cougar2588

make sure u bring a ball marker. i've been guilty of having to run over to the cart and grab a ball marker outta my bag because i forgot to put one in my pocket before i started the round.

9th hole 367 yard par 4. had a nice straight drive down the middle of the fairway, not a lot of distance on it (about 220 yards) but it put me right around the 150 marker. pulled the 7 iron out and put the ball 2 feet away from the pin for a nice easy birdie putt. definately a good way to end the front nine. 7th hole - par 8th hole - par 9th hole - birdie

wow seriously thanks for all the help guys. definately like the idea of hitting a dollar bill size worth of sand. hopefully when i go out tomorrow the course wont be too full and ill be able to toss a few balls into a bunker and take a few practice shots. just for the heck of it, my 56* is a 12 bounce.

the last part u said was my biggest problem. i just simply wasn't following through. i was coming down on the ball and my entry point into the sand was fine too but there was just a mental thing there that made me not follow through. i cant wait to get back out on a course and go at it again. either way, i definately need to get into a practice bunker at a range somewhere and work on this little issue. that and i really want to figure this 56* out so that i can ditch the bump and run stuff and just start sticking the short shots close to the pin instead of running them up.

haha yea thats what my dad said. makes sense, just stay outta the bunkers and i dont have to worry about this little problem i have. we'll see what happens, i may be going back out tomorrow after work, if not, i already have a tee time set for monday too. hopefully one of those two days i can break 90!

i would say it all depends how specific u wanna be with ur stats. to me, stats are the type of thing that are kept more so for personal reasons, with the exception of your ACTUAL score/handicap. sometimes if i chip one time and end up short to the point where i have to chip again i'll count that second chip shot from just off the green as a putt because it technically should have been a putt had i not messed up. then for fairways, if im only a yard off the fairway and not in the rough but light rough/fringe of the fairway ill just count it as a fairway shot. my main question (and not to thread jack) how do you determine if you hit a GIR (green in regulation) or not? say its a par 4, is it only a green in regulation if u hit it on ur second shot? or does it still count as one if u hit it after ur third shot cuz u messed up your second shot? sry to thread jack lol

so just got back from shooting 18 with my dad. was a decent course, not to hard, but not to easy. (69.8/122) i ended up shooting a 93 which is right around my average lately (low 90's). it was only my 3rd time out this year but i can feel myself being right on that edge of breaking into the 80's and i KNOW i could have done it today if it wasn't for the two sand traps i found myself in today..... took me three shots to get out of both of them !!!! thats 6 extra strokes on my score...which woulda put me under 90 i've never been much of a real sand trap player, by that i mean i would normally just skull the ball outta the trap instead of trying to hit behind the ball and get under it. my whole problem is that i think its a mental block. taking almost a full swing when im only 15 yds away from the hole caused me to not follow through after i hit the ball while it was in the sand...if that makes sense lol on a side note though, i managed to crack a 270+ yd drive today which is by far my best yet (avg. is around 230ish) and i only putted 36 times (three 3 putts)and i normally putt in the 40's. so even though i've seen progress in my drives and putting, it just seems like im having all sorts of trouble with my 56*, even around the green i have problems with it. today i went back to using my PW and just bumping and running some other shots that were close with my 6 iron. i'd love to learn how to use my wedges though. any advice on bunker shots and small chip shots guys? im desperate....mostly cuz i know i can break into the 80's if i just figure this damn club out! wow...just realized how much i typed haha /rant

Congrats man. now is the road to breaking 90's...im on that road right now. gets frustrating shooting 91's and knowing exactly what shots u wish you could have re-done haha. p.s. dang thats a really short course. only 4000 yds!

well i'm pretty sure its possible for a club face to kinda of lose its "pop" but if ur club is only a year old, i'd be surprised if this was the case. unless u hit with it A LOT. i'm no expert tho, but maybe its even a bit of a mental thing. they say that new clubs really help a players confidence. that could always be the case.

couldn't of said it better myself. basically it just comes down to the fact that there are some..ok maybe many...ppl on this forum that take this game VERY seriously, maybe a bit too serioiusly, even when its not a competition. i can't imagine how miserable these ppl are to play with while out on the course.

wow i woulda been pissed if i was in ur position. but it would make me wanna get out on the range/course even more to get better then them and then beat them before the end of the season. last year was my first year golfing and i spent a lot of time golfing with my dad and his friends who all shoot low 80's, and one guy shoots in the mid to high 70's. NEVER once did they not want to bring me along because i wasnt as good as them. its funny cuz when u join a golf club, u expect there to be ppl in the club who actually have class....looks like u got together with the group of classless guys in the club.

haha alright sounds like a plan. look forward to hackin the course up with u guys haha

lol funny question. i've been a soccer player my whole life and was pretty successful with my career until i gave the dream up. but sometimes when were out on the green and i completely blow a putt, everyone says i shoulda just kicked it instead....so ill throw another ball down for laughs and try it. but im sure he was just saying it for fun. but really, if he wants to kick his ball instead of putt it, mine as well let him lol. its a friendly game of golf between two buddies not a competitive match. however, if money is involved in the situation, then u should definately make sure to throw the rule book at him....unless he really sucks at kicking it, then mine as well let him do it then too. advantage you haha

well hopefully when stuff calms down with school for you the weather will finally be decent and we can get out on the course. i know im getting annoyed with it. i've only gotten out once this year and dont know how much more of this indoor 75 yd dome range crap i can take.

welcome to the site. a lot of interesting info on here. im about 30-45 minutes away (macomb county/lake st. claire) from flint but i'd be down to meet up and play a round too...if you guys dont mind playing with a high handicaper haha