If you don't hit GIR...

[barrybridges]

Is it because you don't have the distance or you don't have the accuracy?

Just to be clear:

If on any given hole you don't hit GIR, is it normally because:

You didn't reach the green distance-wise (regardless of how accurate your shots were)

OR

You reached the green distance-wise but your approach shot was inaccurate (e.g. beyond the green, in a greenside bunker etc).

 

[Deleted member 1147]

A third choice is quite common for amatuers I believe.

"You could have hit the correct distance for GIR, but you under-clubbed and left it short"

 

[Whee]

I'm probably a mixture of both to be fair.

Either I catch it right and it goes how I want it to - just not the right direction. Or I don't connect properly and come short.

The most GIR's i've ever had in a round was 4 - embarrassing really.

I had 11 of 14 fairway hits today off the tee....one GIR - shows me where I need to improve quite clearly.

The guys I play with, 12 through to 22 handicappers it tends to be more of an alignment issue I reckon.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

It's either your second option, I didn't hit it well enough or I underclub.

If I hit a good drive it's unusual I can't reach, however, in tge darkest depths of winter, sometimes I choose not to go for it.

 

[One Planer]

A mixture of what has been said above.

Also.

Since we've been having a decent run of dry weather, I have been hitting greens but the ball hasn't held. In some instances I've deliberatley pitched short of the green in an attempt to get it to release on. In these isntances it's either not made it or ran off.

 

[barrybridges]

The most GIR's i've ever had in a round was 4 - embarrassing really.

But is it? I don't think 4 GIR is that bad.

Until recently I was hitting maybe 1 or 2 GIR a round. My wedge play is decent though, so I'd recover the missing shot by getting close to the pin and giving myself a chance to 1 putt.

I wish I could edit the poll now to add more options, as I think it should read:

I don't have the distance
I choose the wrong club and under-hit
I choose the wrong club and over-hit
I have the distance, but not the accuracy

 

[Mightymoose]

It's a mixture of both for me. If I hit is straight, I get the length wrong - If I get the length right, the direction is off.

Averaging about 30% GIR this season, which is better than last, but not where I want it to be.

 

[timgolfy]

Accuracy for me. I tend to pull shots a little to the left. But my greens are very small compared to most. Quite funny seeing the greens on the Pro tours. Some of them are four times the area of the ones I play on. Hitting to the fringe, for me, is as good as hitting the green.

 

[funkyfred]

A lot will depend on the course, and where you hit your drive. If I'm not on the fair way (driving stat about 50%) I'm probably not in the position to go for it.
Also we have 3 holes (all par4) at my course where unless you are in position A you cant go for the green, (lakes in front of the green) even the single h/c golfers lay up unless they are in the right position.

But should we be trying to get on the green in regulation? the reason we get shots is because we arn't as good as scratch golfers. So should we be looking at it in a different way?
I think we all agree 2 putts per green is correct, but on a difficult par 4 SI1 shouldn't we be saying that if we get on the green in 3 shots, that we have achieved GIR.

Just a thought?

 

[Region3]

According to SS2, when I have a shot at GIR (I record it with an 'x' when I'm chipping out of the trees) I miss:

26% left
31% right
25% long
18% short

So it's very marginally left/right accuracy that causes more misses than wrong club or miss-hits.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

But your only going at them with a wedge, how big do you need them?

 

[G1BB0]

I am usually right distance but left or a club short/long

dont get to repair too many pitch marks

 

[goldenbare]

Accuracy for me. I tend to pull shots a little to the left. But my greens are very small compared to most.

the greens on the pitch and putt surrounding our local range are pretty small as well Tim

 

[goldenbare]

A third choice is quite common for amatuers I believe.

"You could have hit the correct distance for GIR, but you under-clubbed and left it short"

4th choice is "or any other means of making a mess of the hole again"

 

[sev112]

What about being Long through the green

Or

Picked Up

 

[goldenbare]

What about being Long through the green

might apply to one person on the forum if he actually played on a course

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Definitely an accuracy issue for me although there are times when I choose not to go for the longer par 4's with a 5 wood etc and so would rather lay up to a good wedge distance than play a risky shot especially in a comp. The problem comes when you then miss the green with the wedge

 

[RGDave]

What a fun question. However, the result will be no surprise.

When I started Golf, I used to think "how the hell does anyone get anywhere near some of these greens for GIR?"

Then it started to dawn on me that two decent shots put together ought to be able to reach all but the longest holes.

My theory was I shouldn't worry about it until distance was the primary weakness, not direction and/or short game etc.etc.

The day I realised that I was there (more or less), I booked a lesson the next morning to look into my lack of distance.

Within a week, I'd quit, vowing never to play again.

I fought the desire to pick up my bats again for the best part of 10 years.

 

[USER1999]

Every reason under the sun, but the basic truth is I am a shonky iron player.

 

[JamesS]

For par 5s its usually a distance issue for missing GIR.

For par 3s and 4s its accuracy, or poor club selection.