bradleywedge
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1/18 today in my round of 90.
1 x 3 putt, decent drives all day
Not hard to see where my limitations lie.
1 x 3 putt, decent drives all day
Not hard to see where my limitations lie.
Cant hit greens in regulation
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Foxholer
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What's your handicap (index)? Has it changed recently?
sunshine
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GIR will be massively influenced by the course. For example a longer course or one with smaller greens (or both) will reduce GIR
jim8flog
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I have played as low as 5 handicap and it has always been a problem for me. It was probably why my greenside game was up there with most pros at the time.
GIR isn't the overriding stat to me. Plenty of days I've hit lots of greens then two or 3 putted as I was so far away yet other games I've missed narrowly but chipped and putted well to beat the scores in the higher GIR rounds.
I guess for you, trying to reduce the size of the misses will be a great cog in reducing your overall scores.
I guess for you, trying to reduce the size of the misses will be a great cog in reducing your overall scores.
bradleywedge
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Playing off 17 was down to 15 some at some point last year, but steady 17 at the moment.
RichA
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Not reaching the greens or missing them? I hardly ever make our long par 4 and 5s in reg. I score best when I deliberately put my GIR shot in a spot that gives me a nice pitch or chip at the flag.
Voyager EMH
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Golf is about what you score on each hole - you don't draw a map or diagram of how you played it.
Jimaroid
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Stop aiming at the flag. Play to the middle of the green.
It's winter. The air is cold and the ball doesn't fly as far so it's probably playing a club longer by default. If for arguments sake you hit a 7 iron 145, that is only going around 135-140 because its cold. Club up and maybe add another so 2 clubs to make sure you carry to the middle of all the greens. Hit the middle every time and you'll never be too far from the pin
Foxholer
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Well, that's about what could be expected then (-ish!).
So time to practice your iron/hybrid game. How well do you play Par 3s? Do you actually practice btw?
Oh, and the most important one....Where do you miss greens? Short? Left? Right? Long? And what sort of club are you using for the shot at/into the green?
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New clubs is the answer!
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Take the yardage to the back of the green. Aim at the middle of the green.
Bratty
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Play the Old Course at St. Andrews if you want to hit greens in regulation. Some of them are some 40 yards across! ?
Foxholer
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Just make certain of not being short on the 1st!
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Shooting 90 with what you said, its lots of chips or pitches then 2 putts.
More "up and downs" has the same impact as hitting more greens! Might be easier to make gains quicker too.
Justin Thomas averaged 75% gir last year....if he misses 4 or 5 every round.. sure we'll be missing plenty more. His scoring average was still around 70.
Practice that chipping!
More "up and downs" has the same impact as hitting more greens! Might be easier to make gains quicker too.
Justin Thomas averaged 75% gir last year....if he misses 4 or 5 every round.. sure we'll be missing plenty more. His scoring average was still around 70.
Practice that chipping!
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Tour pros?
Absolutely. There are no pictures on a scorecard.
Backache
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Theres a picture of the course on the front of ours
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A 17 HC will hit 24% of GIR on average. That’s 4.3 greens per round.
It’s just not possible to have a short game good enough to overcome missing so many greens.
As has already been mentioned. Try using the yardage to the back of the green and aiming at the centre. Are you aiming correctly. Many of us think we have hit a poor shot, when in fact we have hit a shot exactly where we were aiming. We were just set up wrong.
What is your strategy off the tee? Getting closer to the green significantly improves your chances of hitting the green with your second shot.
It’s just not possible to have a short game good enough to overcome missing so many greens.
As has already been mentioned. Try using the yardage to the back of the green and aiming at the centre. Are you aiming correctly. Many of us think we have hit a poor shot, when in fact we have hit a shot exactly where we were aiming. We were just set up wrong.
What is your strategy off the tee? Getting closer to the green significantly improves your chances of hitting the green with your second shot.
