OGputtnfool
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I was waiting for the "feel" players to come rolling in with their condescension and was not surprised it did not take long. If anything the surprise was it taking more than one post. Good for you being so superior to everyone else and making sure they know it, was it great being the cool kid bully in school too?
Feel is something that requires a ton of practice to develop and the person with little to no time to practice who shows up with just time to play is not going to perform well going by feel. Much better to have a mechanical process with numbers they can count on relatively often...I would say the Pelz 4 wedges/4 swing distances/4 distances hit routine is going to suit them much better than some mystical "feel" that requires a lot more time to perfect. And if a person is doing that, yes, shooting the flag makes a ton of sense.
If I know my 1/4 swing 60 degree is 25 yards, my 1/4 swing sw 30 yards, 1/4 swing 50 degree 35 and my 1/4 swing PW is 40 yards...yeah, shooting the flag matters, especially if I am a terrible judge of distances. Furthermore, if I am a terrible judge of distances, going by feel is about the worst thing a person can do.
Hilariously, this year for no apparent reason I switched from the Pelz method to a feel method and, once I stopped shooting the flag, I have found myself in more bunkers/hazards that I used to routinely clear than ever before. On average I am a bit further from the pin. I made the switch because I went back to practicing instead of playing at every opportunity and thought the feel method would work with practice. Unfortunately for me, I have conclusively demonstrated that estimating distances is not my strong suit. I have played with some feel players who were great at it, some feel players who sucked at it. I have played with shoot the flag/be precise people who were great and those who sucked at it. I have no skin in the game which way they go other than enjoying watching a playing partner have a good round.
Upshot is, I am not going to get upset at the person for whom feel works and I am not going to get upset at the person for whom shooting the flag works. But man, the attitudes and condescension of some of the people? Happy to not be part of your foursome. I would much rather enjoy a round with people who are good with the others in the group doing what works for them.
Well said! We should tee it up sometime.