[FrereeDoulley]

Some days are stones.

What is it about this game? Last night in league I shoot a 38 with a penalty stroke, today in a casual round I card two mid-40's rounds.

Makes me crazy. In the space of 20 hours or so I gain 7-8 strokes per nine.

Tomorrow I could back in the groove. Who knows? No other sport I've played is such a crapshoot...some days you have it, some days you can't find the right end of the stick to hold on to.

Am I right?

Discuss.

[JasminBerkova]

Mine's always around the green. 24 putts or 34 putts per 18, there's 10 strokes.
Then if I get greedy on a par 5 and swing too hard and hook it in the trees, possible double bogey. Don't know why I do that, smoother swing yields greater distance usually.

[ITYfl01c]

Some days are stones.

What is it about this game? Last night in league I shoot a 38 with a penalty stroke, today in a casual round I card two mid-40's rounds.

Makes me crazy. In the space of 20 hours or so I gain 7-8 strokes per nine.

Tomorrow I could back in the groove. Who knows? No other sport I've played is such a crapshoot...some days you have it, some days you can't find the right end of the stick to hold on to.

Am I right?

Discuss.

My downfall in the game all has to do with my left arm position, when I'm cognisant of it, I'm firing the ball accurately and long, when I forget to pay attention to it..i'm all over the place and then my game starts running away from me.

[Sheefeadalfuh]

My downfall in the game all has to do with my left arm position, when I'm cognisant of it, I'm firing the ball accurately and long, when I forget to pay attention to it..i'm all over the place and then my game starts running away from me.

Left arm position? Tell me more.

Lately I've been working on squaring my alignment, not sliding off my right foot, keeping my head up/still while I turn my shoulder under, trying like hell to find a good rythym.

I think it's tempo and timing (rythym) that get me. People often tell me to slow down when I'm playing badly. I'm not aware when I'm swinging too quickly.

When things are working, I can feel the release of the clubhead on the downswing, even on drives.

I wish I could can that shit.

[ENGINESSQ]

I shot 85 today, I bet I didn't hit over 5 shots that I was pleased with or that felt good. I didn't feel it when I was driving there and it showed. Shame too, it was a high of 80 today, best weather we've had in a long time.

[sposteTipsKage]

I played the round of my life earlier today at a course I've never played at

Everything was working, for the first time this season, and I shot an 82.

I still blow with my Nike F-Wood, so I use that only when I really have to, usually only on long par 5s

[Frogzlovzy]

Left arm position? Tell me more.

Lately I've been working on squaring my alignment, not sliding off my right foot, keeping my head up/still while I turn my shoulder under, trying like hell to find a good rythym.

I think it's tempo and timing (rythym) that get me. People often tell me to slow down when I'm playing badly. I'm not aware when I'm swinging too quickly.

When things are working, I can feel the release of the clubhead on the downswing, even on drives.

I wish I could can that shit.

Yes left arm position (note I'm a righty). I found late last year that in an effort to get to true parallel at the top I found I was hinging my left arm. All fine and dandy, but the problem was I would complete my turn before (well before) my hands cleared through the slot. I stood in front of a mirror and worked on this for the majority of the winter, now if my left arm stays straight, my swing doesn't reach true parallel (which is OK - most tour pros have adopted this - I have a perfect pic of tiger at the office like this), but this allows my hands to be better timed with my rotation which causes an accurate shot with a slight draw but optimal ball height. Before I was sliding through, pushing the ball and hitting it abnormally high.

I have always been good with the head posture, and I realized how to fire my hips and leverage the back foot by attempting the put the shaft on my back in the follow through - will teach you to swing long and its not possible with all arms

Key is a slow take away, slow on the down until you get to the "slot" by then the hips should have cleared and you should be at full speed.

[kazinopartnerkae]

Key is a slow take away, slow on the down until you get to the "slot" by then the hips should have cleared and you should be at full speed.

This is the point I need to incorporate. I've always played best on "lazy" days, when I'm in no hurry to make a swing. It's hard to explain. Then the paradox occurs: Easy swings often lead to long, straight shots. It's easy to mix up cause and effect. The trap I fall into is thinking since I hit the ball so far, I must have swung hard. Which isn't true, of course. The clubhead may have been moving faster, but not because of more effort.

I need to focus on making slow, rythmic swings on every shot, and not worry about the outcome.

Growing up playing "hitting" sports like baseball and tennis gave me the wrong programming for golf. Hitting at a ball isn't the same as striking the ball properly.

[DuesTyr]

This is the picture I was talking about...so pure - dead straight left arm, perfect triangle, not over extended...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2522815

[Fksxneng]

Going by the title, today was a wheelbarrow full of gravel for me.

[codespokerbonus]

Going by the title, today was a wheelbarrow full of gravel for me.

"Some days are diamonds, some days are gravel."

Sorry, boss. That's not going to be approved.

[LoohornePharp]

"Some days are diamonds, some days are gravel."

Sorry, boss. That's not going to be approved.

Ok then, how about this.

I crashed and burned (on the golf course today).

[sStevenRitziI]

Ok then, how about this.

I crashed and burned (on the golf course today).

Oh, you're a bad, bad, man.

[TornadoPD]

No other sport I've played is such a crapshoot...some days you have it, some days you can't find the right end of the stick to hold on to.

Am I right?

Discuss.

I think that's what makes golf one of the most addictive sports in the world.

[ViaxobbimeVar]

Today was almost a diamond. 59 in a scramble. I was the 2nd best golfer on my team. My son, shoots around high 90's becaue he doesn't play a lot, my uncle who plays maybe 2 times a year, me, and a customer of mine.

The customer (Ron), well it was amazing to watch him hit the ball, especially inside 100 yards. I hit a lot of good shots but I only got inside of him from 100 or in once. My son also did once. We had one eagle, didn't win a skin, didn't win shit. Finished in a 3 way tie for 3rd.

54 won it.

[ChyFDjfed]

Today was almost a diamond. 59 in a scramble. I was the 2nd best golfer on my team. My son, shoots around high 90's becaue he doesn't play a lot, my uncle who plays maybe 2 times a year, me, and a customer of mine.

The customer (Ron), well it was amazing to watch him hit the ball, especially inside 100 yards. I hit a lot of good shots but I only got inside of him from 100 or in once. My son also did once. We had one eagle, didn't win a skin, didn't win shit. Finished in a 3 way tie for 3rd.

54 won it.

That sounds like my scramble. Except you had at least one decent golfer. We didn't have one. Just a bunch of random good shots from a bunch of hacks.


54, even in a scramble, is pretty amazing. Course must've not been hard, because birdies on par 4's or 3's aren't exactly that easy. I mean, you have four chances to hit a good shot, but even if your best shot is just ok (15 feet or so), you still have to make the but.

[appleiphoneees]

That sounds like my scramble. Except you had at least one decent golfer. We didn't have one. Just a bunch of random good shots from a bunch of hacks.


54, even in a scramble, is pretty amazing. Course must've not been hard, because birdies on par 4's or 3's aren't exactly that easy. I mean, you have four chances to hit a good shot, but even if your best shot is just ok (15 feet or so), you still have to make the but.

Well since you asked...
White tees, 6030 yards, rating 69.6, slope 129.
5 par 5's, 6 par 3's, 7 par 4's. Par 71.
They sold mulligans, we bought 10 ($50 worth) and we used them all, mainly on putts. I don't know how many the winning team bought.

The par 3's were tough. Long irons on most of them. We birdied 3 of them.
Birdied all the par 5's except for the one we eagled on an excellent 7 wood shot by me to within 6 feet. That was the only one we reached in 2.The par 5's all seemed to be over 500 yards.
We had some sort of wedge into all the par 4's we birdied, only birdied 3 of those.

This course is rated harder than my home course but I usually score better there.

My favorite shot of the day was on a par 5 where we were all in the trees, used my ball and I punched it up to 150, then I hit a 7 iron uphill into the wind that stuck about 2 feet from the pin. I flushed that sucker.

We hadn't figured out the flag placements yet and when we got up there the flag was on the back, I must have hit it 160.

[betraaaus]

Well since you asked...
White tees, 6030 yards, rating 69.6, slope 129.
5 par 5's, 6 par 3's, 7 par 4's. Par 71.
They sold mulligans, we bought 10 ($50 worth) and we used them all, mainly on putts. I don't know how many the winning team bought.

The par 3's were tough. Long irons on most of them. We birdied 3 of them.
Birdied all the par 5's except for the one we eagled on an excellent 7 wood shot by me to within 6 feet. That was the only one we reached in 2.The par 5's all seemed to be over 500 yards.
We had some sort of wedge into all the par 4's we birdied, only birdied 3 of those.

This course is rated harder than my home course but I usually score better there.

My favorite shot of the day was on a par 5 where we were all in the trees, used my ball and I punched it up to 150, then I hit a 7 iron uphill into the wind that stuck about 2 feet from the pin. I flushed that sucker.

We hadn't figured out the flag placements yet and when we got up there the flag was on the back, I must have hit it 160.

6,000 yards? 4 pars 5's? pretty short...par 4's average 360ish?

[zatronanec]

5 par fives, 6 par threes? WTF?

Par three's are notoriously hard to birdie in scrambles, I've found.

[Nafheense]

5 par fives, 6 par threes? WTF?

Par three's are notoriously hard to birdie in scrambles, I've found.

What the shit? 5 par fives? Par threes aren't that hard in scrambles unless they are above 190ish - that's where shit hits the fan.