I shot an 85 yesterday...

[MGP]

and didn't hit a single drive over 215 yards!

I posted a thread a week or so ago about having a bum right shoulder. I have been doing some rehab exercises and generally taking it easy but I'm not going to give up golf entirely. I'm not swinging full-out now and can only get about 85 mph driver ss. So I've adapted a strategy of just hit it down the middle, keep it in play and concentrate hard on the short game. I'm also hitting about 2 clubs more on everything down to my PW. It's been an interesting little experiment and I've found that I can easily play bogey golf or better hitting the ball very short. My 85 easily could have been closer to 80 had I not three putted one hole and put my second shot on a par 5 OB.

Oh.. and let me tell you it takes a certain mental toughness to get outdriven by a woman most of the day. I was playing with another guy and a woman and she was outdriving me by about 25 yards on almost every hole! :laugh:

I was able to keep the ego in check (in part because she was very nice and not a bad golfer either) and had the best score of our group. An interesting experience for sure.

 

[Clugnut]

While not being able to hit it normally sucks, you probably learned a lot by hitting it short and finding other ways to score. I planned to hit an extra club all day on Friday, and until 16, when I went away from that plan, I played brilliantly.

Bravo for not hanging it up and playing with what you have.

 

[FATC1TY]

Ditto.. I was trying some new swing mechanics out Friday evening.

Driver wasn't really much better, I found every fairway bunker, and had some nasty fades, almost slices.

But I was ironically 1, or 1.5 clubs longer than normal, due to the swing changes.... Messed me up on my par 3's.

But I too had a "bingo" moment... I shot a 39, +3...

I've never, ever shot that low.

Congrats on the game by the way!