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i-Guy Dedicated Member

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Tee Shot ...I just have no confidence right now but I am working on employing more of this shot into my practice. I usually only hit 10-15 balls at the end of a range bucket wth my 3 wood. I think I need to practice this shot more so I can be more confident. I am a 14 handicap and only hit 4 fairways a round. My goal is single digit so I will need to double that to 8...

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Rynofskie Well Established Member

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I really have a hard time off the tee. And my long irons are really not giving me much distance lately. I'm barely getting 160 - 170 with my five iron, and I'm a big dude (6'2" 289lbs)....

The hardest shot for me right now is about 90-110 yards from the green. I have trouble judging distances, and I usually overshoot or undershoot by about 15 yards. It sucks. My GIR is really bad right now, less than 30%. I'm really trying to work on that right now. Hitting a lot of range balls with my 8i, 9i, & PW.
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Tee Shot...I just have no confidence right now but I am working on employing more of this shot into my practice. I usually only hit 10-15 balls at the end of a range bucket. I think I need to practice this shot more so I can be more confident. I am a 14 handicap and only hit 4 fairways a round. My goal is single digit so I will need to double that to 8...

You and me both. If I could hit my tee shot with confidence and some consistency, I could break 100.


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niblick Dedicated Member

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You and me both. If I could hit my tee shot with confidence and some consistency, I could break 100.

How are you a 21 hcp if you don't break 100?

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Norm66 Well Established Member

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How are you a 21 hcp if you don't break 100?

I've seen a lot of folks here claim handicaps lower than mine while talking about not breaking 100. My (unofficial) handicap is 21.5 the last time I added a score and I haven't had an over 100 round in ages. I've been close a time or two, but the majority of my scores are in the 90-96 range with a few (wonderful) days below 90. Maybe we're using different software.


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I've seen a lot of folks here claim handicaps lower than mine while talking about not breaking 100. My (unofficial) handicap is 21.5 the last time I added a score and I haven't had an over 100 round in ages. I've been close a time or two, but the majority of my scores are in the 90-96 range with a few (wonderful) days below 90. Maybe we're using different software.

Our indexes are fairly close, and my scores are very similar to yours. I've had a few rounds of over 100 this year, but that was on courses with slope of 130+. I'm like you, typically in the low 90s.

The best possible scoring record he could have given the circumstances (10 scores of 100 exactly assuming 70/120) produce an index of 26.9.

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benhd1 Established Member

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Our indexes are fairly close, and my scores are very similar to yours. I've had a few rounds of over 100 this year, but that was on courses with slope of 130+. I'm like you, typically in the low 90s.

Please show the long math here. I think I'm doing something wrong. I get 27.1 for index. I'm sure it's my bad. But I agree a person not breaking 100 cannot have an index of 21. I come in at 88-95 most every round and course is 67.2/119.

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mgolfer Well Established Member

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Hitting to a small green over a lake from an uneven lie about 150 out. I can do it reasonably well but I still find it hard no doubt

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lets not forget how tough any shot after a shank is

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Please show the long math here. I think I'm doing something wrong. I get 27.1 for index. I'm sure it's my bad. But I agree a person not breaking 100 cannot have an index of 21. I come in at 88-95 most every round and course is 67.2/119.

The only way I can think of is his home course is Augusta National (153 slope if I recall correctly). If his scoring average was say, 105 for the better 10 of 20 rounds, that'd be 33 over par. That's still 23.41. I'm not sure how to figure in course rating but it's around 76, so it might be possible but I doubt it.

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My toughest shot is remaining calm. Funny, when I played baseball and made an out, I looked forward to my next at bat. Sadly, that mentality does not exist, yet, for me. I'm sure others are in the same boat...maybe...I hope.

Seriously, though, it's putting. I played Wednesday. Really good ball striking. Seven greens in regulation. Seven!! The result? Two birdies and five, yes, five...bogeys. Ah, the three putt. Miss the cup by a ball on each side, two feet past the cup. Take your time and make par, right? Nope, "I'll just finish up" and leave it short. Hey, those count on the scorecard. What annoyed me the most was that I shot an 88. That should have been an 83 and with any luck, an 80.

A lil off topic but what do you think about when you miss a putt you should have made? Making the next one? Or is it "How could I have missed that?"

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Without doubt: playing safe.

You're faced with an awkward shot. You're in deep grass or have a tree problem or whatever. You've played remarkably well up until now. You have studied and practised getting-out-of-trouble shots in Pelz' Short Game Bible. You holed out from the fairway on the previous hole. You've seen the pros play shots like this from much tougher lies. If you get on the green from here, you'll probably win the club championship. Etcetera. Etcetera. Etcetera.

A simple chip back towards the fairway will almost guarantee you a perfect lie - the safe play. Without doubt: the toughest shot in golf is to play safe.

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My toughest shot is between 50 and 90 yds out. I need a gap wedge

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i-Guy Dedicated Member

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Please show the long math here. I think I'm doing something wrong. I get 27.1 for index. I'm sure it's my bad. But I agree a person not breaking 100 cannot have an index of 21. I come in at 88-95 most every round and course is 67.2/119.

Your math is correct at 27.1...I calculated it and came up with the same index...

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I really need to work on my approach and sand wedge shots. They probably add about 10 strokes that are unneeded to my gain. Putting is okay for me, but could use some work.

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SirMilton Well Established Member

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The longer "flop" shot. I am so envious when I see Michelson do it with so much confidence.

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Anything over about 100yards. Go 8 jillion handicap!
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