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guest100718
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You are going to make good scores both ways so it doesn't really matter.
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Deleted member 15344
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Would be disappointed to score 82 either way
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guest100718
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Better than 93
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Deleted member 15717
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Ok...so 72 with poor strike or 72 with pure striking?
which ever way its 3 shots over buffer for me so wouldn't be happy with either.
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Deleted member 15344
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72 poor striking :thup:
hines57
Challenge Tour Pro
82 stricking poorly - realistic for me and would show a good ability to scramble..........
fenwayrich
Assistant Pro
I am a poor ball striker anyway, I had a 79 on Saturday with 28 putts, so if I went round in 82 striking it well I would be disappointed.
Some people are missing the point here. It is not about hitting 82 as a specific number, it is about how you hit your shots. Put ego to one side and think of par for your golf rather than a numerical figure.
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Deleted member 15344
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The point of the thread included a specific number so it won't be ignored
And what does ego have to do with anything ?
And what does ego have to do with anything ?
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
No one on here has a pure striking round. We might hit it ok. No one is popping it like a pro.
Maybe the coach and bob but that's it. :rofl:
Maybe the coach and bob but that's it. :rofl:
I voted pure. I'd love to be able to hit the ball sweetly and on the correct path regularly. I don't have too many issues with the quality o the strike but I can be directionally challenged. Mind you I've had horrendous ball striking days and scrambled my way to a good score, so I guess my honest answer is any way I can shoot as low as I can
Ego comes into where people were answering that they would be appalled to hit 82 however it was done. How dreadful that someone would be pleased to hit an 82. That wasn't the tone of the question. Clearly if you are a good golfer then move the target number around. In fact, ignore the number. I don't believe the question was meant to be taken literally. It is about the joy you get from a score. Would you rather hit a particular score hitting it sweetly or hitting it badly? Take it a step further, do you get more joy from a sweet strike that lands 10ft from the pin or a thin that lands next to the hole. That, I believe, is the theme of the question.
TheClaw
Q-School Graduate
I feel more disappointed after a bad swinging day than after a bad short game day.
I think it feels like there's a lot more to 'fix' if the swing isn't working. I'm sure I would change my mind if I kept having bad short game days though...
I think it feels like there's a lot more to 'fix' if the swing isn't working. I'm sure I would change my mind if I kept having bad short game days though...
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Deleted member 15717
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AMEN! Someone who understands it. 82 was a figure I plucked (purely because that is what I shot), but I thought the "for example" bit afterwards would get people adjusting the figure appropriately....
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Very rare to shoot under handicap without hitting the ball well. my best round of the year was 2 over and I got up and down from everywhere. I didn't thin or fat everything, I just kept missing greens. If someone manages to thin and fat their way under handicap then i'd be very surprised and they would need a Jedi short game or their handicap is too high to begin with.
I felt fantastic walking off as it was a pure mental grind to keep it going.
I felt fantastic walking off as it was a pure mental grind to keep it going.
Pure striking all day long:thup:
Do that and the scores will come, do it not and you'll get a lucky round once in a blue moon.
Do that and the scores will come, do it not and you'll get a lucky round once in a blue moon.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Quoting Tommy Armour - his two rules (or practical principles) for low scoring are:
1) Play the shot you've got the greatest chance of playing well, and
2) Play the shot that makes the next shot easy
Now see that neither rule mentions distance. His rule 1) is about minimising risk and maximising likelihood of good strike. The good score will follow.
1) Play the shot you've got the greatest chance of playing well, and
2) Play the shot that makes the next shot easy
Now see that neither rule mentions distance. His rule 1) is about minimising risk and maximising likelihood of good strike. The good score will follow.
Davey247
Assistant Pro
I voted poor. If you score 82 hitting great irons, your clearly having an awful day with the putter and I'd be in the bar afterwards thinking of all the shots I left on the course.
If I hack round, but saving everything with a decent short game I feel miles better about it.
If I hack round, but saving everything with a decent short game I feel miles better about it.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
An incorrect conclusion unsubstantiated by the sole evidence being that an 82 was shot (for me playing to my handicap as it happens) and the ball was struck well.
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