NM Golf

I revived this thread because I had previously said I had never really played golf with someone too bad. Unfortunately, that all changed with my pairing at my city tournament recently. I was paired the first two days with the biggest asshole I have ever met. Just a complete jerk. Nothing nice to say, wouldn't help look for errant shots, blamed me for missing a short putt because he could "feel me" being anxious to walk in to putt out my ball. Actually laughed and showed excitement when myself and the other guy in our group hit bad shots. I even caught him giving a fist pump when our third missed a putt. The whole thing boiled over when I hit a ball left into a penalty area on the 17th hole the first round. I hit a hook and we all saw it head left and end in the penalty area. We get up to where me ball entered the P.A. and I ask him and the other guy in our threesome where they thought my ball entered. He goes, "right here so that your next shot is blocked by that tree." I tell him that he cannot choose where my ball entered the P.A. by making sure I don't have a next shot, plus (as you can see on the picture) it would have been impossible for my ball to cross there because of the way they drew the boundary. There were only two possible places my ball could have crossed the boundary, so I dropped at the one farthest from the hole and hit a fantastic hybrid about 5 feet from the flag. I make par and he accuses me of cheating because I didn't drop behind the tree. I've since found out he's been kicked out of several golf associations around town for being such an ass. Not hard to believe I tell you.

golf pet peeves: Slow play Bad slow greens Blaring music Sandbaggers Comes from the fact that the higher the handicap the better chance someone has of play to their handicap or better. Gives guys like myself a fighting chance.

A couple weeks ago I played in The Greater Albuquerque Men's City Championship. I turned 50, so I was able to play in the Senior Championship flight. Three days at the three different city municipal courses. I hit it very well, but I putted terribly (13 three putts in 3 days). I still tied for first, but unfortunately I lost the playoff when the other guy hit it to 6 inches on the first hole.

First round in the books using an arm lock putter. Tiny sample size, but still very encouraging, felt I got the ball on line much better than I have been. Only had one 3-putt, but it was on a 60 foot putt, so not really the putters fault; ran my first putt by 8 feet and lipped out the come backer. Made a couple 15-20 footers, but the big improvement was on the putts 6 ft and in, I only missed one of them. Thats huge. Shot 70 (-2) was certainly nice to get under par again.

Thanks! Right now I think I feel most comfortable using the claw grip with it (Zalatoris style), but I've tried several.

I've considered just about everything, I assure you. 😜 I used to play golf with Notah Begay when he was doing that switch putting thing (right breaking putts left handed/left breaking putts right handed) That was interesting to watch. He won 4 times on tour doing it, so nothing is too crazy if it works!

Thanks! I'm giving it a try, I found an armlock putter at my course and I've been working with it for about a week now. Seems much better on the short putts, but I have some work to do with feel on longer lag putts, but I am hitting them solidly. I obsess, so I will hit over 2000 putts this week easily. Really I am like you, I just want to go back to sucking less at putting. I have no dreams of turning in Brad Faxon or Stan Utley because of this, but I would like to make the occasional 4-6 footer, and not be a complete psycho over every 3 footer.

I stick pretty close the the 65/25/10 rule as far as practicing at the course. Although I got a nice large home putting green in January that I use a great deal so I actually work on my putting more now than I ever have. I have a laser that I use for alignment along with several drills I do with alignment sticks and a putting mirror, so I think I aim my putter fairly well. I have a yippy stroke. On the practice green I often putt very well making 20+ short putts in a row. I get in competition and it's a whole other ball game. So there is some mental stuff in there as well, which is weird because I am not that way with the full swing. I have never been one of those guys that can't take my game from the range to the course. It's very frustrating, it really is.

That is an issue for sure, something I have considered. Going to have to put in the work on that end. Really comes down to this, this is a decision based on my statistics. I am hitting it closer to the hole than I ever have. Due in part to the work I have put in with the pro at my course and a lot of range time. My proximity stats are really good this summer. I need to try and take advantage of this by improving my short range putting.

I haven't really putted well since the anchoring ban took affect. Before that I used a belly putter and enjoyed the best putting years of my life. So basically, I have never putted well when my hands are allowed free rein.

Is there anyone out there who has any experience with the armlock putting style? How did you like it. Pros and Cons? I'm considering going that direction. I've never been a great putter, I've always relied on my length and ball striking to overcome my putting woes, but my putting has recently really started to be a glaring problem. My putting stats continue to get worse and worse with each round I play. Short putts are my main issue, I am really struggling from 3-6 feet with a make percentage well below 25% in my last 6 rounds. I've tried claw, left hand low, heck I even tried a broomstick putter...right now I couldn't make a 4 footer if my life depended on it. Thanks in advance!

I've mark my ball with my initials and I never identify my ball any other way. If I don't see those initials I don't hit that ball. I guess that's why I've never hit the wrong ball in 27 years playing.

I stick to the 65/20/15 ratio. I very rarely work on my driver individually. I normally work on something in my swing and I move throughout my bag working on all my clubs. That being said I spend much more time working on my short irons than I do on my longer clubs.

I had the problem about my bag turning so I bought one of these. It works great, and would fit on any cart not just a Clicgear. Clicgear Bag Cozy Fits ALL Clicgear (except Model 6) & Rovic Cart Models! PLEASE NOTE: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT WORK ON OTHER BRANDS OF CARTSThe Clicgear Bag Cozy is designed to secure golf stand bags to our...

I finally pulled the trigger and got an Alphard V2 for my Clic Gear 8.0. I really like it, I was amazed on exactly how much it made a difference in my energy level as I played. Not having to push my cart up all the hills on my golf course really helped, not to mention its actually a lot of fun to drive around the course. I am starting to see these carts around my course more and more, in fact I saw 6 of them just this morning. Alphard must be making money hand over fist with these.

In the 41 rounds I have taken stats on this year I have recorded 11 eagles. 10 were hitting a par 5 in two shots and 1 was driving a par 4. Working at a public golf course, I watch people play golf a lot and I am not at all surprised by that number. I very high percentage of golfer are REALLY bad. In fact I have seen very few people over the years that had the ability to hit a par 5 in two.

I think shooting your age is a personal feat and should be gauged based on your own goals and skill level. To me I won't consider it shooting my age until I do it at a par 72 standard difficulty golf course. My father has shot his age 125+ times (he stopped counting at 125). He first did it at age 68. He is 81 now and routinely does it these days.

I would say definitely not. Almost all my rounds I post are in a group where we play 100% by the rules, don’t give putts outside a tap in, and because it’s all net you’d have to be a complete idiot to have a vanity handicap. I have a hard enough time beating the high handicaps in my group, I certainly don’t need to make it worse. I should be sandbagging! 😁

Got a round in at Birmingham Country Club while my wife was visiting her sisters in Michigan. Shot 75 from the tips, which isn’t too bad considering I’ve never even seen the place. What a nice course too, really enjoyed the round. Note: hit 12/14 fairways which is really good for me. Iron play was pretty poor as I missed 7 greens.

Shot the same score as Cam Smith today. While his was in somewhat more difficult conditions, I’ll always take a smooth 64. Best round I’ve had in several years, hit 16 greens and 7 fairways. 29 putts. 7 birdies and an eagle. One lone bogey.

I had another good round this morning shooting 69 with 15 GIR. I am guardedly optimistic that I may have busted out of the nasty slump I have been in most of the spring and summer. Ball striking was really good, and I gave myself a lot of good looks at birdie. Putting wasn't great, but wasn't a liability either. No 3 putts and I made everything 5 feet and under. Things are looking up!

I play Titleist ProV1 almost exclusively. Although, someone gave me a dozen Srixon Z-Stars a while back and I been working my way through those as well. I've just never found a ball I like as well as the ProV1, and working at a golf course I get them considerably cheaper than the average person.

Finally played a decent round today. I have been struggling lately big time, and I felt like I was going to finally break out of this slump. I played pretty well yesterday with an even par 72, so I knew things were getting better. I switched to a left hand low putting grip and it helped me get some putts on line. I didn't putt lights out by any means, but I finally made some of those 4 footers I have been really having a hard time with lately. Here's the round on Shot Scope.

I've gotten where I turn it on when I start warming up or even sometimes as I arrive at the course. The battery life is good enough that I don't worry about it running out of juice. Like I said not really a big deal, it just took some getting used to, because I normally just turned them on as I arrived at the tee box.

I've found it charges very quickly. I forgot to charge it last week and plugged it in in the pro shop while I warmed up, it easily charged enough to handle 18 holes. The only complaint I have, and it's a small one, is it takes A LONG time to find the GPS satellites. I missed tagging my opening drive a couple times due to this issue. You can't flip it on as you walk to the tee box. For a comparison today, I set it next to a Bushnell Phantom 2 and a Garmin Approach G80 and they both were able to find the satellites and were ready to go in less than half the time as the H4. And forget about it if you are playing a course you have never played before, it took forever to pull up the two courses I played in Mexico. I turned it on as I drove to the first tee and I missed my drive and my second shot. Other than that little gripe, I love this thing. So easy to use, so convenient, great data, and very accurate.