Best round BY FAR

[Windmark]

I've been struggling to score in the mid 90s for years. Today everything seemed to click and I shot a righteous 82 on a local part 71 course. 

I really hope today wasn't a fluke and I can start scoring under 90 consistently.

[dennyjones]

Congratulations.   

[freedirt29]

Hey man congratulations. I’d love to score an 82 one day lol 

hope you continue to have success on the course, do you feel like you did anything particularly well or just had an overall good game?

[Windmark]

I've always sprayed my driver all over the place. Pull-hooks and hard slices were the norm. Yesterday I started locking my left elbow, almost hyper extending it on the setup (I'm right handed), and I hit about 12 fairways and hit the ball long (for me that's about 250 yards). 

I'm gonna try it again next weekend and see if I can get close to reproducing another sub-90 score.

[fishgolf]

Awesome!  It's great when you make an adjustment that yields positive results. I have a hand written note in my tees markers, divot tool pouch that reminds me of 3 key swing attributes that help my game. 

[mcanadiens]

Congratulations. Enjoy it. Just don't let those expectations run away with you. Often there is a very harsh and swift reality check in that very next round. 

 

[BaconNEggs]

2 hours ago, Windmark said:

I've always sprayed my driver all over the place. Pull-hooks and hard slices were the norm. Yesterday I started locking my left elbow, almost hyper extending it on the setup (I'm right handed), and I hit about 12 fairways and hit the ball long (for me that's about 250 yards). 

For what it's worth, I spent about 10+ years battling the two way miss, and the one biggest thing that helped was setup, standing further away from the ball. In turn, it feels almost as if I'm hyper extending my left arm, as well as leaning over more. It felt quite extreme at first. The image in my head of what I think I look like doesn't match what I actually look like (my arms are hanging below my shoulder sockets, maybe outwards a tiny bit, and my hands are roughly below my chin-- but it feels like my arms are stretched way outwards and my hands are outside my head), so I wonder if you've had the same issue? It's made a dramatic difference to my ball striking, particularly with the longer clubs. 

Now when I go to the range, I notice people standing too close to the ball, too upright, all the time. I think Tom Watson said you can't stand too close to the ball... that's absolute nonsense and that advice hurt me for years.   

And congrats on your round. Knocking off the two-way miss and picking up a few more fairways (as well as getting some added distance) can take off significant strokes depending on how bad your misses were. Two summers ago was probably my peak bad driving, and I was routinely losing 4 or 5 drives a round (plus a lot of punching out of the woods back into the fairway), and hitting fairways few and far between. OB first drive... OB provisional/third stroke... happened at least once a round. If you're shooting mid-90s with a two way miss off the tee, shooting in the 80s routinely isn't a far cry at all, IMO.

[David in FL]

Outstanding, that's a great score!  Congratulations!  

 

[JonMA1]

Nice job @Windmark!