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They all booed. The same team decided a -19 sounded more believable this year ( I still call BS )

-26 in a four man scramble. Which four holes did you hole from 150 out?

Shot an 87 yesterday at Lakota Canyon in Colorado. Felt good but I really screwed up on the last 3 holes to ruin my chance at my best score ever.

My goal was to shoot in the 80's by the end of the summer. I started the year shooting high 90's on average and a good game being in the low 90's. The last couple of weeks I have posted 90, 89, 91, 92, 87 , 87 at different courses each time. I am almost there. The last round I was +9 after 15 holes then promptly destroyed my chances at a low 80's score by single, double , triple on the last three for the 87. Here in CO. I have 6-8 weeks left to build on my consistancy. 2008 goal will be to shoot in the low 80's consistantly. ( chipping and putting ) Hopefully it will nto take 70 rounds like this summer has so far.. haha

Wow -21.. That is a huge score even for single digits. Birdie 15 holes and eagle 3. No one had a chance... Funny story. A buddy of mine was in a scramble a couple weeks ago and the winning team came in saying they shot a -26. Now a -21 is believable with a group of scratch golfers, but a -26 That means they had to eagle 8 holes. I guess everyone at the tourney booed them. And rightfully so.

Breaking 90 has been my goal for this summer. Up until this summer I would play about 12 rounds a year and shoot anywhere from low 90's too low 100's. This summer I cought the bug and have already played about 45 18 hole rounds ( at many different courses ) and another 15 9 hole rounds. I have been tinkering with my swing/grip/stance all summer mostly by reading this board and magazines and finally I feel I am at a point where the mental game is hurting me. In the last two of weeks I have posted 90, 41, 89, 91 , 42 all at different courses. My problem has become one to two-three holes per a round that hurt my scoring. On both of my 90+ scores I was heading for a high 80's score and was aware of it and promptly tripled a hole. I think I am close and my ball striking and play off the tee has been way more consistant the past couple of weeks. Due to the amount I have played this year I can not fault my putting and Chipping. I have been two putting allot have not been flubbing my chips ( I may leave some short though resulting in a long putt but my lag has been good enough to make up for it ) At this point I feel I just need to manage my game better to get in the 80's consistantly. I think the advice about not score watching would probably work wonders for me. Especially since I am aware of my score at all times on the course this year due to my goal.

I used to have a horrible slice that basically went about 200 yards and 60 right. What has really helped me is I started turning my hands over through the swing. Before I was keeping my hands in the samer position throughout the swing, which pretty much kept the club face open no matter what. Now that I am turning my hands over it allows me to have a better swing path and helps me close the club face.

I guess this is what I am doing by "flipping my wrists". I can now share the excitement of hitting bombs off the tee box.

Yeah I am sure that this can lead to other issues but for now it feels pretty good. Am I on the right track with this? It seesm easier to keep my left arm straight by turning the end of the club towards the sky in my backswing then on my follow through having it point towards the ground. It seems when I miss hit the ball with this new technique that it still goes straight but with loss of distance. MAybe I am getting lucky?

Yes that is what I am doing. My glove hand is below my right hand right after impact. This is my only swing thought and I am hitting the ball further and straighter than I ever have. Let me preface this by saying I have played more rounds this summer and hit more balls at the range than I ever have in my life. I cought the bug!. But the frustrating thing has been trying to figure out my swing flaws since my handicap has pretty much stayed the same even after almost 40 rounds this summer. The only thing I have become moticably better at playing as much as I have is Putting and Chipping. I have had a terrible banana ball all summer, I even played a round teeing off with my 2 iron this year just trying to eliminate the 3 stroke tee off. After reading endless magazine artcles and this forum I realized that I did not rotate my wrists at all either during the backswing and follow thruough. I decided to start trying this earlier this week on the range and wow. What a difference. Now I just have to work on my timing and rotation to keep from pulling once in a while.

I have started doing this right before/at impact with the ball and it has eliminated my slice. What is the proper terminology for flipping the wrist and or who else uses this technique with their golf swing? I think this is going to be a game breaker for me.

I am probably one of those average hitters 230 after roll. But I do nto care as long as it stays in play and I can reach GIR.

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I have not played any courses outside of Colorado ( I shoudl have played Kapalua when I went to Hawaii, I am kicking myself ). But as far as Colorado goes I will list my favorite courses in Order. 1.) Redlands Mesa, Grand Junction 2.) Lakota Canyon, Newcastle 3.) The Raven, Silverthorne 4.) Devils Thumb, Delta 5.) Bear Dance, Larkspur 6.) The Ridge at Castle Pines, Castle Rock After that they are all interchangable. If you are ever planning a Colorado Golf trip I suggest you keep the Western Slope in mind ( that would put you in the vacinity of #1,#2 and #4 ) Unbelievable scenic courses and pretty challanging.