Recent content by Backache

One could of course use it to assist with dress codes. You can add strokes on for wearing ankle socks with shorts and not having a proper v neck or not wearing a tie in the club house.

Reading through the winter Olympics thread it seems to me that there is a line of thought that sports should not be judged and we should exclude jumping events ice dancing etc. Perhaps we have this the wrong way round and in golf and other sports after the round has finished the competitors...

Too much tomato

I think once you get up to 16 pars a round you should be ambitious and aim for 20.

Is three putt planning a poor strategy? For those whose strategy is avoiding three putts how careful are they about implementing the strategy. Do they deliberately miss greens so they can chip close?

Its not simply a matter of putts holed but it is partly a matter of putts holed. And there isn't a simple answer that is the same at all distances, on long putts you should be centering your distance around the hole but this is not true for short to medium length putts. No one hits the speed...

If it is travelling very fast that is true, but it is also true that a putt travelling very slowly is more likely to be deflected either by imperfections or slight slopes around the hole.

You'll catch a few with that but just for clarification what a lot of people are saying is that for short to medium length putts a speed that will on average take the ball a little past the hole should they miss is optimum.

If a putt is on the correct line and it is hit softly it will not go in. If it is hit with a speed that gets it past the hole it usually will.

I remember listening to a podcast with Mark Broadie discussing some analytics he did with Luke Donald when Donalds putting stats had deteriorated. Donald thought he was three putting more frequently . Broadie said no and had a look at the stats and what had deteriorated was his make rate of mid...

I enjoy going to football games but a long time since I've been to an international. This tournament set up is not enticing.

Just to be a pedant, neither method is intrinsic more accurate. Which is a reflection of how something is measured not the method of determining central tendancy. Though I would certainly agree that the median is a more useful number than the mean.

I think there is a point in that it teaches you the best estimation of distance change so that you can estimate for competition rounds.

This winter the weather has been appalling and I've a knee injury so very little. Normally a reasonable amount. If the pins aren't on a regular green GPS is not a lot of use.

Have an injury and haven't played for a month, probably mid Jan before I can play. No longer badly injured just visitors and then trips away.