[Sanremogirl]

Question:

Do you have a pre-shot routine and do you read all of your putts?

The reason I ask is that a lot of people don't do these things and so when they see someone who does, they sometimes see it as "wasting time" or as simply "copying the pro's". I have a pre-shot routine for every shot I make and I have a putting routine as well. I try to do everything as quickly as I can (especially reading putts) but sometimes it takes a bit longer than normal and I don't apologize for that.

I think a pre-shot routine is vital to playing consistent golf.

As far as putting is concerned, as I've written before, I can generally read most putts from behind the ball, but every now and then I get one that I just can't figure out and I will then walk behind the hole to take a look from there. If that occasionally takes a bit more time, then it is what it is. I'm not going to blow a chance at making a putt just because someone else is impatient. In most cases, we're only going to end up waiting on the next tee anyway, so what difference would it make?


-JP

pre shot routine to play consistant golf I'll have to agree. But not all of the machinations some golfers go through is a consistant pre shot routine and that's what I think the complaint is about.
If you go though all that what you're describing on the green to miss the hole by feet though lack of speed,over hitting,bad read etc. then yes it's b.s. and slows up pace of play. On the other hand if you have all that down and it's part of your routine that holes putts by all means it's good to do.

[moopogyOvenny]

Question:

Do you have a pre-shot routine and do you read all of your putts? ...



-JP

Yes, but most of my pre-shot routine is sizing up the shot as I walk toward my ball, and I'm reading my putt discretely while I await my turn to putt.


I think Diane mentioned that the guy she was paired with was a "newbie" and not hitting the ball well at all. If I was hitting the ball 40 yards, the last thing I'd worry about was a pre-shot routine.

Just my opinion of course.

[excivaamome]

Yes, but most of my pre-shot routine is sizing up the shot as I walk toward my ball, and I'm reading my putt discretely while I await my turn to putt.

I think most people do it that way (or at least try to).

I think Diane mentioned that the guy she was paired with was a "newbie" and not hitting the ball well at all. If I was hitting the ball 40 yards, the last thing I'd worry about was a pre-shot routine.

Just my opinion of course.

Yes and no to this one. On the one hand, I get the idea of not worrying about a pre-shot if someone basically couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, but an argument could be made that learning a pre-shot from the beginning will pay dividends down the road.

Like anything else that's learned, there will be a fair amount of time where what someone's learning doesn't seem like it's doing any good, but I think that in the end, it's better to have a routine than not.

My problem with this situation overall is that far too many people these days who are completely new at this game are learning out on 18 hole courses.

That's what Pitch n' Putt and Executive 9-Hole courses are for.

When my father set about to teach me this game, he wouldn't let me near a "regulation" golf course until I learned how to keep the ball in play most of the time, how to "keep moving" and to hit a ball reasonably well enough to be able to justify playing a course with holes that were many hundreds of yards long.

I played those little courses with him for a couple of years until I could hold my own out on a "Big Course" and when I look back on those days, I think that was a very smart thing for him to do.


-JP

[moopogyOvenny]

My problem with this situation overall is that far too many people these days who are completely new at this game are learning out on 18 hole courses.

-JP

JP - I agree completely!

[neirty]

Ever been on the flip side? I played an entire outing once with a woman who made sure to remind of us every rule. I know not to ground my club in a bunker. I know not to walk across someone's line on the putting green. I know when you have honors. Do you know I want to ring your neck?

I never did figure out if she thought she was being helpful, or if she just wanted to show off.

[Sanremogirl]

Ever been on the flip side? I played an entire outing once with a woman who made sure to remind of us every rule. I know not to ground my club in a bunker. I know not to walk across someone's line on the putting green. I know when you have honors. Do you know I want to ring your neck?

I never did figure out if she thought she was being helpful, or if she just wanted to show off.

Damn...it must of been one of the guys I play with dressed as a woman

[CULTDIAMONDS]

The only time you really see retirees concentrated in "herds" or "flocks" down here is when they queue up at 4:30 for the early bird specials!!

We get the "herds" about 2:00-2;30 at one of the local 9 hole courses. These folks have all day long to play but wait until everyone is getting off work before they wake up from their geritol fog induced sleep.

[Ikrleprl]

I never understand why retirees and women who don't work go to the bank, cleaners and grocery store on the weekend. One would think they would want to go when it's less crowded.

[mas-dkt-sive]

The only time you really see retirees concentrated in "herds" or "flocks" down here is when they queue up at 4:30 for the early bird specials!!

My favorite time to eat. I have my wife take her "big purse" so we can scarf up all the freebies we can find, napkins, tablecloths, salt and pepper shakers, food that is not too juicy.... I'm not retired, but we are practicing....

[neirty]

I never understand why retirees and women who don't work go to the bank, cleaners and grocery store on the weekend. One would think they would want to go when it's less crowded.

I asked that question once to my favorite employee at the grocery store, on a Saturday morning during Elderly Bumper Car Time. His response was, "You don't get it--this is what they DO. They come every day."

See what we've got to look forward to?