Smashed it for 15 flippin holes.

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Played today in a medal and was ticking along nicely very nicely. First par five and an 8 a triple Bogey and I was seething. Kept It ticking along and playing the back nine after five holes on the back nine two under. thirty yard from pin in two and pitched into a bunker right up to the face. Three bunker shots later and another 8. Next hole thirty yards from the pin and deva vu. Pitched into bunker even closer to the face. This time a flippin nine. Parred the last two holes to finish on 75 after hcap. I was flippin seething.

Where the flippin Eck does two 8s and a 9 come from. Lack of concentration. It was a medal but equates to 36 points with three big blobs when entered on score board.
seem to be playing well at the moment, so the big question is, Tomorrow I have a chance of playing and signing before I go out to put a card in. Question is should I, or should I just have a friendly knock. Weather is going to be perfect so what would you do.
 
That should still get you cut a shot or two. Good golf.

Edit: oh, didn't see the 36 points bit. That's a pity.

But, you'll do it soon enough. Keep plugging away.
 
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Get out and play, learn from today, smash it me man😃
 
Beezerk said:
It equates to you probably getting a decent cut soon and playing off 10 in a few weeks 
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Your a bad man, MIB emailed me today, the big draw is on Monday. Don't think he mentioned who the independent adjudicators are. 😁

Sitting down and thinking about those two holes on the spin where I shot 8 and 9. There was only one place that could of hurt me both times and that Was the bunkers. I was two under at that point, so why did I not play percentage golf and knock it long. Is there a point with better players where summat kicks in and you say to yourself "don't put it there". I was playing well and just went to play a normal shot, which cost me half a dozen shots.
 
Go for it, you're frequently scoring strongly on far more holes than you're screwing up so even if you bomb its not going to hurt your overall trend and the chance for a cut must be so tempting


Good luck
 
If you think you did something different because you were doing well in the medal then you should sign in to a supplemental and work on that part of the game.

Otherwise you should go and see Bob!
 
bobmac said:
You need a lesson on pitching and bunker play.
Well played for the rest though
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Ironic thing is I went on the range before to work on my driver and started hitting it well, I had 10 balls left and got out my 48 deg Vokey and was seeing how far the ball would go with a swing back to 9 o'clock. 30-35 yd every time I had played this shot four or five times during the round and it came off. First time I put it in the bunker ball was half lying in old pitch mark. Second was a crap shot. Re bunkers, yup am rubbish in them.
 
Now am proper bogged off. Just had a look at yesterday's scores and whoop whoop I won my division. Yes there were only four in my div but I finished fourth overall.
After 14 bloody holes I was one under in a medal 😳 Then shot 8,9 on two par fours and finished par par. So why did I not look at my card and play percentage golf.

that aside I got 0.8 reduction. The Tash is in DA HOUSE. WHOOP WHOOP.
 
Well done on your reduction I got a medal tomorrow off yellows though so fingers crossed it'll be good one because the weather is spot on i hope im 1 under after 14 holes 😂
 
Can sympathise with the OP. Lots of my competitive rounds over the last year or two have been blighted with 15 good holes and three car crashes. Never the same hole, the same mistake. Very frustrating and something I've been working hard to eradicate.
 
kid2 said:
Can I ask. Why were you left 30 yards to the pins and what par were the holes?
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On our back nine there are four holes that run side by side. Similar to a links.
the wind plays a massive part in the holes. I am led to believe that when the course ( upped from a nine hole to an 18 hole) was designed the normal wind direction was taken into account. Anyway 13 is a par four SI 7, 390 yd, 14 par five SI 1 586 yd wind to your back.
15, SI index 13 and 375 yd worst green on course to read, and 16, SI 5 409 yd both par fours and wind into face, but it was not massive. Both holes I smashed my drive down the middle and second shots with fairway wood tailed off with a fade.
The thing is that them four holes define my round. Playing off a hcap of 22 ( now 21😁) I was exstatic with my ball position after two shots on both holes, but two very poor pitches onto the green cost me.
 
Tashyboy said:
On our back nine there are four holes that run side by side. Similar to a links.
the wind plays a massive part in the holes. I am led to believe that when the course ( upped from a nine hole to an 18 hole) was designed the normal wind direction was taken into account. Anyway 13 is a par four SI 7, 390 yd, 14 par five SI 1 586 yd wind to your back.
15, SI index 13 and 375 yd worst green on course to read, and 16, SI 5 409 yd both par fours and wind into face, but it was not massive. Both holes I smashed my drive down the middle and second shots with fairway wood tailed off with a fade.
The thing is that them four holes define my round. Playing off a hcap of 22 ( now 21😁) I was exstatic with my ball position after two shots on both holes, but two very poor pitches onto the green cost me.
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The reason I wanted to know was why you had left yourself with 2, 30yrd shots...
It's probably one of the toughest shots to play... I'll bet that most here on the forum if they had 10 balls would struggle to get 6 within 20ft of the hole from that distance..

It's a shot that needs perfect weight and strength and also one that needs a perfect connection... too hard and your off the green. Too easy and your short (in the bunker).
Everything comes into play with it. Especially technique...
I wouldn't beat myself up too much about it unless it was the par 5's that you were short of... and in that case idid have been laying up to a full club...
If it's the par 4's then a shot you should learn to hit is a punch. Especially if it's a links course... mess about with it in practice...
And also if you have hybrids learn to hit these low as well..it can be done despite the prevailing wisdom that says they only hit high shots.... learn your carry distance and run out with punch shots...
 
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kid2 said:
The reason I wanted to know was why you had left yourself with 2, 30yrd shots...
It's probably one of the toughest shots to play... I'll bet that most here on the forum if they had 10 balls would struggle to get 6 within 20ft of the hole from that distance..

It's a shot that needs perfect weight and strength and also one that needs a perfect connection... too hard and your off the green. Too easy and your short (in the bunker).
Everything comes into play with it. Especially technique...
I wouldn't beat myself up too much about it unless it was the par 5's that you were short of... and in that case idid have been laying up to a full club...
If it's the par 4's then a shot you should learn to hit is a punch. Especially if it's a links course... mess about with it in practice...
And also if you have hybrids learn to hit these low as well..it can be done despite the prevailing wisdom that says they only hit high shots.... learn your carry distance and run out with punch shots...
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Kid all that makes sense, and the two holes in question, that unless you you can drive it 50 yd further you will struggle to hit em with an iron and hold it. On the 15th the bunker protects 3/4s of the green and it is probably 10 yd deep and 30yd wide. Gorgeous green to putt on, really really challenging. But on the 15th I tried to play left of the green and it tailed off leaving a 30yd pitch.
strange thing is, that on another blog I have posted, at the moment I am leading mister on the order of merit. ( won't last long ) but three of those four holes are the ones I struggle on. The SI one par five is not a problem but the other 3 par fours I need to course manage better to improve my scores.
 
Tashyboy said:
Kid all that makes sense, and the two holes in question, that unless you you can drive it 50 yd further you will struggle to hit em with an iron and hold it. On the 15th the bunker protects 3/4s of the green and it is probably 10 yd deep and 30yd wide. Gorgeous green to putt on, really really challenging. But on the 15th I tried to play left of the green and it tailed off leaving a 30yd pitch.
strange thing is, that on another blog I have posted, at the moment I am leading mister on the order of merit. ( won't last long ) but three of those four holes are the ones I struggle on. The SI one par five is not a problem but the other 3 par fours I need to course manage better to improve my scores.
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If your under a little pressure with distance then I would change the way you play them. Even if that means taking bogey by laying up to a full club ( short iron) take a shorter club off the tee and don't worry what anyone thinks....
If you get your game from 120 mtrs in fairly good shape then eventually as your handicap comes down and your skill level gets better you'll get the distance off the tee to be able to attack those greens in 2..

At the moment I'd play within your boundries. Dont get cute and you'll score better more often than not..

And I'd agree with Bob. If you can get the bunker lessons and one on pitching... Those will be told regardless of handicap.
 
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