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birdieman
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Played October Medal yesterday (I know its not October but that's what it's called).
Shot a +2 gross 72 which is pretty good for me just under my 4 handicap so a wee cut.
Anyway truth be told I didn't hit the ball at all well tee to green, got lucky with lies and sightlines, but short game was good and I scrambled well, only one three putt from off green.
My stats read -
Fairways - 3 out of 13.
Greens in regulation 9 out of 18.
Putts (green and fringe) - 33
Was getting quite cross as I went from -1 after 7 to +3 after 13 but steadied up and nabbed a birdie on 18 which cheered me up no end.
Over the piece I was delighted with the score as my iron play was very poor at times. I wasn't happy during play however but I took nothing worse than bogey and lagg putted well.
Point is the stats are looking very poor for a 4 handicap but the score was good. In that respect what use are those stats, it's the score that counts isn't it? Many people on here seem to be keen on software for recording golf stats
All I took from yesterday was that my old problem of pull-hooking via inside takeaway, hip sliding and leading downswing with arms was back. That was the root of the poor shots, nothing else. Once I realised that (its not always that obvious) I hit the last 5 greens in a row. No need for stats to know where the problem lay, that's all I'm saying.
Shot a +2 gross 72 which is pretty good for me just under my 4 handicap so a wee cut.
Anyway truth be told I didn't hit the ball at all well tee to green, got lucky with lies and sightlines, but short game was good and I scrambled well, only one three putt from off green.
My stats read -
Fairways - 3 out of 13.
Greens in regulation 9 out of 18.
Putts (green and fringe) - 33
Was getting quite cross as I went from -1 after 7 to +3 after 13 but steadied up and nabbed a birdie on 18 which cheered me up no end.
Over the piece I was delighted with the score as my iron play was very poor at times. I wasn't happy during play however but I took nothing worse than bogey and lagg putted well.
Point is the stats are looking very poor for a 4 handicap but the score was good. In that respect what use are those stats, it's the score that counts isn't it? Many people on here seem to be keen on software for recording golf stats
All I took from yesterday was that my old problem of pull-hooking via inside takeaway, hip sliding and leading downswing with arms was back. That was the root of the poor shots, nothing else. Once I realised that (its not always that obvious) I hit the last 5 greens in a row. No need for stats to know where the problem lay, that's all I'm saying.