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On Saturday, I practically ran the gamut of demoralizing shots. Each bothered me, but... one bothered me more than the others. 1. On my 4th hole... I hit my approach just shy of the green in the fairway. I had maybe 40 feet between my ball and the hole... and maybe 20 feet of fairway before...

I've got a golf pencil display shelf on the wall in my office. Today, I closed the door to the closet and a few of the pencils were dislodged by the vibrations and fell to the floor. One of them was to a course I only got to play 4 times before it closed down and I wish, now that my game is...

I guess this is stemming from a recent lull in my game. I've been unusually awful over the last few months and I'm starting to get to the point where I'm frustrated and annoyed. For the majority of last year, I was playing pretty well (for me). I had some struggles at points, but... for the...

So... Saturday was the first 18 hole round I've played since August 12th where I did NOT have at least one three-putt or worse. There were 49 rounds between 8/12/2017 and my round on Saturday. In each of them... I managed a three-putt. I've worked on my starting line control a lot recently...

For some background... I just turned 39 a week ago, but I've been playing golf since I was 13 years old. For most of that time, if I got in a few rounds per year... I was happy. In late 2013, I moved from New Jersey to South Carolina for work. This obviously meant more golf for me since the...

Note - I'm posting this as much to be able to look back on as I am for anything else. If you've got stat comparisons you'd like to share as well... I'd love to see them. I enjoy keeping my stats almost as much as I enjoy playing the game. I come home and immediately plug my scorecard into a...

I played in a one-day two-man tournament earlier today. The format was a little odd... but kinda fun. The first 6 holes were played as a straight best ball, including handicaps. Pretty straightforward and simple enough. The next 6 holes were played as a modified alternate shot, again...

Today was one of those types of rounds where certain things were clicking, some things were just a tiny bit off and other things just weren't there for me. My goal for this year has been to finally crack 80. I've hit 81 a few times over the last 18 months but I just can't seem to break the...

So, after years of avoiding lessons because I felt like I didn't play enough to have them 'stick'... I've finally decided to go for a lesson. Now, there is a caveat to that in the fact that it's strictly a short game lesson. My swing, while it's not good, is at a point where I'm consistent...

So, my club is holding their yearly match play championship this weekend. It's supposed to be 16 golfers playing off the back tees in the 'championship' bracket... and 16 golfers playing off the middle tees in the 'net' bracket. If you advance to the championship match, it would be 2 matches...

I joined a local club back in September. Our Member-Guest is coming up in just under 3 weeks. I signed my buddy and I up for it last Wednesday and I was talking to some of the guys at the club about it on Friday. I used to be a caddie at a country club growing up and I remember the...

Hey all... Quick question that I can't seem to locate a definitive answer to. On Saturday, I hit a chip to about 5 feet. Between my ball and the hole was a ball mark that had previously been repaired, but not well. I informed one of my playing competitors that there was a ball mark and I...

Have you ever had an opportunity in golf that you completely let slip away? It happened to me this weekend. The club I play with has handicap guidelines for flights and then we play within those flights during tournaments. The handicaps are calculated solely off of play from within these...

I joined a local country club last September. For a good amount of time after I joined, I was playing alone. First, I was out there to practice my game a little... second, I didn't really know anybody. Anyway, I would always hang around the 19th hole after rounds and interact with people in...

Which would you prefer? There are a lot of times where I'm playing pretty well and I'm hitting an abnormally high (for me) number of greens and making pars. It feels great. Typically, it leads to a lower score. I can go home after posting an 84 with 8+ pars and feel really, really good about...

The club I joined in the fall has a winter 4 ball tournament going on right now. It's a 2 man, best ball, double elimination match play tournament. After winning our first match 3 & 2, we played our December match today. We jumped out to an early lead (entirely due to my partner)... 3 up...

I've always believed that, by and large, the majority of golfers are honest people. I can't think of a time I've ever knowingly skirted the rules. In fact, I've always said that if I win a tournament or a match... I want to know that it was in an honest fashion so that when I look back at the...

I've always kind of struggled with finding a consistency for teeing up my ball. I even tried the tees with the marks on them and I always felt like sometimes the tee was just a little too high or a little too low. In the last month, I've been finding that if I place my foot on the ground where...

I've been very fortunate this year in that I've been able to play more golf than I ever have in the past. Although I started the year struggling due to a grip change (which I adapted to nicely) and an attempt at changing my swing (which I ultimately bailed on until I can get proper lessons)...

Hey guys... quick question. Just like the title asks... will greens that are exceptionally soft and/or spongy decrease spin on full shots? Last week, I twice played a course close to me that has greens that are both a little shaggy to protect them from the heat, and have a VERY soft base to...