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**Abraham** · 07-20-2011, 05:15 AM

From the same magazine:

http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/...075400,00.html

How the average hacker can pick up the pace of play

You may never play as quickly as Christopher Smith, the World Speed Golf record holder (who once shot a 65 in 44 minutes). But you can learn a lot from his lighting-fast ways.

1. Eliminate Practice Swings
"Let's say the average guy shoots 100, and each practice swing takes two or three seconds. That adds up to around five minutes per player per round, or 20 minutes for a foursome. Work out a good routine without them. In my 15 years of playing speed golf, I've never found that not taking a practice swing is detrimental to my game."

2. Stop Obsessing over Yardages
"You don't need to pace off the distance to the last inch. If you can tell yourself, this shot is about 150-ish yards, that's plenty. That's what most of us need in our games. A lot more 'ish.' "

3. Cut Out the Laser
"You look at golf in recent years, and we've gone from pin sheets to lasers to lasers that tell you temperature and elevation. A lazy brain is an ineffective brain and all these devices make us lazy. Maybe a Tour pro can benefit from so much detailed information. But in the hands of the average player, I would argue that all a laser does is slow things down."

4. Don't Read Too Much Into It
"We watch TV and we see guys reading putts from all angles and those fancy graphics that tell us the exact line the ball is supposed to follow, provided it's hit at a pace that will leave it precisely 17 inches past the hole. Talk about slowing down the game! You try that kind of thing yourself, and you're so overloaded with information you can't possibly perform. Go with the read you get in the first five seconds. Your first instincts are as good if not better than what you're going to get after all that other stuff."

07-20-2011, 05:15 AM	#2
Abraham Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	From the same magazine: http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/...075400,00.html How the average hacker can pick up the pace of play You may never play as quickly as Christopher Smith, the World Speed Golf record holder (who once shot a 65 in 44 minutes). But you can learn a lot from his lighting-fast ways. 1. Eliminate Practice Swings "Let's say the average guy shoots 100, and each practice swing takes two or three seconds. That adds up to around five minutes per player per round, or 20 minutes for a foursome. Work out a good routine without them. In my 15 years of playing speed golf, I've never found that not taking a practice swing is detrimental to my game." 2. Stop Obsessing over Yardages "You don't need to pace off the distance to the last inch. If you can tell yourself, this shot is about 150-ish yards, that's plenty. That's what most of us need in our games. A lot more 'ish.' " 3. Cut Out the Laser "You look at golf in recent years, and we've gone from pin sheets to lasers to lasers that tell you temperature and elevation. A lazy brain is an ineffective brain and all these devices make us lazy. Maybe a Tour pro can benefit from so much detailed information. But in the hands of the average player, I would argue that all a laser does is slow things down." 4. Don't Read Too Much Into It "We watch TV and we see guys reading putts from all angles and those fancy graphics that tell us the exact line the ball is supposed to follow, provided it's hit at a pace that will leave it precisely 17 inches past the hole. Talk about slowing down the game! You try that kind of thing yourself, and you're so overloaded with information you can't possibly perform. Go with the read you get in the first five seconds. Your first instincts are as good if not better than what you're going to get after all that other stuff."
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