Ball Striker V Shot Maker

[Deke]

Shot maker for me.I want to be remembered for moments of pure magic on the course, impossible shots that defy the odds.I can handle the odd stinker!

 

[Evesdad]

Ball striker for me, thinking along the lines that a shot maker such as bubba needs timing etc if its off he's in trouble. A more technical swing should be more reliable. In my mind this makes more sense.

 

[Alex1975]

Enjoying the replays.

Phil is a shot maker would you think? And for sure he is wild but he is usually up there. His shot making gets him out of his wildness. If that's the case then at the top level of the game at least the trade off can work!?

Still... Ball striking for me but I do agree with whoever said we need more shot makers in the game from a spectators point of view as beautiful as it is to see Lee, Justin or Luke strike the ball.

 

[CMAC]

do you want to be Seve or Luke is what it boils down to

 

[mcbroon]

I'd rather be dull as hell and hit green after green after green than repeatedly have to find miraculous escapes from deepest, darkest boondocks.

Ball striker for me.

 

[Mr A]

Phil is a shot maker would you think? And for sure he is wild but he is usually up there. His shot making gets him out of his wildness. If that's the case then at the top level of the game at least the trade off can work!?

Phil is absolutely a shot maker, he has vision and touch, as well as the cajones to try the high risk shots.

I think people are taking the OP too literally, in that obviously a ball striker would have the ability to work the ball and get out trouble. But a shot maker is someone who has a vision and ambition to pull off very high risk shots, that involve a lot of feel as opposed to great technique.

 

[duncan mackie]

But a shot maker is someone who has a vision and ambition to pull off very high risk shots, that involve a lot of feel as opposed to great technique.

so you are saying that Phil doesn't have great technique..........

 

[Alex1975]

so you are saying that Phil doesn't have great technique..........

I don't think he is saying that but Phil does spray it about a bit.

 

[Mr A]

so you are saying that Phil doesn't have great technique..........

Yes, absolutely. The silly twonk can't even play with normal clubs, he has to have them made the wrong way round.

 

[duncan mackie]

Yes, absolutely. The silly twonk can't even play with normal clubs, he has to have them made the wrong way round.

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