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By Bo the Golfer ·
Day 137 & 138- Forgot to post yesterday but same thing. Slow, short swings with short practice club. -
By StKildaSenators ·
I actually did post a video of my swing today. Those are total distances from my Garmin watch. I don't have as good of an idea with my carry distances. I should go to a range with Trackman some day and get them recorded. -
By djake ·
@StKildaSenators ok I haven't been on the site for a bit and just got back on to see what's going on and stuff. Great site. Here is my 2 cents worth. 1) Get a video of your swing and post per their instructions, you will get some great insight into what's going on. Especially with the Driver. 2) Find an Instructional Pro, someone who teaches and has a Trackman or such, films every last swing you make. Goes over the video with you and works thru your game. You will be amazed if you stick to this how quick a Driver corrects with dedication to what your instructor is telling you to do. Also, I bet the instructor fixes your Fairway wood, personally I would gravitate to a 5 Wood as that is - for me - easier to handle and hit square so the distance is just as good as a 4 Wood for me. As you grow with your instructor you will figure out how your bag should be set up. Man, if you can hit a 60 why bag a 64? Just me but learning all the ins and outs of a 60 is darn tough, a 64 with a GHIN like yours and mine (16.0 at the moment) is just crazy stuff. But and what this site in the past has pushed doubt it's changed - get that Driver going, it's the fastest way to put yourself into position to drop your scores. Also - the yardage you mention per club. Is that carry or total yards? When it comes to this wonderfully crazy game Carry Yards are what you have to know. Total yards change day to day based upon course conditions and such. Carry is your game. My single most important tip - HAVE FUN - with this crazy game. Learn how to enjoy the sideways shots as well as the one's that keep you coming back. The golf swing is one hellava athletic move, no one ever masters it. -
By 4zim ·
My golf strategy isn’t very good so please accept this as me learning rather than challenging. For the second hole, is there a significant fall off to the left or penal rough? Why not hit a longer club over the bunkers (centred closer to fairway)? Half the time you hit fairway and the other half is a 70 yard shot from the rough? -
By billchao ·
I was playing around with MyStrategy on Shot Scope to figure some things out for Saturday and I figure I might as well share it. Neshanic Valley Ridge #2 I never quite know how I want to approach this hole. On Sunday I went with the conservative option and hit 4i off the tee and into the penalty area. It's basically the shot I marked in red. I was second guessing the shot at the time and based on the wind conditions it looks like I was right. I'm not expecting it to be as windy on Saturday but it's something I need to consider. Even without the wind though the 4i puts the bunker into play. I might end up hitting something like 6i short of the bunker. It still leaves me with less than 150y for my second shot. Side note: I kind of wish the shots plotted would move when you add wind, but they don't. Only the cone changes. Ridge #5 Ugh this hole is rough. I hit the shot in green on Sunday. It looks like I probably shouldn't hit driver on this hole. Here's what it looks like with 4w: It looks safer. Ignore the random shots I topped from earlier in the year. Or maybe not, I don't know. It's not like I can't top my driver, too. Now would be a good time to mention that the rough here isn't just rough. Most of the areas between holes are fescue and even during the early Spring it can be hard to just find the ball. I'm mostly concerned about not flaring it right and the 4w tends to draw. The dispersion tendency on my driver is actually slightly right of center and slightly left with the 4w. This might be more of a game time decision but I'm more comfortable with the 4w sitting here at my computer. Meadow #2 This one I hit into the penalty area (shot marked in red). It was an awful lie and I should have just taken lateral relief but I tried to play it out into the fairway, only hit it like 10 yards and it stayed in the penalty area so it took a second try to get back on the fairway. Lesson learned. Later in the round I played out of the penalty area and had a much better lie so I was able to put it on for GIR. I really need to learn to evaluate risk/reward better because there isn't a lie I'm convinced I can't hit out of and that can be problematic. But anyway the point was to highlight the tee shot. I think the decision to play 4i was fine, actually. I just pulled it slightly and it caught the slope off the back of the bunker and kicked into shit. I should probably just shift the target line slightly further right. I'll probably play around with this thing some more for the Lake nine in case I end up playing that. Lake is honestly my least favorite of the three as a whole but has my favorite finishing hole on the course. It's a weird collection of long holes and short holes that just kind of sets up really awkwardly for me.
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