Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
Simple answer - I'm struggling with my mental health given the ageist abuse I get on here. ??
Shouldn't that be the ageist abuse you deserve on here?
Simple answer - I'm struggling with my mental health given the ageist abuse I get on here. ??
So it raises this question.................... does spending hours on the practice ground and hundreds in lessons really help the average golfer lower their handicap? Or spending time on the course and learning to play better golf yield greater results?
1. Yes
2. Yes
I totally get what you are saying, but that is not really the point I am making with this post. I am talking more about hitting the right shot rather than hitting what you find easiest to hit a fairway with. In my OP I mentioned a par 4. To elaberate on that is going to be a good example of what I am saying. 400 yard par 4, generous fairway narrows quite a bit at 250 and then bunkers come into play at around 280. I hit my driver just short of these bunkers but into the first cut. THe ball was sat down, I got a flier that went through the green, ending up with a bogey. My pro hit a hybrid into the nice big wide part of the fairway, probably had about 170 to the green, hit the midde of the green and 2 putted.
But your last line makes my point. Instead of trying to hit a fancy shot round the corner you just play what you need to get to the corner, because that is the right shot to play.
But the question is which one though. Spending time practicing is not what got me lower. I ditched practicing for more course time and learned to play better golf, something that the practice ground does not teach you.
Cant believe no one has mentioned the mental side of the game.
My biggest problem is in the head, when I'm in a good frame of mind i normally play to my potential.
Otherwise I have a million swing thoughts and I crumble
I'm not the average golfer and I don't believe you are either. I've never had an individual lesson, I learned by playing over 50 years ago and my HI is currently 3.0.But the question is which one though. Spending time practicing is not what got me lower. I ditched practicing for more course time and learned to play better golf, something that the practice ground does not teach you.
Have a look at pro proximity to hole.No not at all. I will take an 80 yard shot over a 40 yard shot any day of the week. Why do you see pros laying up at different distances, it's because that is the shot they prefer and feel more comfortable with.
I know for a fact that if you give me 10 shots from 40 yards and 80 yards (80 is a full 56 for me) then I will get that little fiddly 40 yarder closer much more than the 80 yarder.No not at all. I will take an 80 yard shot over a 40 yard shot any day of the week. Why do you see pros laying up at different distances, it's because that is the shot they prefer and feel more comfortable with.
Essentially you’ve highlighted the quickest way to get better at golf….which is to hit it closer to the flag from 200-220….
But if you can’t then find a way of only losing 1 shot rather than 2,3 or more…..
But if you can’t then find a way of only losing 1 shot rather than 2,3 or more…..