masterhacker

I can't believe it, but I did it! Broke 80 with a 79 after only playing for 6 months! Front nine: fairways 4/6, greens 4/9, but only 15 putts. Doubled one, bogeyed 2 and eagled one. Smashed a drive on a par 4 and hit the green then sunk the putt! The double came right after that though. Back nine: fairways 6/7, greens 3/9, and another 15 putts. One double, and 3 bogeys. The double and two bogeys came from the last 3 holes too, so I was playing good the whole time until the last 3. The courses rating is 71.9/129. I think that's a pretty hard course I guess, not sure. But anyways I did it, now only if I can do that for this 18 hole school match I have Thursday...

That was mainly why I did. My short game was on time. I only hit 7 greens in regulation. But every time I missed it I only had one putt. My total putts were 30 for the whole round and I had three 3 putts too. But that's def what I need to work on, everytime it has been really good I have done amazing like I did yesterday. Thanks!

I did it! I broke 80 with a 79. One of the best days I've ever had!! I've had these days before where I just play amazing and rarely mess up and will barely bogey anything. But this is the first time doing it on 18 holes. I even had my first eagle! I came up to this hole and said I'm going to drive this green (short par 4, 303 on the scorecard), and guess what? I did it! Left myself with about a 10 foot putt, put it in the center if the cup! But...I doubled the hole right after that to put me at 2 over on the front 9. The back nine I was still just hitting them really well but decided to play how I normally do on the last three holes and was 4 over on just those three. You guys have no idea how exciting this is for me, especially in the amount of time I've been playing. Now I just have to play like that on the match I have Thursday! Wish me luck, and thanks for reading!

Thanks for all the responses guys! I've been busy with school, but since I've been off we've had 2 more days of tryouts. The second day I hit 7 over on 6 holes AND I had a birdie. But I still did better than 3 people so that is still good enough to get on the team. The today I I hit par on the first hole, bogey, then 2 triples!!! BUT; I managed to par out being 7 over after 9 holes. I impressed the coaches today. They told me first hand. They said with practice I could turn all those doubles and triples to bogeys. So it's looking good so far! Thursday is the last day for tryouts so I'm pretty anxious/nervous about it. Hopefully I can manage to pull a spot on the team!

So I've played golf for about 4-4.5 months now and I decided to try out for the school team. Today was the first day of tryouts. We were split into two groups ( pretty much the good kids/crappy kids) I was put with the crappy ones because I have only played for a short period of time. My group was on the putting green for the majority of the time. Then we went to the chipping green while the better guys finished up on the range. We then had some tips thrown our way about chipping and other fundamental things then for about the last 25 minutes we got to actually hit the balls on the range. We were to only hit out high loft clubs today. Luckily, before the coaches started to watch, I was hacking the ball very badly. But then hit a few nice contact shots and the coaches noticed and started watching me. I think they were impressed by my ability to strike the ball so well. The only thing was that I could not get my aiming right. So they tried to help me with that, giving me some tips. They also were handing me different clubs to hit to see how I did with the lower loft clubs as well. Overall, I think I impressed them. Which is great considering how nervous I was about this... Now I just have to keep my game up the next 3 days of tryouts. Wish me luck for the rest of the days for tryouts!! I will post updates about how it's going! Thanks for reading!

Well that's the only video I have of my swing. So I figured why not haha. I might go outside now and go get some more videos

Thanks for the suggestions! But do you think that it not being my full swing might have something to do with it? That was kind of a full swing at a half speed pace because of where I was aiming. That was a 70 yard club aiming at a 40 yard target 60 ft downhill. I'll try to get a full swing of my driver, 6 iron, and that club up this weekend.

I've been Playing Golf for: 2-3 months My current handicap index or average score is: 20-25 My typical ball flight is: fade The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: a baaaad slice [rule] Videos: [VIDEO]http://youtu.be/gq9zohhlDGc[/VIDEO] This is the only video I had. It was before my first round. I know it's not down the line or face on but can you see anything wrong?

That's pretty much why I want to start playing in tournaments. What better way to learn then to play in one? I have done the same thing with playing. I practice on the course. That has seemed to work for me so far.

Do you know what would happen if I broke some rule that I had no idea existed?

My first few rounds I had trouble remembering things to do that were proper etiquette. But now I have no nervousness playing and pretty much remember what to do haha. But the rules part, I play with people that tell me when I'm playing wrong. And for the most part I play by the rules. I never move the ball (unless on rocks or something), and I play the ob markers too.

How early is too early to start playing in tournaments? I have only played about 12 rounds but broke 90 with an 87 last time. Thought about starting tournaments soon because I want to end up playing college golf. I only have a little over a year before it's time for me to part for college. I think getting used to the pressure now would help my game and chances in the long run. Any thoughts?

That's better than what I had on my first day, I couldn't get more than one. Now my high score is 39!

Hahahaha, I'm the same way. What's your high score?

Well here in NC we have some crazy weather. It snowed recently, the day before it snowed it was 60! The week after it snowed it was 60 all week! The most random weather you can imagine..I've lived here my entire 18 years and I still can't get used to the weather here