Kelzzy

Would it be chill if I made an instructional video on how to hit out of the sand and post it?

>never posted >5 posts Anyway, how is giving my honest input and tips annoying?

Yes

It wasn't my original trick, it's from Tiger Woods' book How I play Golf.

I think Tiger wanted to crush the competition so freaking much, he doped to get as big as possible. My theory is he doped, had roid rage, needed sex to fill his drive, and realized his foolish mistakes. PED's are like any other drug, they make you do crazy things. But really, nobody knows for sure.. just my theory.

Sorry I wasn't able to post a video today. The course was closed for Christmas... I hopped the fence, but didn't have my phone. Will post tomorrow, promise. I'm waking up at 5am to play a round, and practice all day. EDIT: Didn't know this post would make a new page. Just go to page 7 to go to the update for today.

No, not everyone is a feel player. No racism intended, but Asian based players especially are mechanical, robotic players. Honestly, they don't think what they're doing, they just do it. I played with a lot of Asian players and most of them are like this. There swings are 100 percent mechanical and robotic. They have no signature thing about there swing.. no hip push or leg movement. Good or bad, they have no feel in what they are doing. Their coach modeled them like clay, and that's what they do. If they hit a bad shot, they think it's because a swing flaw. Which it is, they don't "feel" it when they do it. Not all Asians do this, obviously, but a lot of the one's I played with do. Is this a good or bad way to be? I think it's a bad way, because golf is not a mechanical sport.. Ben Hogan said it best, "A feel player is dangerous".

Who would I play with: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Groundbreaking Scientist Where: Pebble Beach Bet: If I win, Woods and Nicklaus has to fund the groundbreaking scientist to find the cure for whatever disease I have. :)

Day 23 So, I've played four 18-hole rounds of golf this week, shooting a 78-84-82-80... the 80 coming today. My driver is an unstoppable beast, my irons are getting better as days go on, and my putting is loosing up much much better than it was the beginning of the week. All in all, I'm getting a good feel for how golf is. It's all about that hard work baby. I'm not going to give you a lecture, but I did do a write up on The Sandtrap forum, see the forum post: http://thesandtrap.com/t/71671/the-key-to-a-great-game#post_932962 I shot a 40 on the front nine, and an identical 40 on the back. However, I had a much better back nine ... or maybe I didn't. I just felt more solid on the back. When I pared the 10th and 11th, I felt like I could easily shoot a 34 or 35.. possibly even lower. But the familiar kicked back in. I was +4 over through 12 holes (even so far on the back nine) when a smashed a tee shot with my hybrid. Landing me straight in the fairway, all I had to do was hit a smooth 8-iron and putt for birdie. However, a slice barely took it over the creek ahead of me. From there, I had a very difficult up and down. The green, a sloping mess, was nothing to play around with. However, I had confidence from the previous pars I made, which included a great two putt par on the 12th, so I knew I would have no trouble with the up and down. I picked a spot on the green and figured since it was shady and frozen all day, I would give it some lean way to roll. My hard work in the chipping range paid off, as I felt my SW slide under the ball. The ball bounce up and landed right where I wanted it, and rolled down the slope of the hill. It rolled and rolled, and nearly went in. I thought I was going to have a holed birdie, but instead I tapped in for par. It was one of the best up and downs I've ever done. However, the 14th became a mess fast. Although I bogeyed, I should have easily birdied or pared. An errant tee shot left me with a tough chip, however I failed to get it on the green in one swift motion. A one putt bogey put me at +5. From there, I went bogey-bogey-par-bogey. It was a nasty stretch, a stretch of carelessness and dumb moves. On the 15th, I didn't account for the extra fringe I would be putting on, and came up very short. On the 16th, I made a beautiful chip to put my ball just 4-5 feet away from the pin, but didn't commit to the putt and two putted for bogey. On the 17th, I made a "ok" drive, which my playing partner thought was great. It was alright, but wasn't what I wanted. However, a SW up and over the trees allowed me to putt for birdie, although I ended up two putting for par. At this point, I was +7. All I had to do was par the 18th for a 79. The 18th, rated the hardest hole on the golf course, is my favorite. It's the easiest hole for me, because I can get over the hill that nobody else can. From the blues, the top level is about 250-ish yards away from the tee box. It's a massive par four, and most people get stuck on the hill. From there, they have 210+ yards to the green, and with the rocky creek ahead, they have to lay up and take the bogey. However, like I said, I have no problem getting over the hump. A massive drive, the best of the day for me, left me 140 yards out. (Thanks to my new pin seeker I got for Christmas!) I had it down, and as I walked down to my ball I boasted how this hole is easy. I was being cocky ... the dumbest move a golfer could make. My head got so big, I went up to the ball and chunked the shot I could have made 100 times in a row on the range. But things were just starting to get messy. I landed myself in the bunker in front of the green. Maintaining a positive look out on things, I said "there's a beautiful lie!".. which is was. But my cockiness didn't go away. I had an easy bunker shot, one I could have made with my eyes closed. But I wasn't humble and pissed off the golfing Gods, and flew it over the green. A two putt bogey (since the 18th combines with the practice putting green, you get free relief back to the green if you fly it), I made bogey. Instead of the 79 I should have had, I put up an 80. But there were so many little mistakes that i could have fixed. Say, the three putt on the 16th... or the two putt bogey on previous holes. It's all coming together, but I need to work extra hard on minimizing dumb, little mistakes. Golf is a game of the mind, and once you get too big of a head and start losing that strength in the mind, you will fail. I'll keep that in mind next time I think I have it in the bag.

Yes, that is why I use the Sky Caddy to measure the distance .. like I said earlier. :)

Heading out now. Got a sick outfit for christmas! Will post video later

Thanks bud :) Yeah, I despise PEDs and anybody who uses them. I don't know FOR SURE if Tiger used them, just my thoughts about his shaky years in 2009 and 2010 etc.. I never will dope, never have never will. Natural is the best formula. Thanks for line at the end, means a lot. Merry Christmas!

Yes, true. I also will do it for mind games as well. I will concede a tough 2-3 footer for my opponent, but make him tap in a short gimmie. Just games to get him thinking.

Clueless? You do know how much I work on my swing and work out. I'm not a small kid. I'm 6 feet tall and nearly 180 pounds.. I work out like an athlete. I'm not bragging, but I know what it takes to drive 300. And believe me, when i swing, I don't swing without content. I swing smooth and firm, and the ball flies.

We all want to go out to course, coffee in one hand, clubs in the other, and shoot a score that will impress our buddies. However, it's what you do leading up to that point that will grant you a score of what you deserve. If you're struggling to break 100, there's a reason. If you're struggling to break 80, there's yet again a reason. Some of us pick up the game easier than others. May it be because we were "wired" since a young age, or we just have the natural feel for the grip of the club. Whatever it is, there's one key that will have you beating your opponent every single time. It's not the new "revolutionary" gimmick you see during breaks on the golf channel. It's a thing called hard work. You probably know the name Tiger Woods, right? Hopefully, but if you don't, he's just the best player that ever hit the game. He won four majors in a row in 2001, but that was only the beginning of his reign on the golf world. So, why was Tiger so dominant? Again, it's the simple thing called hard work. "Other golfers may outplay me from time to time, but they'll never outwork me." So, what gives Tiger, and other greats, the feel to work so hard? It's the main factor that they want to crush their competition. They don't want to just be in the loop during a round, they want to be the guy that forces everyone else to battle it our for second place. Now, most people don't have the entire day to perfect their game. Unlike Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson, people who work 9-5 jobs or daytime jobs can't swing the shaft all day and learn to putt for dough no matter how much they want. That's why I'm introducing a new concept. If you work a 9-5 job, you, without a doubt, know the struggles of maintaining a good game. Although you want nothing more than one, you just don't have the time. But when the opportunity does knock, you're the first one to head out on a Saturday day off, or weekend resort. Possibly, you might even hit the course after work. However, it's what you do when you're on the course that is going to make you better. We all like to go to the course and smack at the balls and call it a day, but that gets you nowhere. If you want to become a good golfer, you need to apply pressure on your shots like you would playing with your buddies. If you have $20 on the line, and even some pride involved, on a shot, do you think you are going to go up and take a careless whack at it? Likely not. But if that's what you have been doing in practice, you'll do it on the course. I cannot stress it enough; practice how you play. Make every shot count. You don't need 2-3 hours on the range if you don't have it. 20 minutes is enough time to get in a quality, worth while practice. Focusing on all your shots, technique, and all that, you will create a repetitive swing you can use on the course. Now we move over to our short game. This is the biggest part of anyone's game. I don't care if your Tiger Woods or the average Joe, short game can make you or break you. When I shot a 78 a couple days ago, it wasn't because of my iron play. Granted, I was smashing the driver, my iron play flat out sucked. But what allowed me to break 80 for the first time in a group? The mere fact of my short game. I made 5 one-putt bogeys in a row on the back nine. That just shows you how easily I could have made 5 two putt double bogeys, or three putt triples, and so on. But putting wasn't everything that helped me shoot a 78. Chipping was a key factor, as well. I was able to make a large sum of up and downs for both par and bogey. Why was I able to pull it off? Because I practice my short game for hours upon hours a day. Although I've been only been playing for a couple weeks, my short game is one of the best I know. It may sound narcissistic to say, but it's true. Granted, it's one of the best around when I come through. However, I'm yet to get consistent. Consistency, however, takes time. I feel I can become a solid, consistent low 70's player in a couple months, and you can to. It's not as hard as people like to say it is. Shooting under par isn't hard! It's all a matter of how hard you work, and how you work as well. People like to pretend shooting in the 70's and 60's is something only the BEST do. That if you do it, your handicap is all of a sudden "pro". It's not, and it shouldn't be thought like that. Anybody who can't shoot in the 70's or lower doesn't have less physical ability then the next guy, but is simply not working hard enough. Then again, there's the issue of time. The kid I played with two days ago has been playing since he was four. I have, also, but took a 5-year "break" to play baseball. He can out-play me any day he want's to, and I'm yet to beat in him in even a putting contest. However, although he may out play me, he'll never outwork me. Nobody will. That's the whole philosophy of golf. It's not like baseball, where a pitcher can throw you a curveball so nasty it makes even the best look like mediocre players. No, it's you and the tee box. You and the fairway, and you and the green. The game is not hard. The game is only as hard as you make it. If there's water on the side of the fairway, why would you hit it into the water? Because you are going to slice it or start it right. The same goes for any hazard or OB marker. There is nothing telling you to hit it in there, or forcing you. The game is simple, yet astoundingly hard. But, like I continue to say, it's not hard unless you make it. A good example of the game being easy is what happened to me on the 17th hole yesterday. I hit a hook drive, by far my worst drive of the day. I ended up under the branches of a tree, and had less than 2 feet to go under. I had two choices: one - punch out and hope for a nice iron shot to save par. two - try to be a hero and punch under the tree, roll it up to the green and tap in for birdie. Can you guess which one I chose? Sadly, the second one. What happened next was a shank (since I put it so far in the back of my stance) and a 2-putt bogey. Looking back on it, a par would have been easy. If you're struggling with the game, take a step back. Realizing 1. It's a privilege to be out on the course and 2. The game is only as hard as you make it. Nobody has the ability to change your score, only you do. Sure, somebody can yell in your backswing, but you're the one changing your swing for them. Golf is a game dictated by you and nobody else. Oh, and always focus on the positive aspect of a shot. If you slice a ball into the water, focus on how it was a bomb of a drive or you got your hips out front that time. The shot is gone, there's no need to be pissed off and say "there goes my score!" because believe me, I used to do that and it does nothing but ruin your game further. Yesterday I hit my 7-iron in the rocks on a par-3. As I watched the ball slice into what I thought was OB, I muttered "there goes my score." and pouted. But then I remembered what I read from Tiger Woods' "How I play golf". *Always focus on the positive*. So as I walked down to see where the ball was, my mind wasn't filled with how I could be OP and possibly triple this hole ... but how well I played the front 9. I was thinking about how I already had three birdies on the day, and how I saved par on the past hole with a great chip. When I got to my ball, although it was deep in the rocks, things didn't seem bad. I thought of it as an easy up-and-down. And that's exactly what I did. Although I two-putted for bogey, it was a good bogey. I'm getting much better at staying positive on the course, but shots really pull you down. However, we all have to remember the game is just as hard as we make it. So, take a deep breathe, swing hard, and go make birdie. Because there's nobody stopping you but you. Good luck! Hope everyone is having a great Christmas, and going to have an even better New Year.

WHAT?! Damn, I saw it in the related forum threads. Lol thanks for letting me know that.

3-woods and hybrids can get you out of sooo many jams. Anybody who drops them from their bag is making a big big mistake. if you crush a drive into the rough and are 200+ yards out from the green, you're not going to use an iron. The hybrid or 3-wood will cut through the rough much much easier than an iron. If you play an iron, it will likely get stuck and wobble around, causing a hook or slice or chunk or.. Anyway, you just need to work on your woods. I couldn't hit for crap anything above my 5-iron. My hybrid, 3-wood, and driver were basically extra strokes everytime I pulled them out. However, I worked and worked on them, now I can't stop hitting bombs. It really comes down to how much you worm. The more you work = the easier the game. I think if you just work hard on your woods, you will start hitting them with ease and see very pleasing results.

I don't get it. You start a forum on the internet, with a thread on the internet about people's distances.. and when somebody comes along as says a distance you don't like, you call them a liar. Hmm.. Yes, exactly. It just comes so naturally, but I do work really really hard. Both the gym and golf course. Hard work always pays off, though! Never forget it! "It would leave you a pitching wedge or less on a typical par 4." Yeah I know. On the fourth hole in my golf course it's a good distance over a tree and some water, don't know the exact distance, but I hit 3-wood and am usually left with 100 yards in.

Green / Black Dunlop Bag: Callaway Razr Fit Xtreme Callaway Big Bertha 3 wood Callaway Hybrid (can't remember name - had it for ages) Ping i-3 white dot 9-iron to 5-iron 56 degree Cleveland SW GW (Some piece of crap my dad got for free a couple years ago and actually is one of the best clubs in my bag) Putter - Praying on a new Scotty Cameron, right now I have a Odyssey White Ice #4 Golf Balls: Callaway Hex Hot and Pro V1's

Yeah, but when you are playing with a group that doesn't give a damn I think it's better to just take the gimmie than to, say, "show them up". Personally, all my rounds are with competitive players, so we never give "gimmies", but if we are playing match play we will concede putts and all that. All in a competitive matter, though.

For sure.. my swing has changed a lot. From a light grip, reaching more, and more and more and more. I'll post a video tomorrow.

Haha, I know.. it's a gay color. I need a new one

Ok

Yes If I hit it solid, it will roll to even the 290. I'm yet to consistently hit my 3-wood perfect every time, but I'm getting there. On a fly though, it's usually 250. If I smash it, I can put it over 280 carry. ^ See above. Better than I ever have.

Just found out midnight blue. I think that's my new final round color!