance and you can strike the balls solidly, missing your intended target and score not so well.  So maybe its just in the wording, but I think there is good ball striking and good striking of the ball, all IMHO.

Sorry, I don't think anyone's going to score well by getting lucky with their misses.  Once in a blue moon you'll get lucky with a miss.  Not often, and certainly not consistently.

In order to control trajectory, direction, curve, and distance with any degree of consistency, the ball must be struck very solidly, and consistently by the club in the first place.

[lumpuckeroo]

Sorry, I don't think anyone's going to score well by getting lucky with their misses.  Once in a blue moon you'll get lucky with a miss.  Not often, and certainly not consistently.

In order to control trajectory, direction, curve, and distance with any degree of consistency, the ball must be struck very solidly, and consistently by the club in the first place.

That was my point, maybe not well stated, IMHO there are two aspects to ball striking, hitting it solid and hitting it on the intended line.  You can have occasion were you score well, with only one or the other working, but to be a consistent ball striker and scorer, it takes both aspects.