rbarthle17
One-length advocate
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2 weeks away from this!
I played my dad in match play yesterday. He is a former scratch golfer whose long game has plummeted due to age and a bad back. But get a wedge and putter in his hands and he is still dangerous. I gave him 9 strokes for this match. He was playing the senior tees and I was playing the blues.
My atrocious tee game made it impossible to take advantage of my length, I was hitting recovery shots for second shots all day long. Meanwhile my dad had a better day with his long clubs than he has had in a while. This resulted in my inability to take advantage of the holes that I was not giving strokes on, and working as hard as I could to push the holes he was getting strokes on. In the end I lost 3&2.
My lesson learned is that when giving strokes you have to take advantage of the holes you are starting even on. In this case that was 50% of the holes. Giving up strokes can seem daunting but it rarely will ever be more than half the holes you play.
I played my dad in match play yesterday. He is a former scratch golfer whose long game has plummeted due to age and a bad back. But get a wedge and putter in his hands and he is still dangerous. I gave him 9 strokes for this match. He was playing the senior tees and I was playing the blues.
My atrocious tee game made it impossible to take advantage of my length, I was hitting recovery shots for second shots all day long. Meanwhile my dad had a better day with his long clubs than he has had in a while. This resulted in my inability to take advantage of the holes that I was not giving strokes on, and working as hard as I could to push the holes he was getting strokes on. In the end I lost 3&2.
My lesson learned is that when giving strokes you have to take advantage of the holes you are starting even on. In this case that was 50% of the holes. Giving up strokes can seem daunting but it rarely will ever be more than half the holes you play.