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never thought of it as strange but whenever I say 4 hours or 2 hours it is estimated time and because of my schedule. On tuesday I know I can be at the course at 3 o'clock and the sun goes down at 7 = 4 hours.. as an example. Tomorrow morning I have a teetime at 10 which means I will be at the course at around 9 but I also know that I have to be at a birthday party at 2 pm. So thats about 4 hours..

Update oct. 10: New handicap is 22.4. Its slowly going the right way. This weekend vil be busy with a lot of golf. I plan to play atleast 4 hours each of the next 4 days. I hope that on tuesday I can play a good round and lower my handicap to about 21.

update: I only played about 12 hours this week. I wanted to play more but I started a new job this week. I spent 2 hours on the range. 4 hours chipping and putting. And about 6 hours on the course. My handicap dropped from 24 to 23.2.. Hope to get my handicap to about 21-22 before I leave for Florida in late october.

Whats the handicap of the average college golfer(scholarship)? I don't mean like stanford players. I mean the more mortal players like in the NAIA division? Anybody know what the handicap needed to get a scholarship is?

My problem is when I try to hit a draw. I aim my feet and shoulders right of the target. Then I point the clubface right at the target. The problems is that 25% of the time I hit a nice draw. The other 75 % I either hit it straight or it goes far right without ever returning to near my target. Anybody has any idea what i'm doing wrong?

Thanks for the replies. That makes a lot of sense KS. I will try and do something similar in the future. I really hope to get better at putting which is kind of the weakest aspect of my game. If I just get a little better at it I will cut 5+ shots of a round instantly!

yes you can order on the internet I buy from www.direct-golf.co.uk its about half the price compared to Denmark and it gets here in 2 days. Plus there is no taxes like there would be if I ordered from the u.s..

How do you practice putting? what is your routine and how often do you practice putting?

Okay. I will try to do this. I just hate to pay soooooo much for the driver compared to the uk or u.s.. To give you an idea of the price difference, I paid 900 bucks for my wilson di7's... Btw. I'm going to florida in oktober and i've noticed that a lot of ya'll in here is from there. I'm looking to buy a lot of golf clothes and maybe a 52 wedge while i'm there. If anybody from around there could tell me where to go to get the best for a good price i'd appreciate it. I know florida is big but i'll visit almost any part of it. So no matter where your favorite store is, please let me know. thanks

Yesterday I went to the course at 1.30 and I had a 5 o'clock tee time. I started off during the usual hitting about 70-100 balls on the range. Then I chipped with my friend for about an hour. After that we grabbed something to eat and went out to the range again. We spend about half an hour there and then went back to chip and put before our tee time. Is this a good routine? do you have any suggestion as to how I might plan my training? I like to do a lot of training before a round because I tend to realize some new things and then I can use it on the course. Thanks

I can't believe that you can't reduce your handicap after 9 holes? It could actually be a problem here since in theory you could play 18 holes, make 20 points on the front nine and 16 on the back nine. Then you would play par for your handicap but you could just turn in your scorecard like you only played the front nine and scored 20. At my club we have a par 3 course too. Its really difficult and if you wanted to you could actually play your handicap down to scratch on it. I don't understand why but thats what I've been told. I never reduce my handicap when I play the par 3 course though, because for me its not 'real' golf.

I need a new driver. When I started playing I bought a used dunlop driver for about 20 bucks. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but I am getting better and I have tried my friends drivers and I can see that I hit those a lot better. So I want to buy a new driver. I will probably buy it on the internet since its much cheaper for me. I hope some of you will recommend a driver that you believe is good and tell me why you think its good? Price range is 0-350 dollars. Thanks

Okay. I Apologize that I might have taken what you said the wrong way. Well its only because of my handicap that I get a .4 reduction. If I was lower I would not get as much, but you probably know that Yes. There is only about 6 months of play on summer greens and tee spots. Don't know if that has anything to do with it.

I play the DI7s steel.. I like them.. I just got them 2 months ago. They are easy to hit right away and has a nice feel. I have reduced my handicap a lot since I got them and I have nothing but good things to say about them.

sorry for all the post. I just need to answer all of his doubts. I don't know how you reduce your handicap where you are from, but In scandinavia you can choose to reduce your handicap after 9 holes if you only play 9 holes. We play stableford and every point that you get over 18 reduces my handicap by 0.4. I played 9 holes scored 24 points. When you only play nine holes then the clubs adds 18 points(as if the last 9 holes is played in par for your handicap) that means that I scored 42 points which means that my handicap dropped 2.4 from 26.5 to 24.1. I don't know how many dishonest people there is on this forum, but where I come from its pretty uncool to make conspiracy theories that I am lying and that I made up my own handicap. I mean. come on!!

And lefty if you do not believe that I used to play basketball then go to www.eurobasket.com then go to denmark look under former players for Horsens IC. God. This actually upset me a bit.

For christ sake. you have some trust issues. Anybody that do not believe me please go to www.gobook.dk Where it says "klubnummer" type 35 where it says "medlemsnummer" type 2455 where it says "pinkode" type 2455 when you log on you will see all the changes that has been to my handicap. you will see that I am handicap 24 and a member of horsens golf club. If you still do not believe it you can see that my name and everything is exactly the same as it is here.

I'm not sure about what you mean about reading between the lines of the fact that I used to play on a pro basketball team? (If you do not believe me I can prove it) I will make sure that you can follow the progress.

GolferDot: Lets do it. How do you plan on doing it? My goal is to be in the 12-18 range by the 1st of december, cause thats when it starts to get real cold and wet here. Then from December to February I plan on spending a lot of time on the putting green and working on the short game as well as taking some lessons on the range. I plan on practicing 3-4 days a week for about 3 hours each time during that period. Then when the wheather is nice again I plan on doing a lot of rounds in march april and may to get to around 8. From then I plan on training extremely intensive, I mean almost camping out on the course and work a lot with the club pro. Then i'll just have to wait and see what happens. I know for sure that I can get to 8 and I'm confident I can make it all the way to 5.

I warm up a little without clubs. 1) I hit about 10-15 balls with my wedge. 2) I move through all my Irons hitting 5 balls with each iron 3) I hit 10 balls with my 3 wood 4) I go back to my 5-6-7 Iron 5) I hit 10 balls with my driver 6) I work on draws and fades with my long Irons I like to mix up the irons and the woods. I don't like hitting 30 straight with my driver. I never hit more than 10 shots at a time with my driver. I might hit 30 shots with it each practice session but never more than 10 at a time. This routine takes about an hour and probably 150-200 balls.

Thanks for all of your answers. I really do believe that if there is anybody out there that can do it, it is me. I do realize how cocky and confident that sounds but thats how I feel. To let you know more about who I am here goes. I'm 19. Until december 2007 I played basketball at the professional level, however I did not get paid because I always thought I was gonna get a basketball scholarship, but I slowly lost interest in basketball. I've always been athletic, i'm the type of guy that non athletic people complain about because I learn really quickly. At my first golf lesson ever the pro at my club told me he could probably make a really good golfer out of me. As far as work goes I work only 30 hours a week. Since I graduated high school in 2007 i've done this. Next summer I will begin my study. My girlfriend is studying and she has loads of things to do other than that, so there is 2-3 days a week she does not have time for me. Since my home course is 40 min away from where I live in a different city, which happens to be where all of my family lives then its easy to combine family visits and golf. The 2-3 days that my girlfriend does not have time for me I tend to sleep at my moms house so its easy to go play golf. So 2-3 days a week I play a lot. I usually practice 2 hours and then go out and play 18 holes. sometimes I stay late after the round to put. Other times I don't play a round, like for example last friday I chipped and putted for 5 hours. I know a lot of ya'll probably thinks that i'm insane. But I will try to keep posting as the months goes by.

I want to ask everybody if this is possible. I made a bet with my girlfriend and a friend of mine(who has a handicap at +1). The bet with my GF is that I believe I can get to a handicap of 5 or better before august 2009 and she doesn't think I can do it! I just started playing in January 2008 and my handicap is at 24.1 atm. I play golf atleast 15 hours a week and take lessons once in a while. Do you think it is possible? Why/why not? The other part of the bet is with my friend. It is if I get to 5 before august then I bet her that I could get to 0 within 18 months after reaching 5. Is this possible? I'd like if you would make a detailed comment whether you think I can do it or you think I can't! Thank you!!

Yesterday I played some of the best golf since I started playing in January 2008. I only had time to play 9 holes and I shot a 8 over 44 and improved my handicap from 26.5 to 24.1! I really hope to continue the good play tomorrow!

I work in a kindergarden.. I want to go to college in the u.s but i need money or a better handicap

When Tiger retires he will be the greatest ever. By far!