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It has been really bad so far this summer.

stlouie_lipp wrote:It has been really bad so far this summer.

I had an awful case of the "rights" for a two week stretch. I just mysteriously lost the ability to hit the ball straight. Everything was going right, and badly right at that.

They came quickly, and left without warning. Played yesterday and hit the ball well. Didn't score well, though.

I'm surprised you've really been able to play much so far this year w/ all the monsoons we've had.

I'm trying to get out on Thursday this week at The Bluffs, I've never played there but have heard its really nice.

stlouie_lipp wrote:It has been really bad so far this summer.

Same here brother. Played three times and shot low 90's all three times.

Round one-Chipping and irons terrible
Round two-Duck hooked every drive
Round three-Had a four put and several three puts. Can't get an 80 yard approach on the damn green. Did absolutely crush my new Cleveland driver.

My theme this year is "If it's not one thing, it's another."

My golf game has been awful this summer. I haven't even been out once.

pop_haines wrote:

Sutter'sBeard wrote: Round three-Had a four put and several three puts.

Four-putts are the worst. I try to maintain a zen
approach to the game but when I pull off a 4-putt,
I want to snap my putter in half.

The only times I really 4-putt is if the green is incredibly difficult and I really screwed up one of the first two putts and ended up even further away from the hole. So those I can tip my cap to the green.

The 3-putts on seemingly simple greens kill me. Only thing that makes me madder is muffing a short chip and still not being on the green.

pop_haines wrote:

Popeye_Card wrote:
The 3-putts on seemingly simple greens kill me. Only thing that makes me madder is muffing a short chip and still not being on the green.

One of my golfing buddies has a small phobia about this.
The easier the chip, the tighter he gets. Sometimes I
can't bear to look.

The ones that seem most simple end up being the hardest. Like being ~3' off the green, with the hole 3' into the green. Easy, right? But then you grab a high loft wedge and really try to throttle back, and end up sweeping right under the ball. Or only hitting it 2'. I hate those chips. I'd rather be 20 yards away. Or have the hole way on the other side of the green so I can chip and roll.

Any chip that you only have a few feet of green to work w/ is one that can be tricky, and in a couple other factors (being in the rough just a few feet off the green, downhill slope as your already small landing area) and the chip gets MUCH harder.

pop_haines wrote:

Sutter'sBeard wrote: Round three-Had a four put and several three puts.

Four-putts are the worst. I try to maintain a zen
approach to the game but when I pull off a 4-putt,
I want to snap my putter in half.

This year my playing partners and I agreed to start holing every put to stop gimmie arguments. Missed a downhill-fast foot and a halfer to take an 11 on the 2nd hole. Kind of hard to dig out of a +6 after two holes. I think it was my 1st 4 put and 1st 10+ hole in quite a few years.

pop_haines wrote:

Sutter'sBeard wrote:
This year my playing partners and I agreed to start holing every put to stop gimmie arguments. Missed a downhill-fast foot and a halfer to take an 11 on the 2nd hole. Kind of hard to dig out of a +6 after two holes. I think it was my 1st 4 put and 1st 10+ hole in quite a few years.

No gimmies, EVER.

You people make my round of golf 45 minutes longer while I wait for your no-gimmie-givin'-games in front of me. It ain't the PGA tour.