The Hook Meister

My father used to do that and he found that he was not dragging the club back in his back swing rather he was picking the club yp and it was throwing his whole swing off, You might try slowing down your back swing.

I have played in 100 degree weather as long as you have water with you its okay, besides id I have a bad round there is a built in reason.This topic will vary form golfer to golfer depending on were they are from.

Yea keep left arm straight and keep,your head down. Another one that drives me nuts is you are picking your club up on your back swing.

What do you call a fade that misses left or a draw that misses right Answer: One horrible looking next shot and a lot of superlatives to follow. The answer to the question is its a slice when you are so far to the right you a playing a different hole , the same for a hook only left.

For me its taking my brain out of the equation. Don't look at the score card and think about the next four holes because you are thinking about your final score instead of the shot right in front of you. Don't over think your shot you will talk yourself onto the absolute wrong shot every time, unless you get very lucky. Yep the six inches between my ears thats the problem area.

Someone should have cut him off because he was clearly not sober. To answer the question about 75 to 80 the greens would kill me. No chance of doing it in four hours or four days for that matter. Those greens are mean and very very very fast.

We do like to con ourselves out there don't we. When I was a kid I used to shoot in the low to mid eighties. I always said if I could putt I would be dangerous. I have since figured out what I was doing wrong with my putts I was in to big of a hurry to putt. Of course by that time the rest of my game went all to hell. I am a lot happier now because I stopped looking at the score card and this got me out of my head. I can shoot in the mid 90's now the price of getting older yea well. I no longer have to con myself I know my sucks now and I really am not all that worried about it. Well maybe I pump up the good shot a little, but who doen't right.

Phil knows better bit that was probably just a little frustration. That course and the wind was brutal. No excuses he was wrong to hit a moving ball.

Nothing can replace lessons for a teaching pro. That person will spot what you need to work on and to go about it in seconds. no machine can do that.

It's to bad that people can't be more understanding of new players, We were all new once. With that said I agree with the idea of newbies playing par 3's for awhile until they get the hang of it.

Bad days happen if they didn't we would probably get board with the game. Focus on all the good shots you had and don't worry about blame stuff happens. Go to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls you will feel better.

Duck hooks into the trees I like that one. I suppose it would have to apply to slice er pronounced fades as well. Mine would be if there is tall grass in front of the green any thing hit just short of said grass would count as holed out. Sand traps are,man made hazards you should get a drop.

I have no real answer for you. For me its the speed of the putt I have trouble with. I can read the putts okay, but my ball will stop just short of the hole ,or hit the hole and hop over it, or I hit to hard and it goes right thru the break. All I can tell you is keep making adjustments. I you can't miss them all it just feels that way in the middle of the round..Sorry I could not be of more help but I share your frustration.

Its a tough one alright, not to mention very narrow. I would use a 3 iron off the tee and then another 3 iron from there it would depend on pin placement and how well I hit the first two shots. This hole has don't miss written all over it!

Music on the course? I say no. We all like different kinds of music, and if you can't talk when someone is hitting their shot why is okay to have music on that its so loud you can hear it a mile away.

If he thought the cup was damaged or had stuff on it that would effect his putt why didn't he just ask the tournament official. As for the caddie I don't know if that was advice or him just being a smart ass. Either way if you are going to make that putt you would probably have to go around it anyway wouldn't you?

I have been there. Topping the ball cones from lifting the v club instead of dragging it back. when you lift the club up on your back swing you have a tendency to look up before you hit the ball. My father called it pee a boo. Your woods could be a couple of things: 1) you could be standing to close to the ball try backing up a little. 2) You could have the ball to far foward in your stance this you will have to plat around with it a little. 3) Make sure your club face is not pointe3d to the right before you start your swing, if it is you will have what my fiend calls a pronounced fade. I hope this helps some. 😀

The river denial comes with being human. On bad rounds we only talk about the good shots we make, and some days its a very short conversation. We never talk about the bad shots very much unless they were caused by a bad bounce or something like that.. We have all been in the river denial at on time or another it kinda goes with the game of golf.

I had rounds like that the good thing is that they end. I try to take any good shots that I did hit and focus on them and forget the rest. If asked I say well the stupid ball did not go where it was suppose to go. It went where I hit it instead. Oh well!.

You could use bicycle straps around your golf bag. They are stronger than the straps that come with your hand cart.They are also more flexible so you can maybe wrap them around twice, It's worth a try and they don't cost to much.

The phrase funky like a monkey comes to mind after seeing that thing. I would rather use a hand cart they come with wheels.

The one thing I learned I think by accident was to forget about the score card and just play golf one hole a time. I was playing a round of golf when I was in the Air Force and I started out my usual way horrible. On the seventh hole I made one great miss under a tree branch and over a sand trap and it hit the green rolled down the hill and hit the flag stick and stopped next to the hole. After that I just started playing the par 4's on in two and two putt. The par 5'son in three and two putts. I got so focused that I stopped looking at the score card that I forgot about everything else. When I saw my score at then end of the round I nearly fainted. I had actually broke eighty. I realized two things: one I had a lot of fun while playing that round and two get out of your damn head and just play golf!

Interesting list. I can't vote for Phil he has blown to many Sunday rounds at the majors.

This might be the hardest if not one of the hardest courses the pro's play on. The par three were the green is an island is my favorite hole to watch. It makes me realize these guys are human after all. When you see some of the big numbers they score on this hole alone. This hole has made and ruined some of the golfers rounds.

I have watched this movie so many times I have lost count. My favorite line is "four oh I should have yelled two." The funniest golf movie ever made.