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Random sheit... golf range practice. I have been trying to develop a good swing for 7-6-5 irons and just could not get much yardage separation between these irons. I watch Youtube vids for golf tips and some are great. Today I used some of those tips, and worked on 7 iron for distance. The green is 165 yds away... typically I have been hitting the 7 iron 140 ish and that is it. But today I used the tips I watched and after several balls I was flying to the green. I have all the sequences for a good swing...but I was mixing the order of 2 key steps... once I was able to change that up I was hitting it 20 yds longer without any more effort.

Goff is difficult...but as well interesting.
 
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NEVolFan said:
Random sheit... golf range practice. I have been trying to develop a good swing for 7-6-5 irons and just could not get much yardage separation between these irons. I watch Youtube vids for golf tips and some are great. Today I used some of those tips, and worked on 7 iron for distance. The green is 165 yds away... typically I have been hitting the 7 iron 140 ish and that is it. But today I used the tips I watched and after several balls I was flying to the green. I have all the sequences for a good swing...but I was mixing the order of 2 key steps... once I was able to change that up I was hitting it 20 yds longer without any more effort.

Goff is difficult...but as well interesting.
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You’re unusual (IMO), in that you seem to be approaching golf as a large set of really specific skills, that you will benefit from being practiced until nearly automatic, as opposed to jumping in a cart, flailing away, cursing, and flinging the clubs into the nearest water hazard.
 
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VolNExile said:
You’re unusual (IMO), in that you seem to be approaching golf as a large set of really specific skills, that you will benefit from being practiced until nearly automatic, as opposed to jumping in a cart, flailing away, cursing, and flinging the clubs into the nearest water hazard.
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I’ve been both. Then I just drank more beer while playing and didn’t care anymore.
 
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VolNExile said:
You’re unusual (IMO), in that you seem to be approaching golf as a large set of really specific skills, that you will benefit from being practiced until nearly automatic, as opposed to jumping in a cart, flailing away, cursing, and flinging the clubs into the nearest water hazard.
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Yes... you explained that clearly and accurately. I may not achieve my goals but will keep swinging at it.
 
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NEVolFan said:
I have played with a guy that grabbed his golf bag off the cart and threw it into the woods. And another that just quit... on the course and never played again. So, I think it is important to practice and understand if you are Tiger Woods or just a smuck.
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I'm the 2nd. 8/9/05. Took up fly tying and fishing and never looked back.
 
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NEVolFan said:
I have played with a guy that grabbed his golf bag off the cart and threw it into the woods. And another that just quit... on the course and never played again. So, I think it is important to practice and understand if you are Tiger Woods or just a smuck.
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I have only played sporadically over the past decade after my regular golfing buddy moved out of state. There have been multi-year intervals between some rounds. A couple of times during that stretch, I've hit the tee box cold had relatively decent rounds for someone who hasn't swung a stick in a few years. Other times, I can tell that it just isn't working by the third or fourth hole. I figure that, if I live long enough, I'll circle back to the game some day.
 
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I should have added, in germane response to your post, the buddy who moved away would break clubs, throw stuff into water hazards, sometimes just quit playing in the middle of a round and chauffeur me around the back nine, cuss like a sailor even if we were paired up with someone who had their kid with them, and almost always get drunk as piss before we finished. I was not the most responsible person in the world at that point in life, but playing with that dude always made me feel like I was on top of my stuff just cause he was so f'd up. The one thing he had going for him back then was that he was funny as hell. He married really pretty lady who went to Vandy law school and became his sugar momma.
 
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Golf course make for decent outs. Fairways aren’t as friendly as they seem. Relative winds can make them tricky, even hazardous. Rotors off a tree line can knock a parchutist down hard. Could become deadly.
 
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Tin Man said:
Golf course make for decent outs. Fairways aren’t as friendly as they seem. Relative winds can make them tricky, even hazardous. Rotors off a tree line can knock a parchutist down hard. Could become deadly.
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I always thought that golf courses would be great places to ride a horse. I would avoid the greens, of course.
 
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VolNExile said:
You’re unusual (IMO), in that you seem to be approaching golf as a large set of really specific skills, that you will benefit from being practiced until nearly automatic, as opposed to jumping in a cart, flailing away, cursing, and flinging the clubs into the nearest water hazard.
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The keys to having fun playing golf is to never allow anybody in the group to have a score card and combining the driving range with the course. See, if you go to the driving range before playing you'll hit probably 25 or so balls. Skip that nonsense and just start playing. When you hit a less-than-appropriate shot, simply declare it a "driving range" shot and hit another ball from the same spot. Try to keep your "driving range" shots to about 25 or less per round. Saves you the time and money spent at the range and is much more helpful to your game.

Oh, and beer. Don't forget the beer!
 
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