When am I going to learn?

[SiberianDVM]

to play back into the fairway? Grrrrrrrr.

A couple of drives yesterday were just a couple of yards from being perfect, then they got a bad bounce and ended up in the trees. Instead of pitching the ball back into the fairway where I would have a chance of a up & down, I always go for the green.

Then my ball hits a tree and either is lost or goes backwards. Two triple bogies. :(

Crap.

[Davebud]

Hey when you figure it out let me know, no matter what ball I try playing they have tree magnets in them. Then that combined with my bigger hammer mentality leads to disaster every time. I am willing to undergo anything up to shock therapy.

[Eracer]

If you are really willing to try - leave the driver and fairway woods at home. Play the Par 4's as Par 5's. PLAY EVERY PAR 4 HOLE AS A PAR 5.

It's hard to do. Your gut will tell you you're being a wuss. Let your brain tell you you're more in control of your game.

On a 400 yard hole, hit 170 off the tee. Second shot of 150 yards leaves you a 70 yard pitch. I bet you hit that pitch shot on the green a high percentage of the time. Think of it - a 170 yard shot, a 150 yard shot, and a 70 yard shot - and you are putting for a 4 - which, if you are playing the hole as a Par 5, is a birdie putt.

See what happens. If you don't like it, don't do it again.

[SiberianDVM]

Today I drove the best I have ever done: went back to my 983K.
Even hit my hybrids well. Almost drove a par 5. Didn't have a short game. Oh well.

[Davebud]

Played all my par 4's as 5's today and that worked out fine, unfortunately #1 is a par 5 and I got an 12 totally screwed my whole round. #10 was not as bad also a par 5 and I got a 9. Other than those 2 holes I played the best I have to date, 6 doubles, 8 bogeys, 2 pars.
#1 hole killed me in the sand, 4 shots to get out.

[SiberianDVM]

Oh, that sucks about the bunker. Did you feel like you were in the Hell bunker at St. Andrews?

I actually drove so well today that I'm thinking about moving back a tee to the blues. I had several holes where I was just a half wedge out, and that's what I couldn't hit today!

Damn game. I'm surprised more golfers aren't institutionalized.

[JEFF4i]

Damn game. I'm surprised more golfers aren't institutionalized.

We would be, but we're too stubborn to waste valuable time in an institute instead of at the links.

[Davebud]

Oh, that sucks about the bunker. Did you feel like you were in the Hell bunker at St. Andrews?

I actually drove so well today that I'm thinking about moving back a tee to the blues. I had several holes where I was just a half wedge out, and that's what I couldn't hit today!

Damn game. I'm surprised more golfers aren't institutionalized.

There was no good reason until the 4th sand shot where I had put myself up against the lip, then I hit out fine, that all started with a skulled chip. On my third shot I hit 9 iron to just outside of the bunker on the right. So I walk up thinking up and down, skreecher of into the bushes on the farside. Now I have to carry the other side bunker coming back, hit it to hard and rolled into the first bunker, the 4 shots to get out and I landed on the first cut, chipped in and past, 2 putts. One complete freaking disaster.

[Davebud]

That is also a tie for my best score to date, but over all I played better than the last time I got a 103, had 36 putts today and thats not great but just fine, minus those 2 bad holes I would have broke 100.

[warbirdlover]

Sounds like something Phil Mickelson would do!!