ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
For your game only, what is a mistake?
Have you played a round without one?
Have you played a round without one?
What do you define as a mistake?
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anotherdouble
Journeyman Pro
I will never play a round without a mistake. For me a mistake is anything that doesn't end ideally. Wrong choice of shot, wrong club, right shot choice or right club but poor execution etc etc
Robobum
Money List Winner
I only think I've made a mistake if I don't commit to a decision.
If I think it's a 7 iron and commit to it but it comes up short or airmails the green - I'm ok with it. I hate quitting on shots so you never get to know if you have the right club.
Same with putts, don't like picking a right lip line and then changing my mind 1/2 way thru the stroke and pushing it a cup.
Those, to me, are mistakes
If I think it's a 7 iron and commit to it but it comes up short or airmails the green - I'm ok with it. I hate quitting on shots so you never get to know if you have the right club.
Same with putts, don't like picking a right lip line and then changing my mind 1/2 way thru the stroke and pushing it a cup.
Those, to me, are mistakes
Altimeter I pull a shot left.
Weight transition is something I worked on massively all last year to try and eradicate it. Anytime it heads left, you can guarantee I'm leant back scooping it off left.
Weight transition is something I worked on massively all last year to try and eradicate it. Anytime it heads left, you can guarantee I'm leant back scooping it off left.
Leereed
Head Pro
Missing greens with a wedge in hand.
Jon321
Tour Rookie
I don't think you will ever have a mistake free round. I set my goals high. Anything over a par is a mistake.
If your talking individual shots I'd say.
A drive that doesn't leave you a shot to the green
A 3 putt
Going in any bunker
A duffed chip when trying to get up and down.
If your talking individual shots I'd say.
A drive that doesn't leave you a shot to the green
A 3 putt
Going in any bunker
A duffed chip when trying to get up and down.
full_throttle
Tour Winner
Turning up, and someday's it's as simple as that
Dasit
Tour Rookie
Mistake can be technical, hitting fat or thin, whiffing chips, sending a putt only half length
mistakes can also be mental, not taking wind into account, not realising putt was downhill, aiming at the flag when there is a bunker protecting it
mistakes can also be mental, not taking wind into account, not realising putt was downhill, aiming at the flag when there is a bunker protecting it
Crow
Crow Person
Joining the forum was my biggest mistake, the things I could have done with all those hours, days, weeks spent at the keyboard....
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Choosing the wrong shot, picking the wrong club or not playing it well enough.
I'm going to miss fairways and greens - that's given for all players but it's how I miss that goes down as a mistake for me.
Not committing to the shot, over or under clubbing count too.
Bad swings..? Not necessarily as they're going to happen
Sloppy, lazy swings - definitely
I'm going to miss fairways and greens - that's given for all players but it's how I miss that goes down as a mistake for me.
Not committing to the shot, over or under clubbing count too.
Bad swings..? Not necessarily as they're going to happen
Sloppy, lazy swings - definitely
Spear-Chucker
Tour Rookie
This is as good a description as I can think of. We all make poor swings or catch the ball a bit wrong but not trusting your instinct or following a plan is a clear mistake. Cut these out and you'll have a decent day at the very least..
Even the pros will say they've made mistakes even on good scoring rounds. It's how you manage and deal with it. In my case, not great usually
3565
Journeyman Pro
A lot of mistakes are made by players simply rushing through what they are about to do.
If after a bad outcome you can go through what you had just done and can honestly say you were committed to the process of playing that shot, then you have to accept it.
Acceptance is the final part of a good routine.
If after a bad outcome you can go through what you had just done and can honestly say you were committed to the process of playing that shot, then you have to accept it.
Acceptance is the final part of a good routine.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I would like my mistakes to be club selection, or flushing it, or mis judging the wind. I don't like my mistakes to be down to me mi******** it.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
That is a bizarre cross out on a golf forum.
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
You need a hyphen after mis
Don't ever try telling a forum you've been to Scunthorpe...
EDIT: Ok it works on this one
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Or write it as miss hits.
S17er
Club Champion
Assuming not in deep rough, always view taking more than 3 to get down from near green as a 'mistake'.
badgermat
Club Champion
Toe-ing it off the driver at full tilt and hitting one's wife in the calf. That's definitely a mistake. Trust me.
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Capella
Journeyman Pro
I distnguish between a bad hit (which I don't think about much during the round ... bad shots happen and are best forgotten quickly, in my oppinion) and a bad decision (like taking the wrong club, taking on a shot one shouldn't have etc.), which I do see as mistakes and try to learn from.
