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Have you reached your full potential

Tadashi70 said:
I am wondering if you feel you have reached your full potential as a player. If so, why? What is about your game that lends you to believe you can get better? Are you taking steps to reach your full potential?



No I have not reached my potential as a player. After taking almost two years off. I took stock of my game last winter and asked myself if I was happy with my game. I decided I was not and devloped a plan to help get me there. The first thing I needed to do was rework my swing. My old swing while effective was not consistent enough to get me to where I wanted to go. I found a new instructor and together we started reworking my swing. My new swing is a 180 degree change from my old swing. While the change is not 100% there. I am happy with the progress. Hopefully this winter I can fully ingrain the swing changes so that they hold up under the pressure of tournament play next season.
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Nope I've seen glimpses of what I can do if I put in the practice time to fix my swing and make it stick.

Changing my current practice regime and sticking to it will get me there.

Like Dan I want that smooth Freddie Couples swing.


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no, i don't think i have. i think there's more distance available if i can tweak some of my mechanics in the long game, and there's more accuracy available in full swings if i can commit more time to practice and maybe a few lessons to tighten things up. i also know that a fitness regimen, losing weight, and working on flexibility would go a long way. chipping, pitching, sand, and putting is holding me back as well. i believe my potential is consistently threatening par from the correct set of tees.
 
[Do] you feel you have reached your full potential as a player. If so, why? No. At least I hope not!

What is about your game that lends you to believe you can get better? My cruddy handicap, achieved without as much practice as I would like.

Are you taking steps to reach your full potential? Finding ways to increase my time for lessons (with a good teacher), and appropriate practice habits. I have the properly fitted gear, now to maximize the benefits.
 
I'm nowhere near my potential. In fact, I'm happy where I am when I play only once a week in whatever course is available to me.

I can keep up, with a couple of strokes, with guys who play 2 to 3 times a week.

If my work assures steady income for the next ten years, and the kids suddenly became college graduates, I think I can do handicap 10 to 12 easily.
 
I still have some improving to do...and hopefully quite a bit. I still struggle to break 100. My iron play is pretty consistent, and really not too bad. I'm doing a much better at keeping the ball in play off the tee, but I had to transition to a mini driver to do it. That means my already short drives are even shorter.

I also can't figure out how to hit anything between my 5 iron and that mini driver. I've had a fair amount of success hitting the mini off the deck, but it is far from optimal.

Finally, I can't chip or putt. If I'm less than 70 yards out, I have no idea what to do. I never know which club to swing or how hard to swing it. Once I find myself on the green, the hard part has just started. Long putts, short putts, speed, alignment, reading breaks...it all baffles me.

I took some lessons this year, I feel like they helped some. They weren't nearly as impactful as I had hoped for, though. I think part of the issue is how different my experiences on the range are from those on the course. I just can't put any real meaning to what I do on the range.
 
Canadan said:
Fun to bump an old thought.

Almost a year later, I am pretty proud of my progression. Golf isn't about "LOWEST EVER" anymore, it's about "most enjoyment" and this year, I accomplished that big time. Next year is about refining my swing, a creating something I can be happy with for the next twenty years. Going in the direction of that ultra smooth, ultra repeatable Fred Couples move. Love it.
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Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.


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Canadan said:
I have a new answer. Still first in fun, but no.

It's grind time. 2016 goal: 60s with a smile.
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Did that change in the last 24 hours?


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I have not.
I am exited that I have resumed lessons and have a new found love for applying those teachings in practice sessions.

I recently played and while I had lapses, which lead to wayward shots, I overall am happy with how I played. Putting was an issue as I left 5-6 putts 2" or less from the hole and pushed a few more.
Cleaning those up would have blown away my best ever score.
With work, I am exited to see where my game will go next season.
 
So starting to think a bit more about this I think it is time to go swig overhaul and get to where I truly think I should be going to be a interesting journey that will be hard for me to stick to but I think it is time

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I sure hope I haven't peaked, I actually know I haven't. I could do so many more things to help myself that I haven't done yet. For all intents and purposes I am a beginner, I've played for a long time but it's been very sporadic and without any goal other than fun and I have achieved that. Now it's time to step my game up and set some new goals, without playing much I shoot in the 90's and when I put more time in I can score in the 80's pretty regularly. 2016 will be the year I bear down and shoot in the 70's, I need to get fit for at least my irons, look into taking some lessons, and play and practice on a regular schedule.
 
Hell no I haven't.

Not even close.

I'm also tired of underachieving on the golf course in that regard.
 
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