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88! More pars than doubles, and no triples! we are at the beginning of a week of “spring training,” which has nothing to do with baseball. We are in Arizona and plan to play at least one round every day, and possibly take in a pre-season game or two.
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Wow, very cool!
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Pre-Shot/Post-Shot Routine Importance
Golfer gal replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
pre-shot-- My handicap index has gone from 28 to 14.9 in the past 10 months, and I credit my pre-shot routine for that. SMART choices, PRECISE set up, and a single swing thought. My post-shot routine is mostly mental/emotional, briefly asking myself how that worked out for me. Then moving on. But to improve a lot more, I may need to do more analysis, or at least learn more feeling in my body of what just went on.- 56 replies
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I got married about a year ago, and first my ring felt weird so I took it off in the car before playing. But I like it, and like to wear it, so after a month maybe I started wearing it again. It didn't take long to get used to it, may be slightly out-of-round, and the glove keeps the diamonds shiny! We were cracking up because he still had the putter in his hand from his birdie on #9!
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I was going to vote zero or one, but thought I would just go see what really happened. So. Good conditions, not much left/right break, but more maybe more than a foot elevation change. I don't know about Stimp reading... is 8 pretty slow? I made the first putt, got the next 18 pretty damn close, and made the 20th.
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Caddie picks up ball in hazard- incorrectly?
Golfer gal replied to RandallT's topic in Rules of Golf
I don't think caddie knew player very well at all, though he had caddied for him the previous week... And the player was absolutely in contention, I'm pretty sure he would take a close look at the ball to decide what to do, not just give up and take a drop with a playoff on the line. Caddie's supposed "rules expert" didn't give him the right number, either. -
Caddie picks up ball in hazard- incorrectly?
Golfer gal replied to RandallT's topic in Rules of Golf
I just wasted 8 1/2 minutes of my life. bottom line... no, you never touch a ball in play! -
On Monday, I put together an outing for 8 of us at one of my favorite courses, Coyote Hills. I was concerned about everyone having a good time and the details of carpooling and who would play together and whether there would be enough Fireball and whether the course would let us all have the Senior Deal. So I didn't play all that well, 94, and didn't keep all my stats like I normally do. But I had so much fun and introduced a few women to a fabulous course, and to a fun group of golfers, a marvelous day! Today I shot a 91 on my home course, pretty average for me. I didn't drive the ball well, need to get out on the range (ugh) and work on that.
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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
Golfer gal replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Damn, I missed practice yesterday, sigh. DAY ONE - It's freezing out ("freezing" is relative, I understand), so I practiced my putting on the living room carpet. It should be simple, no break and stripes on the carpet so I should be able to roll it straight, right? I worked in front/side of a mirror, to check my stroke. We are playing later today, so hopefully I will get the bead on every putt out there. Read, Bead, Speed.- 16,677 replies
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Shot a 90 today! 42 on the front, and I had that in my mind at the turn, so I messed up a few holes Best hole #3: it's a short par 4 with a lake maybe 180-200 from the tee; I can't reach it. My drive was good but not fabulous, and I needed my new 5 hybrid over the side of the lake. The pin was tucked back left, so I just go for the fat part of the green, but it rolls out. leaving me a double breaking, sidehill putt of about a mile. I read it and stroked it just right, and tapped in for a par. Yeah, me!
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I had a friend with a Lab who lived on a golf course. One day she saw her dog swallow a golf ball, and later in the day he acted ill, so she took him to the vet... turned out, the silly dog had like 20 golf balls in him! I can't remember but I think surgery, and he was fine. On our course today, (I've never seen or imagined a dog coming along for golf), the group two behind us had a medium sized dog with them, and man, he was having SUCH a great time! No barking, or chasing squirrels, and when they were putting he just sat near the green!
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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
Golfer gal replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Thanks, I will apply the concepts and improve my game! It's just discouraging to hear you guys talk about your drive distances when mine is about 160-170. Day Four - before we played today, I tried the six-footer challenge. I didn't film it, and didn't succeed... I'll work on it again and at least provide the stats.- 16,677 replies
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Do you mean during a golf lesson?
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Do you keep close watch on your score during a round?
Golfer gal replied to Valleygolfer's topic in Golf Talk
I write down fairways, score, and putts, and if I'm playing decent for me I kinda know how close to bogey I am, but I don't add until the end. Once I had a super great round going (and of course I knew I was playing better than ever), and around #15 or 16, my husband added my score and started getting really antsy. He asked if I knew my score and I said, "no, and don't tell me," but I could tell by his expression it was amazing. It got in my head, and I doubled those final holes for an 83. Still that was my lowest ever score, but shit, don't get a number in your head, dude! JUST. THIS. SHOT. -
"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
Golfer gal replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Day Three - I didn't pick up a club, but I read several chapters of Lowest Score Wins... a lot of it seems over my head because of my level of golf and because I can't relate to the numbers (no average women's stats or even LPGA), but I can surely use the concepts to help create my own plan for improvement.- 16,677 replies
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Eighth round of 2018 yesterday (SO fortunate to live in southern california!), played with my weekly women's club and played really well through #11, then started a migraine and fell apart for several holes until meds kicked in, parred two in a row, finished with a 4-putt triple bogey! 93 total... 43 on the front and 50 on the back. I usually count putts but I was scoring for the whole group so I didn't. I know I hit 12 fairways. Best hole was the par 5 #2... a long-for-me straight drive, a good shot with my 3 wood, which always seems to fade 20* then another 3 wood which I expected to fade onto the green so I aimed 20* left, but it went straight! So I'm pin high left, downhill lie on super flat practically dirt or mashed down dead grass, and I need to chip over a bunker about 25 yards to the pin. I said to myself, "This is your backyard shot, easy peasy," so I visualized it, felt what it needed to be, and did it! Stuck it about a foot from the hole!
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Hang in there with the grip change, @tehuti! Last year, I changed my wonky strong grip to neutral, and it took about a month for it to feel anywhere near natural... but once I fixed that fatal flaw, my scores began dropping.
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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
Golfer gal replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
Day 2 (yesterday) - I got a new club so before my round yesterday, I hit 1/2 bucket of balls, just seeing how it feels and how far and which direction it goes and so on. I like it! It- 16,677 replies
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This is great, I'm going to work on my six footers, and get my badge!! (It may be even more of a challenge for me to make the video than to actually make the putts )
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What is the six footer challenge?
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I've played quite a few courses where they post acceptable pace of play, like clocks out in various places on the course or the cart GPS telling you if you're on pace or not, or clearly saying on the card how long your round should take. I've never seen them say a group should finish in less than 4 hours; most common seems to be 4:15. One course around here is notoriously slow (mostly fivesomes, and tee times only 8 minutes apart), and it does throw off any rhythm I might have... waiting on every tee box, sometimes with a few other groups. I myself rarely have to wait in the fairway, because I'm not getting on the green with my next shot anyhow, but the guys I play with are waiting on every frickin shot and it's even more annoying for them.
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95. Putting and chipping were bad, but that's not all... Even though I hit 13/14 fairways, my approach shots were inconsistent.
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"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge
Golfer gal replied to iacas's topic in Instruction and Playing Tips
DAY ONE! I stopped at the practice area and worked on my lag putts for about 20 minutes. Trying to get them all the way to the hole, because I kept leaving them short yesterday. My first 5 or so tries stayed short, then I blasted a bunch well past the hole, then I finally started getting many of them past but within a couple feet. Then I played a little par 18 game with myself (9 medium to long putts), and shot a 14, with no 3-putts. Does warming up before a round count as practice, if it's concentrated?- 16,677 replies
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so there you have it, I agree totally!