Breaking down a score
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garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
im sure this a "moral of the story story" as a few things dont add up. first of all shooting 78 is highly unlikely if you have never broken 90. this guy hitting a 5 iron from the rough, 180yards over a bunker is also a bit suspect.
he must have a good short game if he could get up and down so many times. surely he could of had one of those days with the driver and hit most fairways and broke 90 if his short game was in such good nick.
tommy 'jesus' amour, i salute your sentiment
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
im sure this a "moral of the story story" as a few things dont add up. first of all shooting 78 is highly unlikely if you have never broken 90. this guy hitting a 5 iron from the rough, 180yards over a bunker is also a bit suspect.
he must have a good short game if he could get up and down so many times. surely he could of had one of those days with the driver and hit most fairways and broke 90 if his short game was in such good nick.
tommy 'jesus' amour, i salute your sentiment
Maybe he did have a good day with the driver and put most of the rest of his tee shots in the fairway, I don't know.
It didn't say he laid up short on every hole so not necessarily a need to get up and down a lot either. I'm sure no-one would advocate playing safe when you have 150 to go with no trouble short and the flag is in the middle of the green.
Maybe the story is true, maybe not. I don't think it really matters. Maybe it was made up to give some credence to it in an effort to convince golfers that they can cut more shots off their handicaps by thinking properly than by buying a new driver/putter/alien wedge.
woody69
Journeyman Pro
I'd like to try this properly just to see if it does make a difference, but I'm fairly skeptical because as a high handicap player I'm hardly consistent with my higher irons than I am when "going for it" with my lower irons and fairway woods! Played at the weekend and thinned my 3W tee shot and in the wet it only managed about 150 yard. Decided to play "sensibly", so took my 7 iron out to leave a 9 iron / PW in and promptly topped it and it bounced a foot in the air and landed back where it was before (in my defence it as very very wet and the lie was awful!). Tried again and landed spot on about 125 yards out as planned. Took my 9 iron and it landed just off the green (in summer it would have rolled on, but with the ground as wet as it was it barely bounced and plugged!) chipped on and a two putt left me with a 7. Take away the duff (which only happens once or twice a round with my irons usually) it still leaves me with a 6 because I'm just not good enough at hitting the green from 100-130 yards. That's what I think I need to improve
woody69
Journeyman Pro
I'd like to try this properly just to see if it does make a difference, but I'm fairly skeptical because as a high handicap player I'm hardly consistent with my higher irons than I am when "going for it" with my lower irons and fairway woods! Played at the weekend and thinned my 3W tee shot and in the wet it only managed about 150 yard. Decided to play "sensibly", so took my 7 iron out to leave a 9 iron / PW in and promptly topped it and it bounced a foot in the air and landed back where it was before (in my defence it as very very wet and the lie was awful!). Tried again and landed spot on about 125 yards out as planned. Took my 9 iron and it landed just off the green (in summer it would have rolled on, but with the ground as wet as it was it barely bounced and plugged!) chipped on and a two putt left me with a 7. Take away the duff (which only happens once or twice a round with my irons usually) it still leaves me with a 6 because I'm just not good enough at hitting the green from 100-130 yards. That's what I think I need to improve.
