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#12,851
#12,851
amazingGRACE said:
Ouch. I mean it's not like I'm out on the course in jorts & a cutoff tee shirt not knowing what I'm doing acting an ass on the course.

But if my ball is directly behind a tree or something, my buddies & I usually give each other a club length to either side. Just little things like that.
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Wasn't a shot at you. I just thought it was funny to bring up the rules on something so obvious that I'm sure you already knew was stretching things.
 
#12,852
#12,852
well I've lost my long iron game
Hitting the driver, short irons well, but the last 3 rounds
I'm hooking everything with my 4,5 and 6 iron...
It's miserable, need to spend some time on the range this week
 
#12,855
#12,855
Ya I know you're not supposed to. All I do is play for fun. No tournaments, never play for money or anything like that so I didn't see a problem with it.
 
#12,859
#12,859
amazingGRACE said:
Ya I know you're not supposed to. All I do is play for fun. No tournaments, never play for money or anything like that so I didn't see a problem with it.
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The way I see it. As long as you're not turning in scores for a handicap and you and your partners are good with it, who cares?
 
#12,860
#12,860
GAVol said:
I couldn't help it. I had this mental image of a guy picking up his Pinnacle with a guilty conscience.
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I was playing a few months ago and my nice drive down the middle ricocheted off one of those big martini tees in the ground in the fairway and into a fairway bunker. I went from maybe getting on in 2 to a chip out and still 220 out over water.
I wasn't happy.
 
#12,861
#12,861
GAVol said:
The way I see it. As long as you're not turning in scores for a handicap and you and your partners are good with it, who cares?
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True. I was just pointing it out but it's not a big deal. I'll play different balls during a round but I don't use a particular one for certain shots. We also play OB as a regular hazard (unless I know for a fact it went OB) & take relief from rocks & roots.
 
#12,862
#12,862
GAVol said:
Do you sacrifice distance though? About 2 years ago, I just threw up my hands and started hitting Pro V1x all the time. You know what you're getting every time, but $50 a dozen gets old.
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Thankful I get to order a few dozen every quarter for "customer gifts". 😎
 
#12,863
#12,863
doozer said:
With the vast majority of the golfers here who all seem to shoot in the 70s, you never know.
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A lot of posters here have played a long time.

Shooting in 70s after a certain amount of time comes down to simply knowing how to scramble.

My first round in 70s I was 12. Shot a 75 at skylinks in long beach.
 
#12,864
#12,864
Vols520 said:
A lot of posters here have played a long time.

Shooting in 70s after a certain amount of time comes down to simply knowing how to scramble.

My first round in 70s I was 12. Shot a 75 at skylinks in long beach.
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I have @ 10-15 rounds a year in the 70's and usually on a slope of 127-130. But lost ability off the tee and last 5-6 rounds were around 90. Hard to figure out how I can actually be -4 going into 18 just a few months ago (I doubled 18) and then follow up with just bad golf. That's where it's frustrating. I get that some may not be good and don't care but that jump from good to terrible sucks.
 
#12,865
#12,865
Spartacavolus said:
I have @ 10-15 rounds a year in the 70's and usually on a slope of 127-130. But lost ability off the tee and last 5-6 rounds were around 90. Hard to figure out how I can actually be -4 going into 18 just a few months ago (I doubled 18) and then follow up with just bad golf. That's where it's frustrating. I get that some may not be good and don't care but that jump from good to terrible sucks.
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I have played bad this year. Blown up a few times in the 90s and been in the low 80s last 5 or so rounds.
 
#12,866
#12,866
Vols520 said:
A lot of posters here have played a long time.

Shooting in 70s after a certain amount of time comes down to simply knowing how to scramble.

My first round in 70s I was 12. Shot a 75 at skylinks in long beach.
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I'd agree with that. Breaking 80 is mostly about having a decent short game and knowing how to miss it in the right places.
 
#12,867
#12,867
GAVol said:
I'd agree with that. Breaking 80 is mostly about having a decent short game and knowing how to miss it in the right places.
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I agree. I've finally realized (admitted) that my 40-80 yd rand game sucks and it does me know good to smash a driver down there just to leave a SW 10 yds short of the green, chilly dip it, or shank it dead right. When I shot my 78 2 weeks ago. I hit mostly 3 iron and 3 wood off the tee and putted very well. It's all about limiting the shots you aren't comfortable with.
 
#12,869
#12,869
people talk about putting and chipping and of course when you watch the pros, they are tons better than we are but until you have lost the ability to get off the tee, you don't understand that making a 10 foot putt for double really doesn't matter much at that time.
 
#12,870
#12,870
Spartacavolus said:
people talk about putting and chipping and of course when you watch the pros, they are tons better than we are but until you have lost the ability to get off the tee, you don't understand that making a 10 foot putt for double really doesn't matter much at that time.
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It's better than making a 2 foot putt for a triple.
 
#12,871
#12,871
Spartacavolus said:
people talk about putting and chipping and of course when you watch the pros, they are tons better than we are but until you have lost the ability to get off the tee, you don't understand that making a 10 foot putt for double really doesn't matter much at that time.
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If people would stop treating the tee shot like slow pitch softball BP, they'd be shocked what would happen.
 
#12,873
#12,873
GAVol said:
If people would stop treating the tee shot like slow pitch softball BP, they'd be shocked what would happen.
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I don't swing like that though. Timing has just been off and focusing on turning my hands rather than it doing it naturally has resulted in tee shots going erywhere and me hitting my 3rd shot off the tee.
 
#12,874
#12,874
Orange Blazer said:
It's amazing how much straighter I can hit a 3/4 swing 3 wood vs white knuckle grip and swinging out of my shoes with a driver.
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And I bet if you put that "3/4" swing on video it'd actually show the club going to parallel and then coming down with good tempo.
 
#12,875
#12,875
Spartacavolus said:
I don't swing like that though. Timing has just been off and focusing on turning my hands rather than it doing it naturally has resulted in tee shots going erywhere and me hitting my 3rd shot off the tee.
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I think your problem may be mental. I'm not an expert but from reading your posts it just seems to me you think about your swing to much. When I set up to the ball I think about 2 things. My take away and staying balanced through my shot. I don't think about my hands or my hips or anything like that. Have you ever considered chilling out and just getting a good set up and smooth swing and not thinking yourself to death? Maybe I'm weird but I don't think about all that when I'm swinging.
 
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