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You are right about GIRs though. Had a couple that were on but rolled off too.
Bribie is a tough driving course. The fairways are tight to tightish but once you leave them you usually have tree trouble straight away. It’s a great test.
My driving was pretty good but you pay a price for being a bit off there.
I’ve had short game lessons – chipping and putting – and am happy enough with contact with lower lifted clubs. Confidence to make the needed swing with higher lofted clubs will come in time.
Hi Weetbix.
Can you elaborate more on the above. Needed swings? Are you talking about partial shots for wedges etc?
I have seen golfers who use the o’clock swing system for partial swings, and also those who use the butt end of the club pointing to a series of ” spots” on the ground on their back swing, and those who control distance by every shot back swing going to 9 o’clock and then controlling distance by the amount of through swing.
I tried them all, but my results varied a lot. Probably because the amount of oomph varied with my swing. I am getting better with tempo slowly ( pun intended). So what I am using now is a system based on feel. I swing what feels like 25% / 50% 75% 100% effort and record the shot distance. Roll can vary seasonally, as can carry on dense air days; but so far I am finding it more reproducible.
It gives me confidence to be able to measure the shot distance and refer to my distance card and look for a club that will give me the distance at a certain % swing, rather than eyeballing it and doing it by feel.
My chipping around the green with the lob wedge suffers from a tendency to not make a big enough swing
Usually this means I don’t swing back enough and then in a panic to get the ball to the target my hands step in and throw the clubhead and usually that leads to a thin or fat shot
Confidence was mentioned because one of the reasons for the too short backswing is a history of blading it so there’s a fear factor in creating the speed I need
It’s quite a roller coaster – too avoid the blade I create the conditions that usually lead to a blade!
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Ah, the dreaded short sided situations! Or worse, over the bunker onto a downhill slope to pin cut just on the other side of the bunker, with another bunker waiting to collect the ball on the far side of the green. I think I have given up trying to hit those finesse LW shots. I go sideways for a safe shot to the green and accept a longer putt back.
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Yep – those are all the scenarios
When they come off they feel great
But …
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Played McLeod yesterday. Overall the course condition was very good. We got a bit wet but dried off by the end.
I played terribly. 23 points off 12. 25 over.
7 dropped from bad putts
7 dropped from not getting up and down
3 dropped from bad iron and hybrid shots
7 dropped from driver – 5 from 2 drives!
1 dropped from 4i tee shot on a par 4Nothing good all day
1 par on 10 our first hole
11 bogies
4 doubles
2 triplesPlayed McLeod yesterday. Overall the course condition was very good. We got a bit wet but dried off by the end.
I played terribly. 23 points off 12. 25 over.
7 dropped from bad putts
7 dropped from not getting up and down
3 dropped from bad iron and hybrid shots
7 dropped from driver – 5 from 2 drives!
1 dropped from 4i tee shot on a par 4Nothing good all day
1 par on 10 our first hole
11 bogies
4 doubles
2 triplesCan’t like the post. Just feels wrong.
25 over… Sheesh.
Maybe you need to do more manual outdoor work. Results seemed better when you were a DYI labourer if memory serves.
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Well it was a mixed bag i think
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Well it was a mixed bag i think
I appreciate not liking it
I certainly didn’t like it!Is it ok to like a post about not liking?
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Well it was a mixed bag i think
I appreciate not liking it
I certainly didn’t like it!Is it ok to like a post about not liking?
Only if you like not liking a post that you may have liked.
I am not sure if I should or shouldn’t like it!
Jeepers Weetbix ! 2 triples. I suggest that your mind was not on the job. Someone suggested more physical exercise/ labour. Maybe a some pre -match exercise of a more delicate nature ( read between the lines) might clear your thought process?
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Well it was a mixed bag i think
I appreciate not liking it
I certainly didn’t like it!Is it ok to like a post about not liking?
As long as it’s ok to like you liking not liking
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I am not sure if I should or shouldn’t like it!
Jeepers Weetbix ! 2 triples. I suggest that your mind was not on the job. Someone suggested more physical exercise/ labour. Maybe a some pre -match exercise of a more delicate nature ( read between the lines) might clear your thought process?
Some quality advice there!
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