jjfcpa
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Admittedly, I'm not a long hitter... I'm 69 years old but absolutely love the challenge of the game after picking it up less than 2 years ago.
I'm at the 17th hole at the Mohave Golf Resort in Laughlin, NV. It's 118 to the middle of the green over water. I hit my 8 iron about 110 - 120 so I grab it and hit a shot. Didn't want to hit it too hard because the flag is only 3 paces on from the edge of the retaining wall and the water.
Came up short and plunk, 5 feet short into the water. Since I was playing by myself, I thought, I'm not going to the drop zone, I'm going to put this ball on the green.
Grabbed another ball and said to myself, you've got to hit it a little more flush. Hit another ball and it was 40 feet past the hole. WTF?
I have difficulty determining just how hard I should hit approach shots into the green. Any trick to getting it just right or is golf just a "hit or miss" kind of game. The problem is, I come up short much more often than long, so what should I do differently?
I'm at the 17th hole at the Mohave Golf Resort in Laughlin, NV. It's 118 to the middle of the green over water. I hit my 8 iron about 110 - 120 so I grab it and hit a shot. Didn't want to hit it too hard because the flag is only 3 paces on from the edge of the retaining wall and the water.
Came up short and plunk, 5 feet short into the water. Since I was playing by myself, I thought, I'm not going to the drop zone, I'm going to put this ball on the green.
Grabbed another ball and said to myself, you've got to hit it a little more flush. Hit another ball and it was 40 feet past the hole. WTF?
I have difficulty determining just how hard I should hit approach shots into the green. Any trick to getting it just right or is golf just a "hit or miss" kind of game. The problem is, I come up short much more often than long, so what should I do differently?