SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I try and remain fully engaged with my playing partner so that I don't 'switch off' whilst he/she is playing.
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I try and remain fully engaged with my playing partner so that I don't 'switch off' whilst he/she is playing.
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Spot on Sir......[bet the OP lost.
]Mind you,
I can see why the mentally frail golfers do not like it
stokie_93
Tour Rookie
I enjoy it but it's easily the most frustrating type of format.
Played a match with my regular PP last year, I absolutely ripped a drive down 18 where we were A/S, the others were way out of the hole, he then proceeded to blade his wedge through the back and OOB
Played a match with my regular PP last year, I absolutely ripped a drive down 18 where we were A/S, the others were way out of the hole, he then proceeded to blade his wedge through the back and OOB
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Im a fan TBH no hiding place , Par is king , I think people get hung up on playing differently that's where problems start ,
davidy233
Tour Rookie
Best form of matchplay there is
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I'm surprised at the amount of people that prefer not to have the heat of being responsible for all of your score.
Golf for me is a treat, like going out for a meal.
I'll eat the soup dear and you have the bread roll. Then I'll eat the beef and yorkshire and you can have the potato and veg. To finish I fancy some custard, you can have dry apple pie.
I'd rather eat the whole thing when I don't get to go out very often.
Golf for me is a treat, like going out for a meal.
I'll eat the soup dear and you have the bread roll. Then I'll eat the beef and yorkshire and you can have the potato and veg. To finish I fancy some custard, you can have dry apple pie.
I'd rather eat the whole thing when I don't get to go out very often.
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Not always, my two most successful partners would soon let me know if I was 'under performing'. [and vice versa]
Could be quite amusing to see the reaction of our opponents when this occurred.
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Perhaps it is a case of traditionalists and modernists having different views.
If so then, no doubt, foursomes will disappear completely from Club calendars. I just happen to think that would be a great shame.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Point is that in 4somes you are not playing for yourself - you have an added responsibility - to your partner. And it is that that I find so rewarding - because it is so demanding. There is a great buzz and feeling of togetherness from hitting a good approach and your partner holing the putt. You have to work out as a pairing the shots to play - to play to each others strengths and avoid their weaknesses - and as we all know our strengths and weaknesses can change from day to day - and indeed during a round and so your strategy has to change to accommodate how you and your PP are playing. Great format.
Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
makes a pleasant change from the norm ,as does greensome and texas scramble ,
the last one i played in i put my partner two feet from the pin on the last hole so i didnt bother taking my clubs up to the green ,and yep he missed and i had to walk three hundred yards on a round trip to fetch my putter .
we did win though ,but only by a shot.
the last one i played in i put my partner two feet from the pin on the last hole so i didnt bother taking my clubs up to the green ,and yep he missed and i had to walk three hundred yards on a round trip to fetch my putter .
we did win though ,but only by a shot.
upsidedown
Tour Winner
For the Midlands County Seniors league matches we now play 9 holes of Foursomes in the morning before BB in the afternoon, on Monday we won 3&2 being 2 under at the time , love it 
power fade
Assistant Pro
Spot on Sir......[bet the OP lost.
Mind you,
We did...ha ha...we three putted on 17 to go 1 down (only one was mine) and halved 18......still having nightmares about my pp 1st putt!!
3565
Journeyman Pro
Yep, agree. You just can't switch off when it's not your turn. It's a team game, and tactical as well. Knowing your partners game is just as important as your own. I've played in 6 club knockout foursome finals over the years won 2 on the bounce at one club, 3 on the bounce at another and won my 6th title last year at my new club and still in this years knockout. I'm hoping I can make it the 3peat of successfully defending the foursomes titles. So needless to say I like foursome golf..
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Never played it, play quite a bit of team comps but it's usually betterball or progressive/regressive alliance (with the odd scramble)
Doubt I'd go out of my way to play the format and easily my least favourite part of the RC
Doubt I'd go out of my way to play the format and easily my least favourite part of the RC
Absolutely loathe the format and will never enter any of the comps my club run. Tried it and simply can't get into it, find it disjointed and impossible to focus or concentrate
Canmore
Assistant Pro
Always found it to be a quite social game
the key is finding a partner who has a complementary game
the key is finding a partner who has a complementary game
ManinBlack
Tour Winner
In my one & only game at Muirfield I was made to play foursomes with a 25 handicapper playing badly. Didn't like foursomes before that, hate the format now. Texas Scramble no better.
