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During the round I keep track of putts fairways and greens hit. Putts - put in the box under my score Fairway hit - check in the upper left corner of the putts box Green hit - check in the upper right corner of the putts box I know some people who keep a lot more stats but this is all I do and find it to help. If you wanted more information you could replace a check with an arrow if you missed a fairway/green. The arrow could represent the direction you missed (left arrow = missed fairway left). Also, it might be good to try and remember your round. If I wanted, I could go through my round after and keep track of more specific things like up/downs, sand saves, scrambling etc. I just wouldn't like to do that on course.

I don't think its important at all to put together a set from just one company. Having said that, the only non-Titleist clubs in my bag are an Odyssey putter and Cleveland wedge. This wasn't due to anything besides liking the clubs more than the others I tested them against. My irons and woods are slightly outdated at the moment. I would imagine that pitting them against any new clubs, they would get beat my most of the brands out there. However, when I do choose to buy clubs I always test out as many as I can and just go with what feels best. So if you like the look of a club, go try it out and compare it to any others you think might compete.

This sounds like a lot of fun, I've always wondered how well I would do playing the up tees. Course Normally Played: Par 71 6600 yrds Rating - 72.1 Slope - 124 Course from the up tees: Par 71 - 5100 yrds Rating - 65.3 Slope - 111 The past 20 rounds I have averaged right around an 80 with a low round of 75. From the forward tees I hope that I can beat the 75, and shoot something closer to par. At the very least I would like to make a few more birdies than normal.

When the season is all over I will have spent over $1000. Spent ~$300 this past winter for: Driver, 3-wood, shoes Membership ~$900 Food/Drinks ??? Gas to and from the course ???

Practice hitting chips where you don't look up until well after you have contacted the ball. Head down, hit chip and continue to look at the place where the ball just was...which will most likely be a small divot now. Force yourself to exaggerate the looking down part of the chip for awhile until you no longer lift your head. Very easy fix, just takes some constant thought to get out of the habit.

Shot a season low 77 yesterday. I hit the ball better than I have all year but couldn't get any of my birdie putts to drop. 5 FWs 11 GIR 33 Putts 1 Double, 4 Bogeys and 13 Pars

Baseball grip with both thumbs down the front of the grip and no extended index fingers. Grip has medium to light pressure.

Learn to swing properly. Don't deloft 5 clubs worth, and don't overswing so one drive is an uncontrollable 300 yd bomb and the other is a 50 yd top. Find a good tempo that allows you to hit the ball consistently every time and go from there.

Before I hit any balls, either on the range or straight off the first tee I go through the same little routine. I take a 7 and 8 iron and swing them together a bit to loosen up. Ill do some reaching (not stretching because its not static and I don't hold) and thats all. I'm quite flexible most of the time so this is all just to loosen up and get any stiffness out. If I have time I'll chip 3 balls onto the practice green and then do some putting but most of my rounds are out of the locker room and onto the first tee.

That's just your head getting in the way. Its knowing that you HAVE to carry the ball a certain distance that makes you think you should swing harder or change something. Getting thoughts like these out of your head is one of the hardest parts to playing good golf, as I know many players who strike the ball well but always get in their own way when trying to score. I find it helps to focus on where you want to hit/miss the ball instead of where you DONT want to miss. When you are saying "dont hit it in the water" your brain is thinking water and guess where the ball will probably go? Water!!! Try to be as positive with the 'self talk' as you can, saying "just clear the water and I'll be okay" or "if I miss anywhere its going to be long". If you are worried about a carry, instead of trying to swing harder, take an extra club and trust your swing. You should also be looking for the proper bail out zones, so if you do happen to miss the shot, you are aiming in such a way where it won't cost you too much. (short into water vs over into bunker)

I heard this when I was very young and have found no reason to disagree with it. Just do yourself a favor and tee it up.

I believe what was meant was that the job requires no formal eduacation.

At the course. First year at a private course and club cleaning/storage is the greatest thing ever. Finish the round and forget about them, only to show up to clean clubs with a clean towel sitting waiting for you at your tee-time.

Played 26 rounds that have counted, starting April, and a few more that were before the 'season' started.

I like to keep a proper handicap, which means I play it down. I don't care if someone chooses to 'fluff' their lie, or pull a ball out of a divot when they are playing on their own (no money on the line, no tournament, not going to post score towards handicap) just as long as they understand what they are doing is technically wrong and shouldn't be done in 'real' conditions.

Might pop one or two out past 300 every round and these swings normally come on wide fairway Par 5s. I like to stay in the 270 range, which for me is a nice solid controlled swing.

I voted yes because Tigers recent transgressions don't change the way I think of him. He's a great golfer and that is the reason I respect him. I don't care about an athletes personal life, I care about their professional performance. That said, I've got myself two autographs from Tiger already....both of which I got myself at tournaments. One is on a very faded hat, along with Retief Goosen, Ernie Els and Phil Michelson. Retief even made a comment because I got his signature after I had Tiger sign, he said something like "you sure you don't want to keep this a Tiger only hat kid?".

Best shot this week was a 3-iron straight into a big wind on a 212yrd par 3. I was worried the wind would balloon it and I'd come up short so I hit a 'stinger' and it was perfect. Started very low and slowly climbed, but was covering the flag the whole time. Landed just short of the pin for a 10 foot birdie putt straight uphill which I sunk for back to back birdies.

Shot an 81 today. Doubled the 1st and 17th but otherwise it was a decent round. Made 2 birdies, one which was a lip out on a par 5 for eagle. Too many thrown away shots leading to bogey or else it could have been another 70s round.

Not sure if this can help but I recently changed my alignment method and find it to be working quite well. When stepping up at address I will look at my target and 'draw' a line with my eyes from the target to my ball. When drawing the line I pick a spot a few feet in front of the ball and square up my club to that point. From there I position my feet and body to be square with the club and my setup is complete. While I was first trying this out on the range I would setup at different targets and have someone tell me where I was actually setting up. I have a friend who does the same idea but picks his spot while standing directly behind the ball. He focuses on a spot on the target line a few feet in front of the ball and while addressing the ball aligns himself to that spot. Good luck, I have found this method has helped me be more consistent with all my shots....it has even helped putting.

My course doesn't have any cart girls because our halfway hut is in such a place that you pass it 6 times during the round. It is always worked by a young attractive girl, although I'm sure the members would still stock up regardless of what she looked like. The best part of the hut is if you buy a few beers on your first pass and have yet to drink them when you return, the girls let you exchange the warm beers for cold ones.

When I play with my dad and his friends there are a lot of given putts. If someone makes a nice pitch or chip they seem to be more liberal, almost as if making the tough approach shot warrants the gimme. When I play with my friends we tend to putt out everything, only taking something that is inches and even then we will usually just putt it. I believe that if you ever intend on competing in golf you should putt everything because a tournament 2 footer comes with a lot more pressure than a 2 footer with your buddies.

Shot a 78 on Saturday this weekend. 40/38 - 34 putts 5 Fairways / 12 Greens Only played 9 Sunday and shot 39. 4 Fairways / 7 Greens 19 Putts

Shot a 78 yesterday (+7) Couldn't make a putt over 6 feet, which was a shame because I had a few good looks at birdies. I'm quite happy about my game at the moment, it seems to be getting more consistent (last 2 rounds 79, 78) so hopefully my HC will be coming down with my next couple posts.

Best round birdie wise has been 4. Nearly made eagle on a par 5, birdied 2 par 3's and the last on a par 4. My irons were so crisp that day it felt like I was hitting homing golf balls.