What the hell is wrong with people??? If I get kitchen clearance to play golf 3 days in a row, I don't care if I shoot 3 million . . . I'M PLAYIN' EVERY FREAKIN' DAY!!! Did somebody die or something? If a fool WD's because he don't "play up to his expectations" . . . he don't understand golf and he doesn't really LOVE golf. I mean come on it's the club championship . . . nobody REALLY cares. That's worse than a woman saying "I'm tired" or "I got a headache" or "I told you 4 times I don't take credit cards and take off that bunny suit!!!" Golf is going to kick your azz some . . . dorkballz need build a bridge and get over it. They just got EXPOSED by golf . . . soooooo what . . . it's a game.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
It's getting to be that time of year again. My club championship qualifier is this weekend, and I wondered if you have played any more competitive rounds? Any new insights on your experience or things you've done to prepare for this year?
On the same subject, my club championship (36 holes in one day, lowest gross score wins) is on Sunday week. I won it in 2002 and have 'hit the post' quite a few times too.
My plan is to hit balls every day between now and next sunday, spend a lot of time on the short game and set a record for the lowest ever win!
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It's getting to be that time of year again. My club championship qualifier is this weekend, and I wondered if you have played any more competitive rounds? Any new insights on your experience or things you've done to prepare for this year?
Its sign up time again, I'm playing in the gross division.
I haven't been doing anything special other than working some kinks out which I think I've accomplished.
The only really interesting thing I've been doing is taking a iron out and walking 9 holes each evening with one club and my dog. Its been so stink'in hot here in Texas that the only comfortable time to go out is 7:30 in the evening.
While the dog is off chasing deer, I'll hit it tee to green with one club. Its been forcing me to really pay attention to distance control along with some creativity around the green. Its amazing how may pars I can make with just a single club in my hand.
Henny has taught me some really good course management, so this year I'm going for the low risk approach. If I win or lose, I want it to come down to putting.
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1-H "Because of questions of all kinds, reams of additional detail must be made available - but separately, and probably endlessly." Homer Kelly
this year I'm going for the low risk approach. If I win or lose, I want it to come down to putting.
Knowing that we all play on different courses and at different skill levels - low risk means different things to each of us. Is this different than when you normally play (for a score and not for practice)? Will you play from the same tees in the tournament that you do in practice?
Having played zero solo tournament golf, I've found Henny's course management threads extremely helpful. This is also a great thread that I thought deserved another look; thanks again for sharing your experience!
Knowing that we all play on different courses and at different skill levels - low risk means different things to each of us. Is this different than when you normally play (for a score and not for practice)?
My home course is a canyon layout with lots of forced carries, ponds, creeks, and elevation changes. Its very much a target course. There are no low-risk holes where a wayward shot is potentially "safe". I'm not sure what Tom Kite was thinking when he designed it, but its definitely a test. Even so, a boring round of par is very doable if you respect the layout and avoid the high risk/reward temptations. I play from the back tees because distance is not the issue. Shot placement is.
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1-H "Because of questions of all kinds, reams of additional detail must be made available - but separately, and probably endlessly." Homer Kelly
Even so, a boring round of par is very doable if you respect the layout and avoid the high risk/reward temptations. I play from the back tees because distance is not the issue. Shot placement is.
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