pokerjoke
Money List Winner
I have played in many pairs and team games but last weekend really got me thinking a lot about my game and where I could progress.
I played in a Texas scramble with two 12 handicappers one has a massive
overswing and can hit it anywhere and the other who hits it shorter and plays
a lot of bump and runs.
We had 5 birdies and the rest was pars so importantly no drop shots,this got
me thinking that if you keep putting your ball in good spots pars will be good and the birdies will follow so producing the score we had.
We had a birdie putt on every hole bar 1 beacause all our drives we took were on the fairways or on the par3 in 1 shot,not always long but on the short stuff.
All our second shots were on the green or pin high where we were putting for birdie.
Also because we have a few short par 4s we were chipping or pitching from
well inside 100 yards,even though we chipped or pitch on the green we were
not getting the ball close enough a lessoned learned.
We all putted vey well and gave the hole a scare on many occasions but
from 20ft the percentage is obviously lower,interestingly after the first putt
getting the line was quite easy but it just goes to show even with 3 putts
your not going to sink them all from that range.
When chipping it was interesting to see the 3 different techniques and options
used.
I use a 58 or 54 around the greens when the others used wedges and its so important to chose the right option.
All in all it was a good round but more importantly a good lesson which ive no
doubt will help me achieve a lower handicap this year.
Your thoughts and have you picked anything up from a team game.
I played in a Texas scramble with two 12 handicappers one has a massive
overswing and can hit it anywhere and the other who hits it shorter and plays
a lot of bump and runs.
We had 5 birdies and the rest was pars so importantly no drop shots,this got
me thinking that if you keep putting your ball in good spots pars will be good and the birdies will follow so producing the score we had.
We had a birdie putt on every hole bar 1 beacause all our drives we took were on the fairways or on the par3 in 1 shot,not always long but on the short stuff.
All our second shots were on the green or pin high where we were putting for birdie.
Also because we have a few short par 4s we were chipping or pitching from
well inside 100 yards,even though we chipped or pitch on the green we were
not getting the ball close enough a lessoned learned.
We all putted vey well and gave the hole a scare on many occasions but
from 20ft the percentage is obviously lower,interestingly after the first putt
getting the line was quite easy but it just goes to show even with 3 putts
your not going to sink them all from that range.
When chipping it was interesting to see the 3 different techniques and options
used.
I use a 58 or 54 around the greens when the others used wedges and its so important to chose the right option.
All in all it was a good round but more importantly a good lesson which ive no
doubt will help me achieve a lower handicap this year.
Your thoughts and have you picked anything up from a team game.
