cypressperch
Well-Known Member
golf course for the third annual Battle of the Bend tournament. When you live sort of off the beaten track, this is a special treat. Our mens association helps by providing spotters and such. We also got to play with three players in a scramble event before the actual tournament began. Nineteen under par was the low score! Actually, a twenty-one under score was the winning score the first year of this tournament. These guys are pretty good.
Very windy conditions the first day, and only one sub-par round was turned in. Cypress Bend from the tips is a very severe challenge when there is no wind. But I think some of these young men have neglected a very important point in being able to take their driving range game to the course. The course has lots of irregular lies. I saw players on the range hit shots with all their clubs with amazing accuracy at their intended targets. On the course, some of these guys were getting in trouble off the tee, and they were not very accurate with their approach shots either. The really good players were just as comfortable with the uneven lies as with the perfect lies at the range. They obviously knew what adjustments to make for such lies, had really good balance by taking a little more club and swinging a little more easily, and the tempo was always the same. The longest and the most accurate players were the same players, and they all had the beautiful swings with that really great tempo.
If you have a college event in your area, I would strongly urge you to go out and take a look.
Cypressperch
Very windy conditions the first day, and only one sub-par round was turned in. Cypress Bend from the tips is a very severe challenge when there is no wind. But I think some of these young men have neglected a very important point in being able to take their driving range game to the course. The course has lots of irregular lies. I saw players on the range hit shots with all their clubs with amazing accuracy at their intended targets. On the course, some of these guys were getting in trouble off the tee, and they were not very accurate with their approach shots either. The really good players were just as comfortable with the uneven lies as with the perfect lies at the range. They obviously knew what adjustments to make for such lies, had really good balance by taking a little more club and swinging a little more easily, and the tempo was always the same. The longest and the most accurate players were the same players, and they all had the beautiful swings with that really great tempo.
If you have a college event in your area, I would strongly urge you to go out and take a look.
Cypressperch