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I feel your pain, was not a good day for me. But that is golf, she is a cruel mistress sometimes.Grenaded a few holes on both 9s to post a 99
I feel your pain, was not a good day for me. But that is golf, she is a cruel mistress sometimes.
At some point it gets kinda like being in the bar at 2:00 am. - sometimes you gotta lower your standards to get what you want.Well there is one course open very close to me. It’s craptapstic and overpriced but open . Might have to settle it’s been about 4 months since I’ve played .
I feel your pain. We've finally gotten calm days the last couple rounds, but before that it was like a month straight of fighting the wind.Got out for yet another craptastic score in the 90s (92) and I'm so f***ing sick of playing in the wind I could vomit. The last three times out the wind has been blowing steady in the 20s with up to 35-40 mph gusts. It's better than no golf at all but I'm absolutely over it,
I remember when I was still consistently shooting in the 100s, I told a friend (better golfer) that I'd be perfectly happy if I could just shoot consistent bogey golf. He said "No you won't". I said I really would, and he said "No, because once you're routinely shooting around 90, you'll be frustrated that you didn't get in the 80s. Once you're consistently shooting in the high 80s, you'll be frustrated that you didn't break 85. Once you're shooting below 85, you'll be frustrated that you can't break 80. It never ends."Now that I have broken 100 the last 3 out of 4 rounds, I am trying to consistently stay under 95 closer to 90. Golf goals can be a challenge. I was too fatigued on my last round which was a 101 as I had two nasty holes that destructed on me and I had three possible birdies that turned into 2 and 3 putts. Oh the shame of it all
I remember when I was still consistently shooting in the 100s, I told a friend (better golfer) that I'd be perfectly happy if I could just shoot consistent bogey golf. He said "No you won't". I said I really would, and he said "No, because once you're routinely shooting around 90, you'll be frustrated that you didn't get in the 80s. Once you're consistently shooting in the high 80s, you'll be frustrated that you didn't break 85. Once you're shooting below 85, you'll be frustrated that you can't break 80. It never ends."
He was right, of course. I've pretty much been at the point that I feel good about any score below 90, but I shot an 86 yesterday and just went "meh" after the round, thinking about all the stupid strokes I left out there. I've broken 80 once, and I was livid last week when I shot an 81 because it was one blow-up hole that kept me from doing it again.
I am definitely happy I am playing in the 90s now. I am sure we always would like to do better.yeah, I thought I'd be happier when I was breaking 100 60-70% of the time and it's just not the case ...not that i'm giving it any extra effort but breaking 95 consistently is the goal now...I think my buddies are happy with my improvement during the 7 months I've been playing, tho.
Started out thinking this was going to be one of those days. Couldn't hit worth a darn. Two balls in the water, one into the woods, three putting, pitching sideways. 57 on the front. ready to pick up and head home. Buddies were joking around, so I stayed. Heaven opened up and showed me how life could be. My swing was almost perfect every shot. 5 pars in a row, almost every green reached in regulation. 3 over for the back - a 38. My best half round in decades. What can I do to repeat?
IMO, it's more than OK, it's almost mandatory.Question for some of the more experienced:
Is it OK to have a steeper downswing angle with my irons than I have with my woods?
I find it much easier to "hit down on the ball" and make consistent contact with my 6i-wedges if I stay a little bit steeper than the plane I take with Driver/3W/3H.
Yup, same hereBTW - mega jealous some of you are still getting out. I'm just "foam balls into a bucket" in the garden.
For those of you who do get out, just imagine that the flagstick and the cup are petri dishes of no-good-ness, just for safety's sake.