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Thanks for the info. Its what i hoped and expected to hear. I'm the kind of guy who loves to use technology to enhance anything I do. And now that I'm taking golf more seriously, I'm looking to find different technologies to help me. But the key to using any new tech, is to make sure it only enhances the experience as opposed to adding additional overhead or having to go way out of your way to incorporate it. Game Golf Live appears to be almost perfect in that regard. And @Missouri Swede, thanks for that link to the other thread. Lot's of good information about other users' experience in there. Much appreciated!

I'm thinking about getting this, but I have a few questions... 1) How long did it take to get used to tapping every shot on the course? 2) How easy is it to edit your round? If you forget to tap a shot, is it smart enough to know you didn't drive the green on a 400 yard par 4 and alert you in some way? 3) Do you usually tap before or after you take your shot, and why? Thanks for any insight!

Shot 111 over the weekend which was disappointing. I spent the previous week working on my driving, and that was slightly improved during the round. But there were just too many mishits and issues hitting several inches behind the ball with my irons. I kind of saw that coming as I had a range session the day before the round which was terrible. And not only was it terrible, I just kept swinging, and swinging instead of breaking my swing down and correcting it. I went to the range again yesterday and it was much, much better. Turns out, I believe, that working on my driver messed with how I was addressing my iron shots. I had the ball too far forward in my stance with the iron, and kept a bit of a tilt and upward swing. Once I figured out i needed to get back to being very squared up with my irons with the ball directly between my feet, it turned into the best range session I have ever had. My plan is to get to the range one more time this week, but I'll only have time for 9 holes this weekend. I really hope that I can bring a good, consistent swing to all 9 of them.

+1 for rockbottomgolf. I always check there first.

I worked all week on slowing myself down, focusing mostly on my long irons. I took swings in super duper slow mo, making sure that was I getting enough hip turn and a correct swing plane on the backswing, and really exaggerated the hip turn in the downswing while trying not to let my left elbow fly out. It went great and was actually surprised how well you can strike a ball swinging that slowly. It gave me a lot of confidence to slow everything down, and started swinging with a controlled tempo i was consistently repeating. I thought the week of practice was very successful, and was really looking forward to my round this morning. Then, this morning happened. I shot a 49 again at the same 9 hole course I played 10 days ago. The first 5 holes were frustrating to say the least. Only one good drive, but that was the hole I had a nGIR and ended up with a 6 after a poor chip and a 3 putt. First 5 holes were 8,6,5,5,7. This was not going well and i was back to my old overswinging ways. But, miraculously, I was able to actually slow myself down, and I found my swing (at least with the irons, driver was an unmitigated disaster all day). Finished with a 4,5,4,5 and easily a few of my best shots of the season. Got a nGIR from 180 out from a tough lie to an elevated green on the 7th, hit a GIR from 165 out over a tree line 120 yards away with an 8 iron on the 8th hole, and then hit the green (not GIR) from 190 out on the 9th. The shots were perfect. Perfect tempo on my swing, straight as an arrow, and ideal trajectory. A guy in my group said my swing loosened up which kind of confirmed he was seeing what i was feeling. My biggest victory of the day wasn't necessarily those shots tho. I was most proud of being able to mentally get my swing back in order and actually bring something i had practiced and practiced all week to the course. This week, I'll still make sure i practice the irons, but the focus will be on the driver. If i can get that in order, I have no doubt breaking 100 is going to happen this season.

i use swing by swing to track handicap as well. It uses the same rules as the USGA system. So as DaveP said, it will cap your scores on holes if you have a couple terrible ones. This is your adjusted gross score. It shows you that when you click on the Handicap link on your profile. (I think you mistakenly referred to it as your adjusted net.) It does this so that golfers cant just use one or two bad holes a round to mask their true talents by calling themselves a 14 handicap when they are more like a 10. The adjusted gross score is what is actually used in the calculation for your index Just a couple notes that confused me a little bit when I started to use Swing by Swing to calculate mine.... First, what it actually calculates in your Index, even though it refers to it as your handicap. Use this index to calculate your handicap for each course you play. Its also important to make sure you enter your handicap for each score card you enter. If you dont, it will think you have a zero handicap and will calculate an index for you that is completely incorrect, i learned that one myself the hard way.

Took a couple steps back yesterday. After shooting a 49 over nine holes earlier in the week with no mishits only accuracy issues, I shot a 114 (56, 58) on Saturday. Really disappointing from the standpoint of having at least 8 total mishits. A couple shots were pulled on the ground off the heel of the driver, a few iron shots were just shanked almost 45 degrees to the right off the club face. I haven't had these issues with this frequency all summer, but they popped up yesterday. I know I have to work a lot on my physical swing, but the problem yesterday was just as much mental. Not being able to slow myself back down, and get back to the fundamentals of how my swing had improved prior to yesterday. There was some positive though. Only 34 putts, and my short game was pretty decent. Got out of a bunch of traps, and my chips/pitches from 50 yards in left me with make-able putts. From here, its just back to the basics and slowing myself down. Much of my issues stem from overswinging, especially when my mechanics are off whack.

New to the forums, and this looks like the topic for me. I've been playing on and off since high school (15 years ago now... yikes), but started to take the game more seriously last summer. I have shot under 50 for 9 holes plenty of times... 44 is my best for 9 holes, but 18 holes is just enough to get me into trouble with one or two extra disasters to keep me from breaking 100. For me, I know there are two areas I need to improve. One is off the tee, and the other is touch around the greens. My irons in between are good enough, I believe. The disasters happen when I'm wild off the tee, and then fumble away extra shots around the green on the same hole. I've been practicing a lot lately on my full swings using wiffle balls in my back yard. Been reading Ben Hogan's 5 lessons and mostly been focusing on my grip and address thus far. Seems to be working a little bit and have been eliminating the total mishits. My last couple rounds have been a 109 (55,54) on 18, 53 on 9 holes, and this morning i shot a 49 for 9 holes. This mornings round was probably the best as far as having no total mishits on full swings. But my biggest problem was accuracy. My long irons went slightly to the right off the club face, and then also had a slight fade. For example, i had one 4 iron shot from 210 out that ended up basically pin high, but about 10 yards off the green to the right. It started a little right, and then faded further away, but not in a crazy extreme manner. Its something I need to figure out and correct. Also, my wedges were really short, and also to the right. Not sure if the two issues are related, but i'm hoping to figure it out. Playing 18 holes this Saturday, and am hoping its the day I finally break through 100.

This is an interesting perspective, and kind of hits home as a golfer who never broke 100. I keep telling myself its going to happen at some point, and joke all the time with my dad that it would have happened by now if I put nothing but a 7 iron and a putter in my bag. But that would be cheating. In reality, the goal is consistency. Breaking 100 (and eventually 90) is just a milestone along the way of truly improving.