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Currently shooting consistently mid 80's since I've started getting back into golf a few months ago. I have definitely progressed a lot in these past few months but every once in awhile ... I'm talking like 1 in 30 shots I get a WTF shot where I just sit there and think to myself where the hell did that come from? I'm not talking like a pull or a push, I'll furiously duck hook something, top it, shank it, chunk it, skull it, and just think, wow what a waste of a stroke. I literally mark the throw away shots on my card just to get an idea of how many shots are just thrown away to a WTF shot. If I can get rid of some of these I really may have a chance at 70's if I can get my putting in order.

I look at this guy (and I know hes a pro and comparing myself to a guy who makes a living playing this game is a poor comparison) but Mark Crossfield, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stAuT...feature=relmfu this guy can literally pick up any club, adjusted any which way, and make a beautiful sounding, and beautiful looking shot every single time.

So at what score level/handicap did these throw away shots get reduced to almost nothing for you?

[maniaringsq]

I try to think of it the opposite way:

"When i get a good consistent swing and minimize those shots, what will my scoring potential look like"

[numinertyuesk]

I try to think of it the opposite way:

"When i get a good consistent swing and minimize those shots, what will my scoring potential look like"

I agree with this way of thinking completely, it absolutely makes sense. But, there has got to be a direct correlation to scoring and minimizing these types of shots. I understand an excellent putter could save a ton of strokes on the green but I can't imagine a guy who shanks 1/30 shots with great putting is going to shoot consistently in the low 70's range.

Especially considering a shank doesn't usually mean you give up just one stroke, it could be two before you are actually back in a position to finish the hole.

[asivisepo]

Even the pros have WTF shots and we see them on TV.

[Rounteetepe]

I dont think those WTF shots ever end. Even Ben Hogan said that he expected to hit 8 bad shots per round.

[TeLMgNva]

I had the exact same thought a while back. As I got more consistent I figured they would go away completely but one always sneeks up on me once in a while. That got me annoyed until I watch a pro in a PGA Tour event duck hook his driver 150 yards and into the trees on a dogleg par 4...then I felt better and decided it's just part of the game.

[Green_Monkey23]

They don't ever stop for anyone. They will happen and you just have to deal with it when they do. I think they key is getting to the point of reducing them as much as possible and making them manageable. Instead of a WTF duck hook OB, it becomes a WTF pull hook into the trees and you don't have a penalty.

Biggest thing for me is to not get too upset and come up with a game plan to minimize the damage on the hole. i.e. if you blade a wedge over the green into a horrible spot, don't try and hit the miracle flop shot to save par, get the ball back on the green, save bogey and move on.

[boizzones]

They have yet to stop for me. I can be swinging lights out for 17 holes and then a duck snort on 18. It happens man.

[nerrttrw]

They haven't ended for me but they are getting fewer and far between each round. I normally get the wtf shots when I get up around the green and try to chip or pitch it up to the green.

[Poothevokprot]

I remember that...always makes me feel better about my own game

[Soassesaisp]

When they do stop happening for me....you'll be the first to know!

[Roorseprate]

As you get more consistent they become fewer and farther between. And when they do happen you get better at minimizing the damage.

I shot 67 yesterday and had one on a simple, 135 yard par 3. I hit a squirting, nasty PW 40 yards right of my target under a bush. I have no idea how it happened. I didn't hit anything else like it all day. Biggest thing was figuring out how to make no worse than bogey rather than trying something high-risk for par.

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[Evsltkzl]

Happens to me all the time, I just hope that the miss leaves me with a swing.

[NeroASERCH]

When my round ends hehe


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[Bondjrno]

i think they always happen its just when you minimize them that you can start scoring better..... i know the more i practice and get to play the less they happen. but i try to play practice a lot. right now its about 4-5 times a week for me. even when i am practicing im doing so for a good 3 hours normally too. i think its really hard at least it was for me to get to a level where i was happy and to stay there i have to hit buckets a lot and keep my swing where im happy with it.

[Rqqneujr]

They never completely go away, the Peter Hanson vid above is a great example. He missed that shot so bad he did not even go into the creek and had an approach shot to the green. The last time I played with OG & KB (along with Lefty78) I totally chunked one on a par 3, had to hit a full SW to the green, embarassing but I did make the putt for par so it was not the disaster it could have been.

[cwgwowcom]

Those WTF shots still happen for me. I'm not sure they'll ever end. My current WTF shot is when my normal draw shot turns into a giant slice. Not sure where they come from, and I usually won't hit two slices in any given round, but it just shows up once in awhile.

~Rock

[M1iFiNmC]

So at what score level/handicap did these throw away shots get reduced to almost nothing for you?

Haven't stopped for me yet.

[FLOMOUSLY]

WTF shots never end, but your definition of WTF definitely changes as your skill increases.

[Corporal White]

Not much to add that hasn't been said except that I agree with the major points. They never end. They may (and should) become less frequent but the key is how you deal with them.