Foursomes advice

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Morning all. Looks as though the course will be open for business on Saturday for the first round of our Winter League. The competition is played in pairs and the first round is foursomes. It will be a bit weird playing every other shot and the pressure of not wanting to let my partner down. He's playing really well at the moment finished 3rd in our last medal. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
 
In this cold keep swinging even when it's not your shot. Work out what hole you guys prefer to tee off at.
Don't give up as this game can change real fast.
Keep your head up and dont let the opposition know if your annoyed. Encourage each other and dont disagree in front of the opposition. Don't leave putts short when you need to drain it. It's a team game so dont say sorry when you guys hit bad shots....it will happen, just move on.
 
Only played a couple of times but really enjoyed it. It is different, but nice to play a format that is a true team effort so have fun above all else.

On my limited experience I'd say, play as a team, agree your tactics on each hole so you play to your strengths and don't go for high risk hero shots without agreeing first. Don't worry about bad shots, you'll both make mistakes but so will your opponents. Just focus on the next shot. Tommo's advice is spot on, especially about keeping warm and loose in this weather.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.
 
Don't lay up to a distance your partner hates. If you can't hit a par 5 in two, discuss where your partner wants to be hitting into the green from, rather than just bashing it down there and see what's left.
 
I feel this type of format puts additional pressure on putting .. so .. always BOTH carry your putter onto the green even if the other player's putt is short.

If missed your walk back to your bag to retrieve your putter and your walk back to the green, is confirmation, to him, that he is a wally!

He then stands on the next tee, two mins later, confidence shot to pieces and is expected to cream the shot down the middle.

Aye Right!!

Partner putting, have your putter in your hand, even practise swing on a quiet corner if possible and if the putt be missed, walk up, tap in, say sh*t and off to the next tee!
 
Quite often the non playing partner can walk ahead, and be ready to play the next shot. Your opponents might do this. In my view, I wouldn't. This puts pressure on the guy hitting the tee shot, especially if it is a toughie anyway. It isn't a race, so take your time. It is a quick format anyway.
 
Play _your_ game to _your_ strengths. Don't worry what everyone else is doing on their swings/shots beyond considering where you'd like your playing partner to put the ball for your next shot and where you want him to the putt the ball ready for you.

And don't forget it's winter, the course will be more unpredictable and challenging, so relax, enjoy and take the rough with the smooth.
 
Don't lay up to a distance your partner hates. If you can't hit a par 5 in two, discuss where your partner wants to be hitting into the green from, rather than just bashing it down there and see what's left.
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All good advice, but this is the pick of it for me. It's vital you make things as easy as possible for each other, as there will be times where you put him in the trees, he puts you in a bunker, etc.

I hate 80-100 shots, and my partner isn't the longest hitter. Knowing both of these has allowed us to maximise our game. We finished runners up in the Summer Knockout, not least because we'd planned a little beforehand.

Enjoy it!!!
 
Tiger

All good advice as usual. All i can add is concentration. although your not playing your partners shot, think about what YOU might do if it was your shot. Of course it wont be the same as your partner but it keeps you thinking.

I like the putter advice. I played in a foursomes recently and we decided that we would do this. Also give it some thought in what tees you will play off, is there some tees you dont like. When we played we decided i would do the evens and my partner took the odds.

But as always, go out and enjoy it.
 
Use your shots. If you are playing from a tricky lie or have a long carry, lay up and let your partner hit an easy shot in. Never apologise for hitting a bad one. Try not to talk about it between shots or over think your strategy too much
 
Most of it is sound advice but, (no offence to Tiger) he is a 28 h'capper! Why does he want to be thinking about giving his partner certain lay up yardages!!?? If he was in good control of placing his ball around the course he'd be offering everyone else 4somes advice. :D

1. Try your best on every shot.
2. Enjoy it and have some banter with your partner(s).

If you do those two things and your partner thinks you've let him down....ditch him and get another partner. ;)
 
I am only talking about lay up yardage because if my partner left me 75 yards, we are talking disaster. And to get to 75 yards, it might be a risky shot anyway. I would rather my partner pulled a 6i, which he can hit, and left me 120, than an iffy 4i which left 80.
 
Most of it is sound advice but, (no offence to Tiger) he is a 28 h'capper! Why does he want to be thinking about giving his partner certain lay up yardages!!?? If he was in good control of placing his ball around the course he'd be offering everyone else 4somes advice. :D

1. Try your best on every shot.
2. Enjoy it and have some banter with your partner(s).

If you do those two things and your partner thinks you've let him down....ditch him and get another partner. ;)
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LMAO Quality

Not apologising for a bad shot best bit of advice, would definitely have been doing this.
 
I am only talking about lay up yardage because if my partner left me 75 yards, we are talking disaster. And to get to 75 yards, it might be a risky shot anyway. I would rather my partner pulled a 6i, which he can hit, and left me 120, than an iffy 4i which left 80.
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Careful Murph, you are catching Homeritus, where you turn a thread into commenting about your own game and not the OP! :D
 
Relax, enjoy it, never apologise and use your shots. Be happy your on the course as a lot of the UK still wont be !!
 
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