Bl@@dy typical- and maybe a lesson learned!

[CMAC]

Played with a few mates yesterday, decent course and tricky greens.

I've a scotty Newport 2.5 custom fitted and I play twice a week, watch vids and golf on tv etc etc.............usual keen golfer stuff.

Mate has played twice this year, has an old Mizuno putter, doesn't watch any golf, no lessons or real understanding of the physics...........

He 1 putted the first 7 holes and the others all threatened to go in, no 3 putts............. 27 putts all in

Maybe I need to go back to instinctive golf putting! If I had to just roll a ball from my hand on the green I wouldn't worry about where my feet were, my arm backswing, my arm follow through, release etc etc you would just do it! This also ties in with the times you miss a 10 footer, pull it back and without lining up and being mechanical you usually can it!

Food for thought!

 

[Imurg]

I've always thought that some take too long to hit a putt. I don't take too long lining it up unless it's a big break.
A couple of looks, line-up, stroke it.

Taking too long puts too many thoughts in your head. And from more than 10 feet or so, I'm fully aware that I'm going to miss more than I hole and I don't believe taking 30-40 seconds to line up a putt is going to help that.
I regularly take less than 30 putts during a round so I must be doing something right.

 

[HRC99]

I regularly take less than 30 putts during a round so I must be doing something right.

Yup, it means you're a good chipper?

 

[Imurg]

I regularly take less than 30 putts during a round so I must be doing something right.

Yup, it means you're a good chipper?

Oh yes - or I could get a lot of birdies...

 

[HRC99]

I regularly take less than 30 putts during a round so I must be doing something right.

Yup, it means you're a good chipper?

Oh yes - or I could get a lot of birdies...

I'll go with the chipping!

 

[bobmac]

I regularly take less than 30 putts during a round so I must be doing something right.

Yup, it means you're a good chipper?

Oh yes - or I could get a lot of birdies...

I'll go with the chipping!

I take it you don't count "gimmies" in your total of 30?

 

[User 105]

I think this is typical of a lot of 'golf addicts', and I include myself in this.

We get so preoccupied with the perfect swing, putting stroke etc that when we come to play we have so many swing thoughts rattling round inside our heads it's hardly surprising we struggle for any consistency.

This is a big problem for me as I'm very analytical and if I hit a bad shot or putt I immediately start to analyze what I did wrong and try to correct it for the next shot. Rather than accept I'll just hit a bad one every so often and accept it and move on.

I'm trying to only think if the mechanics while I'm on the range. Then on the course just focus on getting setup correctly then play the shot and try not to dwell over the ball too long to let all those evil swing thoughts creep in.

It's helping, especially with my putting. Just pick my line and pace, then just step in and hit the putt. No practice swings.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played greensomes yesterday and its funny how not wanting to embarrass yourself on the green and leave your mate a missable 3-4 footer focuses the mind. My long putting was spot on yesterday as I was only focussed on speed and general line to leave a simple tap in. As a result everything was lagged perfectly. Of course the one 2 footer I'm left with opened a can of thought processes and I missed it.