User20205
Money List Winner
:thup:
wedge it around the lake !!
but you won't do this seeing as you are such a competitive animal
Avoiding the obvious - is it a mental issue?
- Thread starter barrybridges
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wedge it around the lake !!
but you won't do this seeing as you are such a competitive animal
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Exactly this. Ignore the lake and aim your normal shot up the middle.
Also avoids promoting a slice by aiming left and mucking up your alignment.
EDIT: And fully commit to the shot!
One Planer
Global Moderator
Do you pick a target to line up against Barry or just aim at the fairway?
pokerjoke
Money List Winner
Maybe im putting your two threads together and coming up with 5.
But can you explain please.
From the first thread you were playing 2 or 3 balls a hole,so
really you were just practicing a few things.
From your 2nd thread you played the front 9 in 42.
You were 5 off the tee on the 2nd,i presume a par 4,great 7 if that was the case.
So with your 15 shots i presume you were under or right on your
handicap,all with 2 old guys hacking around in front of you.
And your thread had "is it a mental thing ".
Perhaps im going mental.
But can you explain please.
From the first thread you were playing 2 or 3 balls a hole,so
really you were just practicing a few things.
From your 2nd thread you played the front 9 in 42.
You were 5 off the tee on the 2nd,i presume a par 4,great 7 if that was the case.
So with your 15 shots i presume you were under or right on your
handicap,all with 2 old guys hacking around in front of you.
And your thread had "is it a mental thing ".
Perhaps im going mental.
Ian_S
Challenge Tour Pro
7 iron off the tee, find the fairway, then it's around another 7 iron to the green.
A bit defensive, but gives you a chance of a par and you certainly shouldn't be 7 off the tee hitting that.
You can see from these overlays just how much wider of a corridor you have to make your shot if you aim for 150 yards off the tee rather than 215.
A bit defensive, but gives you a chance of a par and you certainly shouldn't be 7 off the tee hitting that.
You can see from these overlays just how much wider of a corridor you have to make your shot if you aim for 150 yards off the tee rather than 215.
bobmac
Major Champion
There's nothing worse than standing on a tee thinking "Don't do .....so and so"
You have a mental block about the shot which you have to overcome and the only way you can do that is by being confident you have mastered the shot.
As it's the second hole, get up there in the evening when nobody will be there and take lots of old balls with you. Tee up on the far right side of the tee and hit the first ball as normal. Then move your grip a touch to the right (stronger) and hit another. The next one a little stronger and so on until the ball doesn't go in the water. Then memorise that grip. Then hit all the rest of your balls with the same grip until you are confident you can hit it left and not in the water. Then when you go out and play the course next, you wont dread the shot, you'll look forward to playing it and prove to yourself and your mates how you've mastered the shot.
(Be prepared to lose a few balls)
You have a mental block about the shot which you have to overcome and the only way you can do that is by being confident you have mastered the shot.
As it's the second hole, get up there in the evening when nobody will be there and take lots of old balls with you. Tee up on the far right side of the tee and hit the first ball as normal. Then move your grip a touch to the right (stronger) and hit another. The next one a little stronger and so on until the ball doesn't go in the water. Then memorise that grip. Then hit all the rest of your balls with the same grip until you are confident you can hit it left and not in the water. Then when you go out and play the course next, you wont dread the shot, you'll look forward to playing it and prove to yourself and your mates how you've mastered the shot.
(Be prepared to lose a few balls)
DaveM
Tour Winner
Which ball did you count, to score 42? As 9 off the tee on the second is not good. Thats a 12 even if you eventually hit from tee to green in regulation. Something is "mental here". What did you do? Pick the best ball on each hole and just add that up?
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Surely the simple thing is to take a club you are happy to hit, tee up on the right and aim at the left side of the fairway. Hit it straight and you'll be left side, left light rough at worse. Hit your standard fade or slice and there is loads of room to bring the ball back. Makes sense rather than trying to manufacture something
the hammer
Challenge Tour Pro
Could be worse, could be a road and not a lake.
