Can Driving Distance be Bought (for Better Players)?

[iacas]

Oh great then I need to gain about 20 yards of the tee average and work on my irons sweet I can do that one year from now ill be a plus 6!!

I think I have a good swing so here is the bet Iacas 7 iron whoever hit's it the longest wins.

@Mike Boatright , I'm going to be brutally honest at this point.

Your behavior and posts here are pretty uninformed, to put it nicely. I saw a PM forwarded to me where you claimed that people here were jealous of you and that you had a 175 IQ. I don't know many people that intelligent who type things like "hit's it" and who are as adamant about things as you seem to be.

And seriously, what does Tin Cup have to do with anything? You're not going to be a professional. Figure that out, please, and stop wasting the time and energy of people here. There's a discussion going on about whether you're a troll or not, but this conversation and your repeated actions have steered me right back toward "yep."

Take this time out to re-assess what you're doing here, because if it's to continue to troll, to continue to give bad advice and fail to actually and meaningfully engage in discussions, then you will end up spending much more time in the PB than free to post.

P.S. I'll fix the thread title, too, since you typed "your" instead of "you're."

[mvmac]

Just caught up with this thread and all I can say is wow.

If everyone rated their game by their best shots we'd all be +4's

[newtogolf]

I read you can hit the ball further if you cut your driver head in half or something like that.

[Lihu]

Just caught up with this thread and all I can say is wow.  If everyone rated their game by their best shots we'd all be +4's :-)

No, even with my best shots, I'd still suck. :-P

[phillyk]

@Mike Boatright , when ever you "think" you are ready to try and play professional golf, go ahead and try the US Open Qualifiers.  First, you have to have an official 1.5 handicap or less or claim professional status.  But it'll clue you in on a real test of golf and how even these guys that'll kick ur a** in qualifying, are not even a match for touring professionals.

Also, your great shots don't determine ability as much as how good your misses are or your ability to manage those misses.

[marklemcd]

My take away from this thread: On Friday last week I played a round.  Hole number 1 I birdied after a perfectly drawn drive that cut the dogleg, then an approach to within 6 feet and a 1 putt.  So that is my true talent not the other 17 holes that I played 20 over par.

[Gator Hazard]

I made par on a Par 3 and made bogey on a par 4 yesterday IN THE RAIN (but I should have made par). My best drive was about 230 yards. I had no idea I was a scratch golfer already!!  Beers are on me!!  Let's go!

[DaveP043]

Not to mention, a 6 handicapper really sucks. :P

Hey!!

[Jeremie Boop]

Interesting. I mean, I can hit 300 yard drives. I do it fairly regularly. However, I have no delusions of ever being good enough to play on tour because I happen to have the ability to hit the long ball. I like what @phillyk said, it's not about your best shots it's about your worst shots and how you recover. Here's a bet for you @iacas and @Mike Boatright , I bet I can make it to single digit HI before you (Mike Boatright) can make it to scratch *legitimately not by estimating*.

[Lihu]

Interesting. I mean, I can hit 300 yard drives. I do it fairly regularly. However, I have no delusions of ever being good enough to play on tour because I happen to have the ability to hit the long ball. I like what @phillyk said, it's not about your best shots it's about your worst shots and how you recover. Here's a bet for you @iacas and @Mike Boatright , I bet I can make it to single digit HI before you (Mike Boatright) can make it to scratch *legitimately not by estimating*.

It probably depends more upon what you two are doing to improve your games. . .

[Jeremie Boop]

It probably depends more upon what you two are doing to improve your games. . .

In all honesty, it's not a fair bet. It's much easier to go from 18 to 9 than it is to go from 6 *or 4* to scratch.

[Gator Hazard]

It probably depends more upon what you two are doing to improve your games. . .

I think it would depend even more on who is keeping Mike Boatright's score through holes/rounds played.  Mike Boatright's HI is probably not what he think's it is judging by the way he thinks golf should be scored.

I wonder if the Majors can be played the way he describes it, I mean, why even bother playing so long as you have 18 pars or birdies lifetime.  Perhaps it can be like Dungeons and Dragons or Pokemon cards.  You bring a bag full of videos of your best shots and instead of playing the rounds, you play against each others highlight reels but you have to use them correctly.  Pick the Eagle you got by draining it from 165 yards out on the 2nd day of play and you may still lose the total for that hole over 4 days.

[Lihu]

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Originally Posted by Lihu

It probably depends more upon what you two are doing to improve your games. . .

I think it would depend even more on who is keeping Mike Boatright's score through holes/rounds played.  Mike Boatright's HI is probably not what he think's it is judging by the way he thinks golf should be scored.

I wonder if the Majors can be played the way he describes it, I mean, why even bother playing so long as you have 18 pars or birdies lifetime.  Perhaps it can be like Dungeons and Dragons or Pokemon cards.  You bring a bag full of videos of your best shots and instead of playing the rounds, you play against each others highlight reels but you have to use them correctly.  Pick the Eagle you got by draining it from 165 yards out on the 2nd day of play and you may still lose the total for that hole over 4 days.

He probably had people scoring for him when he was a high school and college golfer. During that period he was close to scratch or slightly better, but they don't actually all track their handicaps because they play without them anyway. I agree it's bad to depend upon others for scoring, and even my son and his team mates know a huge percentage of the rules as 6-8 handicaps. One is scratch to plus, though, and might influence their ROG knowledge a bit.

Top high school players are usually scratch. I need to assume, based upon what he stated about his golfing history, that he was a top high school player to play in college and possibly regional pros?