My golf game

[tothebeach08]

My boy leaves for State Saturday night. The tourney is Monday and Tuesday. I'll let you know how he does. For some reason Mommy doesn't get to go. It's just the two boys who qualified and the coaches. This cutting the cord is hard.

[phins]

My boy leaves for State Saturday night. The tourney is Monday and Tuesday. I'll let you know how he does. For some reason Mommy doesn't get to go. It's just the two boys who qualified and the coaches. This cutting the cord is hard.

Strip club!

[cardinalkarp]

So this thread popping back up made me decide to go out and test my game today. Played at a course called Aberdeen out in Eureka (for our stl people). Since it was my first real round of the year in STL (I played in AZ a couple times in Feb) I decided to go a different route in my gameplay. I'm typically the type of player that when there is a risk to take to gain a stroke I take it, even though in alot of cases it ends up costing me a stroke. This time I decided I would take a nice fluid swing w/ the same pace at almost every shot (other than chips) instead of trying to "power up" to get it there w/ a certain club. When I got in those instances, I would just take a club lower and take a nice easy swing at it.

On the front nine I was able to pick up 2 birdies (back to back). But what was really working for me today was my putting, 6 out of the first 9 I was able to 1 putt. I actually put 2 OB on the front 9 as well but was still able to escape w/ a +4, 40.

On the back (which I normally play better on) I was able to pick up 2 more birdies (on both par 5's) but again I had 6 one putts and no 3 putts on the back which finished me out at a 37 on the back.

So after going through a round like this (which is the best I've played all around for quite sometime), my advice would be to just concentrate on taking a nice fluent swing each time at the ball. Instead of saying, ok I need to try to hit this one harder to get it there, club down, and just try to take a nice easy swing. Like I said alot of this round had much to do w/ my putting. If I could've been a bit better w/ my mid irons I probably could've had close to an under par round.

Now I want to play some more but I'll be let down if I don't shoot as well, which likely won't happen.

[stlouie_lipp]

Well, finally got back in the 70's today with a 78 while hitting my driver for [expletive] mostly. I was 1 over after 8, and snapped it O.B. on the 9th. A short easy par four where you can go right all day and not get in trouble. Proceeded to hit in the water on the 10th, kept it to a bogey. Eagle on 12, followed by 4 straight bogeys and two pars for my 78.

Golf is such a mind [expletive].

[EastonBlues22]

Golf is such a mind [expletive].

Amen (and congrats!).

I played a round today that left me feeling about the same. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with my long game (only 2 GIR on Par 4s and 5s), but my short game was on fire (7 for 11 on up and downs on shots taken inside 100 yards, 28 putts). Ended up shooting an 85, but it felt like I shot in the mid-90s because I was fighting my swing all day.

Last round I was hitting the snot out of the ball and I shot an 86 because my short game and putting were just mediocre (not a lot of wasted strokes, but I didn't cash in on many opportunities to turn 3 strokes into 2 either). The swing felt great the entire round, but the scoring just wasn't there.

Definitely a mind [expletive].

[stlouie_lipp]

3 putts kill a score card.

[Fat Strat]

We played on Friday with a guy who's supposed to be a "scratch" golfer. Got 5 holes in, I was just getting warmed up, and he was only a stroke ahead of me when the skies opened and the rains came down. Was really thinking that I had a chance to take him down... or at least keep it close. I was on the edge of a terrific round.

I'm shooting very well this season, but haven't been able to turn it into a lot of good rounds (or 9's since we mostly play 9 holes in the league). I really feel like I'm on the verge of busting through to the low 80's, and the only thing keeping me from it are the once or twice a round crazy [expletive] and a few missed short putts here and there. Flub a shot at the wrong time, miss a couple 5 footers... you've gone from 83 to 89 in the blink of an eye.

*Edit: the [expletive] is "mis hits".

[stlouie_lipp]

We played on Friday with a guy who's supposed to be a "scratch" golfer. Got 5 holes in, I was just getting warmed up, and he was only a stroke ahead of me when the skies opened and the rains came down. Was really thinking that I had a chance to take him down... or at least keep it close. I was on the edge of a terrific round.

I'm shooting very well this season, but haven't been able to turn it into a lot of good rounds (or 9's since we mostly play 9 holes in the league). I really feel like I'm on the verge of busting through to the low 80's, and the only thing keeping me from it are the once or twice a round crazy [expletive] and a few missed short putts here and there. Flub a shot at the wrong time, miss a couple 5 footers... you've gone from 83 to 89 in the blink of an eye.

*Edit: the [expletive] is "mis hits".

yep, that's golf. One bad shot snowballs from a par to a double. A couple of them and a good round turns into a so-so round, and a so-so round turns into a bad round.

Why do I invest so much time and money into this game?

[clevername]

I've become a full blown club ho at this point. I can't help it. I wish I could try them all.

My OCD with my game is getting worse, too. I'm just starting to keep my scores and stats via oobgolf.com so I can use fancy percentages and graphs to follow my strengths and weaknesses and obsess over where I can effectively lower my scores. Of course, as soon as I register there I start having significant shoulder pain and can't play at least this week. My profile sits there begging to be filled with specific stats instead of the gross scores I had saved that I could add.

[clevername]

any of you guys do any DIY club work?

I've never done it before but after looking at some stuff online it looks like replacing my grips should be pretty easy to do myself. I'd also like to be able to pull old and put on new shafts.

I've got to see the orthopod about my shoulder on Tuesday and I'm pretty pessimistic at this point. I'm afraid I won't be playing much more this summer after he decides to slice me up, so I've got to put my golf energies elsewhere. Regripping my clubs and experimenting with shaft changes might keep me busy and pass the time a little more quickly.