More Golf: Strengths and Weaknesses

#26
#26
best weakness evaluation I've heard:

Standing too close to the ball - after it's hit
 
#29
#29
Fine Vol said:
:)that is funny. I like "to much of the big ball."

Do you ever throw your clubs?
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I once saw a guy throw a 6 iron playing night golf after whiffing. He looked for it for about an hour, then gave up, got drunk, and vowed not to throw a club ever again.

Let that be a lesson to all of us: don't whiff, and don't throw clubs, especially at night.
 
#30
#30
GAVol said:
When it comes to speed of play, it's all about the little things like reading your putt while waiting your turn rather than waiting until everybody else putts; taking more than one club with you to your ball if you're not sure; parking your golf cart strategically so it's actually close to the green and on the way to the next tee; saving the stories for when you are in between shots or waiting on the group ahead of you etc etc etc.

Nobody likes to rush, but using a little common sense can take 30 minutes off a round of golf which is usually the difference between an enjoyable day and it feeling like drudgery.

...and for the love of Arnold Palmer. If you notice the group behind you waiting on you for more than 2 or 3 shots in a row: LET THEM THROUGH. It's not a sign of weakness or defeat.
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Amen to all that.

And while I'm at it:

Strengths: good tempo. Usually pretty reliable from about 180 in. Usually keep it together on the course.

Weaknesses: Mental game. Driver. Tendency to come over the top on backswing.
 
#31
#31
Amateurs. We are all alike. Fast play...I have found if I am really clicking, it just happens, I have a low score, and I'm done quickly. My score goes up the more I try to incorporate the pro mentality apsect into my game. If I'm feeeling it, I basically just step up, spit some grizzly wintergreen to the turf, and hit.
A common cure for people pressing you you as learned from my brother-in-law. Turn around, get your 2 iron, smoke their ball right back at them. This of course is for the jerks that just wheeled up and hit into you before seeing if you plan to let them play through.

Strengths:
*Admitting my age and adjusting my game.
*Sand traps. There's no where I'd rather be when in trouble.
*good putter and reader. Generally close.
*good in general around green. bump and runs more so than flops or lob wedge biters.
*good short game for a ammy. 5 iron on down pretty comfortable. Crafty with the sand wedge as it is the only one I use for all wedge applications.
*Salvage play. I've done so much of that, it's part of my game. I can hit the drive 30 or 300 on a 310 hole, and still par or bogey both. Can bend them 70 degrees slice or draw around trees to get out of woods. It's that damn short grass down the middle that screws my game up.

Weaknesses:
*Ear to Ear. I don't have the mind for a full round. I can smoke both nines, but from different ends. Sledom in the same round.
*Driver. A common weakness for Ammy's. I'm getting my distance back now, but moved to regular flex so still looking for any consitency getting past all the tee boxes. Better than average distance however. Average 250+. Will get a couple in the 270-290 per round. Can also duplicate that with 3 wood and hit more fairways. Have to swing a little harder, but I've got my 3 wood tee box near perfected.
*Long fairway play - iron or wood. Got a mental thing there. Aquired a 3 & 4 hybrid. Getting better and hitting some good 2nd shots. Real disadvantage on courses that actually force long play time to time.

Have been as low as an 11 handicap on a 145 slope rated course (Cateechee). Currently average mid 80's to 88 with a 79 and some 92's thrown in. Just depends. Probably playing more to a 13 or 14. Which in the novice world is actually quite good. The stat is somewhere in the range of less than 10% of golfer break 90 regular. So, if you do, you are in the top 10% of all golfers. I'd like to see the 70's more than once in my life. But, regular mid-80's OK w/me.
 
#32
#32
Hey GVF - I got in a round at Cateechee a couple of weeks ago. That place is really nice.
 
#33
#33
GAVol said:
Hey GVF - I got in a round at Cateechee a couple of weeks ago. That place is really nice.
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Some of the best greens, hands down, tour course or not. Crenshaw bentgrass greens. Same as Augusta. 419 tight and thick bermuda fairways. Like the living room carpet. Just get the put on line. These greens roll. No muscle required.

Is #2 not one of the sweetest par 3's to step up to the tee box on??

That course in my opinion is one of the best open courses anywhere. By, open I mean public or semi-public. It is manicured with the detail you'd expect to see on TV. And if you can't keep it between the ditches it will B***h Slap you bad. Yet, it's not unfair and will reward with good scores if you make the shots. But, it's tough. And you pay for that course and it's facilities dearly. $75 a round now? The largest numbers draw for that course are Atlanta and Carolinas on weekends. That and Lakeview Course at Callaway are 2 of my all-time favorites. I've only done Arrowhead Pointe once, but with play time Icould easily raise my rating there. It is stellar as well.
 
#34
#34
GAVol said:
Hey GVF - I got in a round at Cateechee a couple of weeks ago. That place is really nice.
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Cateechee is also controlled or target golf. Once you get in a few rounds and learn the greens, etc., and you have moderate to good control, you can play very well there. It's hard but not impossible. There is, however, very little mercy for missing fairways or first cuts. There is very little low scoring in salvage golf here outside the first cut. I'm by far the weakest golfer in my network and ever bet against hte ones I do play with, but with regular play there I got 82-85 quite often. On a 140+ slope rating, I take pride in that. Playing 3-5 times per week and being in the zone from so much action didn't hurt.
 
#35
#35
GVF said:
Cateechee is also controlled or target golf. Once you get in a few rounds and learn the greens, etc., and you have moderate to good control, you can play very well there. It's hard but not impossible. There is, however, very little mercy for missing fairways or first cuts. There is very little low scoring in salvage golf here outside the first cut. I'm by far the weakest golfer in my network and ever bet against hte ones I do play with, but with regular play there I got 82-85 quite often. On a 140+ slope rating, I take pride in that. Playing 3-5 times per week and being in the zone from so much action didn't hurt.
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The greens were great, but I couldn't buy a putt out there. I should have seen it coming when I hit #1 in 2 fairly easily and then 3-putted for par. Other lowlights included back to back double bogeys on 10 and 11. I managed to get things under control and salvaged a 78, but it was a struggle in the middle of the round. At one point, I was +8 thru 11 and just hoping I'd break 85.
 
#36
#36
GAVol said:
The greens were great, but I couldn't buy a putt out there. I should have seen it coming when I hit #1 in 2 fairly easily and then 3-putted for par. Other lowlights included back to back double bogeys on 10 and 11. I managed to get things under control and salvaged a 78, but it was a struggle in the middle of the round. At one point, I was +8 thru 11 and just hoping I'd break 85.
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A 78 at Cateechee first time out is very good. You're game is well past mine. I never broke 81 there, and sub-84, while very respectable on that or most good courses, accounted for probably less than 20% of my scores there. I have a unique game. I can shoot 84 at Cateechee, and go to an easy course and do the same day in day out. Apparently, I am accomplished at playing to the scorecard rather than the course.

#1 green is very tricky. #10 in its entirety is one of the toughest holes. Bogey is a good salvage there. #11 is not really hard. A bogey there is usually the result of a bogey or worse on 10. How did you like the monster par5 on the back. #16 or #17. Like 630 yds give or take. #3 can be tricky if you don't get the tee box good. That approach funnels up that little neck between 2 traps to a smaller than average green for a par5. Not too mention an all uphill #4 into a deep valley green. I hate #4.

The greens there roll true. No backward reads like Highland Walk. Cateechee just requires a round or two for the reads, then you will putt very well. My best putting day in and out came there. You have to have speed touch at Cateechee however. It is all about a smooth stroke, line, and follow through. I've sent 20/30 footers there with less than 2" backswing.
 
#37
#37
Well, Sunday's carnage caused me to pull out the two iron off of the tee. I hit three fairways long and strong, and am considering leaving the driver at home until I play more than once a week. It is really starting to make me mad.
 
#38
#38
Lexvol said:
Well, Sunday's carnage caused me to pull out the two iron off of the tee. I hit three fairways long and strong, and am considering leaving the driver at home until I play more than once a week. It is really starting to make me mad.
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I went that route, only not a 2 iron, but a 3 wood. That was when I only had a 9 degree big bertha. And they are not that easy to hit. Pre-supersized model. I have only went back to a driver this past year when I got one of those big headed Titaniums. Actually, I think my scores were still lower and more consistent with the 3 wood and I only give up marginal yardage. Against my crew, I can be within 20 of their drivers with my 3 wood. You are brave. 2 irons = not easy. That does require some smooth in the swing. Frequency of play affects my tee box worse than any other part of the game. On the courses most of us ammy's play, drivers are overrated. Most holes can be played down a club or 2 for accuracy and still be within a 6-8 iron to the green.
 
#39
#39
I have lost about 45 pounds, and it is really affecting my swing. I am getting my hips through the ball much quicker now.
 
#40
#40
Strength:

I own golf apperal, I can look the part
I put up the dough for decent equipment even though I suck
The shoes man....I have golf shoes
My golf bag has legs
I have a sweet towel I got in a tournament I played, but I don't clean my clubs with it because I don't want to mess it up.

Weakness:

Beer. Who's idea was it to sell it? They tried to regulate but who in the hell thinks they can tell me I can't have a beer(Or few) stuffed away in a bag.
Hitting the ball.
Mulligans. That is such a cool idea I think I may abuse them a little.
Switching to the cheap ball when I am close to water(Shut up rulebooks).
Footwedge:whistling:
 
#41
#41
Strengths: Distance and the Pitching Wedge
Weaknesses:Hitting the ball strait with any club other than a pitching wedge.
 
#42
#42
strengths:

look good playing
can drink a lot of beer and get better as the round goes on
wedges
can hit a solid 2 iron if needed

weaknesses:

putter
3 iron
putter
lack good distance
putter
pick my head up to early
putter
 
#44
#44
cotton said:
Hey, I've remembered a few more strengths. Namely:


My game does not significantly deteriorate until after the 5th beer.
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Nevermind. I discovered yesterday that my putting goes to $%#&! after about 3.

I am hitting my irons really well, though. I've been trying to decide whether to replace my 4i with a hybrid or a 7 wood, but right now I'm striking it well enough that I think I'm just going to leave it in the bag.
 
#46
#46
I can hit a driver but cannot hit a iron. I would rather hit a 3 wood off the fairway than to hit an iron.
 
#47
#47
GAVol said:
Hey GVF - I got in a round at Cateechee a couple of weeks ago. That place is really nice.
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Have either of you guys played The Standard Club in Duluth,GA? I play out there yesterday. Phenomenal course. Treacherous greens- fastest I've ever played.
 
#48
#48
cotton said:
Nevermind. I discovered yesterday that my putting goes to $%#&! after about 3.

I am hitting my irons really well, though. I've been trying to decide whether to replace my 4i with a hybrid or a 7 wood, but right now I'm striking it well enough that I think I'm just going to leave it in the bag.
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That is why I cannot drink and play decent golf. Hell, I can barely putt sober.
 
#49
#49
SWIL said:
Have either of you guys played The Standard Club in Duluth,GA? I play out there yesterday. Phenomenal course. Treacherous greens- fastest I've ever played.
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No, but I had the opportunity to play in a vendor sponsored tournament at the same course over in Atlanta on the East Side that the Tour uses that roates between ATL and Houston. Eastlake? Hard, shaved bermuda are probably the fastest greens I've seen, although plush, tightly cut crenshaw bentgrass is like rolling on the table as well.

My brother lives in Fayetville/P'tree City. He has a membership that includes about a dozen pretty nice courses around that area. I grew up in Griffin. The only real course there is the Country Club. It's pretty nice, but not "great" as we are defining here. Orchard Hills over close to Newnan when traveling from Griffin was a real nice links style years ago when it opened. Don't know how it faired over te years. Haven't played it since about '92.

I also played The Orchard up in Habersham County a few weeks back. That was real nice to.
 
#50
#50
Lexvol said:
That is why I cannot drink and play decent golf. Hell, I can barely putt sober.
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If I can plan ahead, I'll have a beer and two advil prior to arrival to loosen the back. Once it pops, I can smooth the swing out. So, if I'm not loose before starting, I blow the first few holes and have to play salvage. You'd be amazed what one beer and 2 advil can do to start your game. No further suds required. Nice and calm and loose.
 
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