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09-18-2012 , 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta8
finally broke 80

congratulations!!

what was the key to breaking 80? and what was the skills progression (so to speak)??

i find that i improve one area but another area worsens. also, my home course probably has a third very difficult, a third very easy and the rest in the middle more than most other courses. i've started to tame the very hard holes but holes i'd tamed categories in the other 2 categories are now blowup holes. very frustrating (friend thinks it's concentration on tough holes)
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09-18-2012 , 06:35 PM
a few things have helped me:

most important was lessons fixing my weak slice swing, i now hit it farther and straighter. also i learned how to hit knockdown shots with high spin which has helped me a ton from 100 yards and in

i just got a new driver, 3 wood and hybrid, which has helped me a ton off the tee both in terms of distance and consistency

i've also played a ton, so i have a good feel around the greens (usually) and i know the courses i play and where to avoid

plus, the course i broke 80 on is par 70 with a 65.8 rating, so play easy courses!
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09-18-2012 , 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta8
finally broke 80

nice round, strong back 9.
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09-19-2012 , 12:02 PM
Scramble yesterday (LOL at me being the "A" player). Shot -5 for nine, good for 4th place. Didn't putt real well, otherwise played solid.
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09-19-2012 , 08:43 PM
+6 for five holes. Leagues end this week so I might be able to get out earlier.
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09-19-2012 , 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox
Scramble yesterday (LOL at me being the "A" player). Shot -5 for nine, good for 4th place. Didn't putt real well, otherwise played solid.
you would be the A player in like 95% of the scrambles i've played, and -5 though 9 would probably win most of the scambles i've played
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09-19-2012 , 10:45 PM
are you guys playing in scrambles where almost everyone is a single digit HC? i always hear people mention ridiculously low scores when they talk about scambles they play in but whenever i play in them each group is usually a couple absolutely terrible guys and one or two dudes who are maybe high single, low double digit and the winning score is 10-12 under
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09-19-2012 , 11:05 PM
Forgot to post my 47-47=94 from yesterday. Played like total ass. Blade/topped about three 4-irons off the tee, yanked an 8 iron from the middle of the fairway OB, and couldn't putt on the front nine to save my life. Other than that it was great except for the part where I had no idea where the ball was going.
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09-20-2012 , 05:55 PM
86 today, putting was AIDS again except for luckboxing a 40 footer, really need to work on that
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09-20-2012 , 08:39 PM
33 (par 29). 7.5 holes. Finished strong.

Nearly had my worst golf nightmare (non-injury division) take place. On the last par 3 my shot grazed the edge of the cup and ended up six inches behind it. I was playing by myself and would not have had a witness.

I've never had a hole in one.

Last edited by Booker Wolfbox; 09-20-2012 at 08:46 PM.
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09-20-2012 , 08:45 PM
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are you guys playing in scrambles where almost everyone is a single digit HC? i always hear people mention ridiculously low scores when they talk about scambles they play in but whenever i play in them each group is usually a couple absolutely terrible guys and one or two dudes who are maybe high single, low double digit and the winning score is 10-12 under
I play more club events than charity scrambles, so the caliber of player is a bit higher imo. Local knowledge is also a factor - I play with a 12, an 18 and a woman who is about a 32 iirc and we've posted -14 and -11 at home. Same group on another course and we've been -4 and -3.
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09-22-2012 , 02:07 PM
Been playing every weekend with old irons. A PGA pro at DICK's just sold me a new set of Callaway Diablo Edge-R Composite Irons....heading over to play 9 at the local country....will report back... lol
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09-22-2012 , 05:30 PM
Shot a 44....made birdie on 9 ...a par five.. These clubs just added yardage ....hitting my PW 150.......not really sure what I'm supposed to do throttle down the distance..
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09-22-2012 , 07:35 PM


chipping/putting wasn't very good, solid other than that
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09-22-2012 , 07:38 PM
37-43-80 this morning. 40-44-84 this afternoon. 1 birdie no doubles AM, no birdies 1 double PM.

Wind came up this afternoon and conditions were a lot tougher (despite moving up a set of tees). Otherwise the common thread was short game AIDS. I don't think I got up and down once this morning. Chipping was so-so, putting speed was good but nothing went in.
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09-22-2012 , 07:54 PM
36, booker?

damn.

it took 5.5 hours for me to play 18, courses get so crowded around here.
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09-22-2012 , 08:08 PM
Yeah. I don't play 36 often other than on vacation, but I felt like it today. About 3.5 hours for each round, the crappy weather forecast probably scared quite a few people away. Tomorrow should be an absolute death march since there is supposed to be a huge outing taking up most of the course.
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09-23-2012 , 10:53 AM
played a great course (although the greens were way too slow) and kind of ruined it with bad play, i didn't even feel like myself on the front 9 my swing and ball flight were completely different than usual and i had a few really bad mi****s (short chunky or shank)

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09-23-2012 , 02:46 PM
broke 100 by 2 shots for the first time
taylormade burner rescue now my fav club smash it all day
putting was terribad, was on most par 4 greens in 3 but with too many 3 putts, even a 4putt
couldnt read the greens as sand slow ball down and it was tilting. over/under adjusting
gir x 4, probably a record for me
FIRAT BIRDIE EVER
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09-23-2012 , 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark89er
broke 100 by 2 shots for the first time
taylormade burner rescue now my fav club smash it all day
putting was terribad, was on most par 4 greens in 3 but with too many 3 putts, even a 4putt
couldnt read the greens as sand slow ball down and it was tilting. over/under adjusting
gir x 4, probably a record for me
FIRAT BIRDIE EVER
i played sanded greens recently.very frustrating altho got a break on the green fee.

probably should be max 2 putts from 20 feet. max 3 putt from anywhere.

also, first bounce on chips (and to lesser extent pitches) depends on how much sand it landed on. either checks or skips. no in-between i found.
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09-23-2012 , 06:36 PM


putting was horrible, great off the tee though
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09-23-2012 , 07:42 PM
44-44-88. A perfectly symetrical round of 100% pure suck.
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09-24-2012 , 04:23 PM


broke 80 again, also holed an 8 iron from the fairway on 9

wind was blowing pretty hard, made things tough, short game was really good though
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09-25-2012 , 09:58 PM
39 (par 37). Nothing too exciting.
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09-26-2012 , 12:40 PM
36-40 for a smooth 76. Really thought I was in for a close to even round after the front nine but I went in the drink on both water holes on my course, then three-putted 18. Still losing my driver to the right too often. Only bright spot on the back was the par three 12th, which was a 175-yard shot over water to a well-bunkered green that I hit 7-iron to about three feet and just missed the ace.

Putting was killer, all day, though. Still using my Phil Mickelson-style claw grip and had 13 putts on the front and 18 on the back.
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