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#751
#751
jwells said:
Eh...I played today. I'm still a beginner, really, I've just in the past 2 months learned a proper swing. The year before that was just me guessing how to hit the ball.

It was at the par 3 in Knoxville...I put the first two on the green, but after that I bombed...couldn't do anything. My swing went from smooth to a jerky motion, swaying my hips. I need much much more range time to get a rhythm and some consistency.
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try a few range sessions with only a wedge or 8 iron (basically something that you're not worried about how far you can hit it).
 
#752
#752
BigPapaVol said:
try a few range sessions with only a wedge or 8 iron (basically something that you're not worried about how far you can hit it).
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Sometimes I do fine..others it's just bad. A lot of it seems to be in my head...I'll change my swing around. I need to stop playing as much and start practicing. I know I'm capable of sending it straight every single time, I just keep changing little things as I go along.

Incidentally, the 8 iron was what I hit to put those first two right on the green. They were REALLY wet from last night, though, so it hit, dug in and rolled maybe 4-5 inches. By the end of the day, the greens dried out, but it didn't matter much anyway. I did manage about a 25foot putt today, that made me happy.
 
#753
#753
GAVol said:
No kidding . . I've never seen anybody who always looked like they were struggling with the putter that made more putts than Tiger. Then you realize that the reason it looks like he's struggling is that most of the time when he misses, he ALMOST makes it. He has more near misses than anybody.
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The most impressive stat I have seen on Tiger was that, during one stretch last year when he was dominating, he made something like 394 out of 395 puts inside of 3 feet. That was miles above the closest competitor. The gimmes for him really are gimmes.
 
#754
#754
cotton said:
The most impressive stat I have seen on Tiger was that, during one stretch last year when he was dominating, he made something like 394 out of 395 puts inside of 3 feet. That was miles above the closest competitor. The gimmes for him really are gimmes.
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Those stats are pathetic, Tiger Woods:crazy: Let him play me!
 
#755
#755
cotton said:
The most impressive stat I have seen on Tiger was that, during one stretch last year when he was dominating, he made something like 394 out of 395 puts inside of 3 feet. That was miles above the closest competitor. The gimmes for him really are gimmes.
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I took lessons at Bayhill a few years back and the club pro, who is friends with Mark O'Meara, explained Tiger's practice putting ritual.

He begins by taking a spot 3 feet from the cup and putts until he gets three in a row. Then he does it from another spot, 90 degrees up, and still 3 feet out. Again, he must make three in a row. If he does, he moves on to a point 90 degress from that. Basically, he is putting from the same distance of 3 feet, from four different angles to the hole.

Should he miss anywhere along the way, he forces himself back to the original spot for the distance involved and starts that level over. He does it at 3 feet, 5 feet, and 8 feet. Statistics show that the average birdie putt for PGA is 8-9 feet.

It will sometimes take him up to two hours to complete the drill.
 
#756
#756
I have a practice putting ritual!

1. Drink overpriced golf coarse beer. 4 or 5
Stare at butt of cart girl
2. putt a couple times
3. Go shoot a round and loose 10 balls(trees work well or water)
4. Go home pissed. :)
 
#757
#757
lawgator1 said:
I took lessons at Bayhill a few years back and the club pro, who is friends with Mark O'Meara, explained Tiger's practice putting ritual.

He begins by taking a spot 3 feet from the cup and putts until he gets three in a row. Then he does it from another spot, 90 degrees up, and still 3 feet out. Again, he must make three in a row. If he does, he moves on to a point 90 degress from that. Basically, he is putting from the same distance of 3 feet, from four different angles to the hole.

Should he miss anywhere along the way, he forces himself back to the original spot for the distance involved and starts that level over. He does it at 3 feet, 5 feet, and 8 feet. Statistics show that the average birdie putt for PGA is 8-9 feet.

It will sometimes take him up to two hours to complete the drill.
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Mickelson does something similar. That's why he appears to take practice strokes a little farther away from the ball than most others. He's trying to simulate his putting drill.
 
#758
#758
GAVol said:
Mickelson does something similar. That's why he appears to take practice strokes a little farther away from the ball than most others. He's trying to simulate his putting drill.
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I try to hit 3,6,and 8 footers with my eyes closed in practice.
 
#759
#759
BigPapaVol said:
I try to hit 3,6,and 8 footers with my eyes closed in practice.
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Unless you play golf with your eyes closed this is counter effective. Jeff Gordon tried this and tore up a car.

Big Papa Vol:sleep:
I am not driving in a golfcart with you either.
 
#762
#762
Fine Vol said:
Unless you play golf with your eyes closed this is counter effective. Jeff Gordon tried this and tore up a car.

Big Papa Vol:sleep:
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Great for finding flaws and extraneous movement in the stroke. I don't make all of 'em these days, but I hit most of 'em on the sweet spot.
 
#765
#765
BigPapaVol said:
There we go. How about we forget all the practice and get the Czervik teleputter?
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Every time somebody sprays one in my foursome and asks "Where'd that go?" the standard answer is "in the lumberyard".
 
#767
#767
GAVol said:
Every time somebody sprays one in my foursome and asks "Where'd that go?" the standard answer is "in the lumberyard".
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we routinely ask for "a couple of those, a dozen of these, some naked lady tees....." when we're in a new pro shop.
 
#769
#769
Fine Vol said:
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somehow, I actually believe that you could find the smilies with your eyes closed. but I find it very hard to believe that your spelling and grammar actually got better.
 
#774
#774
BigPapaVol said:
that's pretty strong work. your foursome about the same?
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The guys I play with are in the 5-12 range. Head's up I probably beat them 6 or 7 out of 10 times, but on a good day a couple of them can wear me out in a heartbeat.
 
#775
#775
GAVol said:
The guys I play with are in the 5-12 range. Head's up I probably beat them 6 or 7 out of 10 times, but on a good day a couple of them can wear me out in a heartbeat.
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that's where the handicap system is inadequate. Giving strokes on the toughest holes to a set of guys that can play is tough, because most likely, one of them is going to get a natural par and your own odds of birdie are very low because of the difficulty. I frickin hate that.
 
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