Looking for quality shots and swing over low scores

[mchepp]

This thread makes me think of Tin Cup at the beginning of the movie. It perfect displays the idea that a perfectly struck shot is what brings you back.:

Molly: You know, this is without a doubt the stupidest, silliest...most idiotic, grotesquely masquerading game ever invented.

Roy: Yes ma'am and that's why I love it. Now if you hit one good shot, just one, and that tuning fork rings in your loins and you can't wait to get back...and do it again.

 

 

[Lihu]

48 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

That said, taking the above line from the OP literally, I totally agree with it.  My memories from most rounds, good AND bad, are the best shots, not necessarily the holes with the best scores. 

Why didn't you post this earlier?!?

Sometimes, I look at what GG thinks was my best hole and I think to myself WTF?

 

20 minutes ago, mchepp said:

This thread makes me think of Tin Cup at the beginning of the movie. It perfect displays the idea that a perfectly struck shot is what brings you back.:

Molly: You know, this is without a doubt the stupidest, silliest...most idiotic, grotesquely masquerading game ever invented.

Roy: Yes ma'am and that's why I love it. Now if you hit one good shot, just one, and that tuning fork rings in your loins and you can't wait to get back...and do it again.

 

 

True.

[Dave2512]

My only post round analysis is to see what I could have done better. I have no preference for good or bad memories though many are one in the same. Last time I played I had a three hole stretch of GIR with 10 putts. One hole included a penalty on a par 5 and I still got it there. Good or bad I am indifferent to the shots and resulting scores. There really wasn't a takeaway, unfamiliar course with greens much faster than I am accustomed to. I play how I play because my skill level dictates the result. For better or worse it's Ground Hog Day golf until I put in the time to change. The spread of worse than average and better than average shots is pretty even.

[Lihu]

2 hours ago, Dave2512 said:

My only post round analysis is to see what I could have done better. I have no preference for good or bad memories though many are one in the same. Last time I played I had a three hole stretch of GIR with 10 putts. One hole included a penalty on a par 5 and I still got it there. Good or bad I am indifferent to the shots and resulting scores. There really wasn't a takeaway, unfamiliar course with greens much faster than I am accustomed to. I play how I play because my skill level dictates the result. For better or worse it's Ground Hog Day golf until I put in the time to change. The spread of worse than average and better than average shots is pretty even.

I suppose, my standards are from the I'm-just-trying-to-get-those-nice-shots-I-get-on-the-driving-range-to-the-course type of thing.

That, and my irons feel like crap on anything that doesn't just hit the center of the face. That's the main "benefit" of playing with a "players" club. You feel like your game was totally crappy except for those 4 reasonable shots you get in a round.

[nevets88]

Anyone thinking of Brad Gilbert, who wrote a book called "Winning Ugly"? Not exactly a picture of grace, but he got a lot out his game and beat a lot of people who "looked" like better players than he.

On video, your good result bad swings don't really look all that different. A really ugly bad swing will usually not end up w/a good result.