Golf

[SaburoS]

^ ^ ^ What he said.

Develop good habits and practice. Spend the money on lessons, not equipment.
Drive for show, put for dough.
Your practice/lessons should start closest to the cup and work out from there (putter, wedges, irons, woods, in that order).
Your score will be better.

[red26]

I was thinking about that

[RedTop]

Red,

Lessons are important. But to much info to fast will be way to confusing. As I said above , take a lesson but you MUST dedicate time to that lesson. If you go and take a lesson on say , your driver , and you spend 30 minutes on the range for the week practicing what you were told , chances are your not getting it. Very few people can do what a teacher tells them with in a few hours or days or maybe weeks.

Your skill level will only get to what YOU put into it. Play 18 holes a week and never hit balls , then unless your a freak of nature or have some SERIOUS natural ability , you'll shoot high scores.

Clubs do not make you play better. They can help with mis-hits but to make you "Play" better , nope...wont happen. The right fit and the right shaft and loads of practice will help. There are NO shortcuts here.

I'll give you my typical routine when I am lets say getting ready for the club championship. Lets say the tournament is Saturday and Sunday of a week.

On Monday before , I hit 2 buckets of balls at least , play 18 holes , and spend 1 hours putting.

Tuesday , I hit balls , play 9 holes , and spend a couple of hours on the short game. Chipping and pitching from around the greens to say 70 yards out. I spend time in the practice bunker hitting bunker shots as well.

Wednesday I hit balls play 9 holes MAYBE depending on how I'm hitting it. IF I am hitting hit pretty well I may just play 9 and spend time putting again.

Thursday....Hit balls and play 18 holes and scope pin placements out. Get the speed of the greens good and putt around different spots on the greens to figure out breaks I may have forgotten.

Friday...Hit balls.....Chip and Putt....hit bunker shots....hit pitch shots and call it a day early as to not be tired for the 2 day tournament.

Normal days...no tournaments....I hit a bucket before I play...if time allows I hit another bucket AFTER I play and putt. If I still have time I go to the short game area and finish up there.

Some days I spend 3 to 4 hours just hitting balls and working on my short game.

Give Tiger woods an ole beat up set of golf clubs and he could beat almost anyone in the world. GIve most everyone else the best set of clubs made , and they cant beat thier previous round by 3 shots.

Got it?

[JBA]

practice, practice, practice, practice.


its a repetitive motion skill. Go to the driving range and hit balls , and then do it again, again, again.  

I've been playing 30 years, and you can't practice enough to ever be really good.  

Get yourself to a skill level where you can enjoy the day out on the course, without pissing yourself off, walking around in the woods.

Good luck to you and hers to "Keeping it long and straight"  

[red26]

I understand the practice thing to up most. Its like when I was on a rifle team we practiced till we were blue in the faces. And when I was in the service we practice everything till we were flawless from marching to jumping out of C-130's I have some friends that are going to help me out on the practice stuff they are going to pay for me some lessons. And the older guy at work is going to help me  out some too.

RED26:aok

[Tigeress]

Originally posted by AWMac
What????

I was talking club....

See?  Only a woman would think of sex if someone said "Woody".

I bet you chuckle deep inside when you hear the words "Tiger Woods".

I see where yer mind is at now.



Mac

no comment hahahahahaha

TIGERESS

[Halo]

Impressive posts, Tigeress, you seem to really know your stuff.

Nevertheless, I subscribe to the old quote, "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

Golf is okay, but mainly a refuge for the wealthy, and getting pricier all the time.  Like most sports, it helps the economy by spawning a never-ending succession of must-have latest equipment.  

For Type A's, golf is good honing.  For people just looking to relax and keep fit, can't beat a nice walk or hike without all the aggravation of those unnatural golf movements whose only practical parallel is sickling weeds.

Golf could be much more impressive competition if all the carts, caddies, distance markers, GPS devices, and similar comforts were eliminated or at least relegated to lesser categories of competition.

For real ultimate golf championships, wouldn't you love to see tournaments where golfers had to walk the course and carry their own equipment and rely totally on their own skills in every aspect?  That might spawn a genuine revolution in lighter and more effective equipment, and certainly result in much more impressive champions of total fitness, skill, and capability.

[BigGun]

Lessons are important, but as Redtop stated, practice & hit often. This year I made it a goal to get better at golf & also a goal to play 100 rounds. Right now I am at 82, been busy lately so have been slowing down. Handicap has dropped from about 18 to 11.5, goal right now is to get it below 10. I think it is possible, just need to practice. Even when I don't play in a week, I try to stop at club and hit balls a few times a week. It might just be stopping by and hitting chips for an hour on the way home from work. Big difference if you practice and hit golf balls at least 3 times a week, no less. I ended up joining a golf club a few years ago. At first seemed like a bit of money, but now it is great because the more I play, the less my average round costs. Plus now I take my kids out often. On a Saturday afternoon the wife is now saying, honey you ought to take the kids out and play golf. Loads of fun.

[Shaky]

Originally posted by RedTop
Hi Mark

Carts are more of a time thing than any thing. I used to and sometimes still do walk alot. But with time usually being the culprit and people being so impatient anymore , golf carts just speed things up a bit.

Walking the course is really the best way to play. I have a pull cart and when I'm not pressed for time I walk. Alot of the time even when I'm riding with a bud or someone that was a pickup , I walk and let them drive the cart. I pretty much know what I will be hitting within a club or 2 so I take 2 or 3 with me to the next shot.

If I don't have the right one I get them to bring it to me. But generally I am right.

Its great exercise to walk the course. Pull your clubs along and enjoy the day. Hard to beat!!!!!!

Carts are not a time thing, they're a money thing. 2 golfers walking can play faster than 2 golfers in one cart. The longest time between shots is after the tee shot, and if you are playing behind another group, you usually need to wait for em to be done on the green anyways

New golfers...get a carry bag...preferably a stand bag. You won't regret it.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Shaky
Carts are not a time thing, they're a money thing. 2 golfers walking can play faster than 2 golfers in one cart.  

Unless the golfers are fat and/or old and/or drunk.



This is the only reasonable use for a Segway, although they are still way too expensive.

[RedTop]

Well there are certainly more golfers here than I had thought.

Anyway....I think carts are faster...But I have no stats or data to prove it nor do I care either way.

I think walking is the best way to play and love to do it. Just a time thing with me.

Red you pretty much have the answers I would think you were looking for so I'll say good luck. If your ever coming towards Austin Tx. and have some time to play , PM me and I'll try to hook up woth you to play a round.

Best of luck in your new found game.....Hit em straight and have a good time.

[Tigeress]

Originally posted by Halo
Impressive posts, Tigeress, you seem to really know your stuff.

Nevertheless, I subscribe to the old quote, "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

Golf is okay, but mainly a refuge for the wealthy, and getting pricier all the time.  Like most sports, it helps the economy by spawning a never-ending succession of must-have latest equipment.  

For Type A's, golf is good honing.  For people just looking to relax and keep fit, can't beat a nice walk or hike without all the aggravation of those unnatural golf movements whose only practical parallel is sickling weeds.

Golf could be much more impressive competition if all the carts, caddies, distance markers, GPS devices, and similar comforts were eliminated or at least relegated to lesser categories of competition.

For real ultimate golf championships, wouldn't you love to see tournaments where golfers had to walk the course and carry their own equipment and rely totally on their own skills in every aspect?  That might spawn a genuine revolution in lighter and more effective equipment, and certainly result in much more impressive champions of total fitness, skill, and capability.

Thank you for your kind words Halo,

I wish golf were not so expensive... It is so much fun and a lot of people are prevented from enjoying it on the cost basis... really too bad.
Golf was meant to be enjoyed.

I believe in sharing knowledge... not hording it. That business about supination blew me away when I learned how to do it. And what blew me away even more is how it seems to be such a dang secret.

I see you are a purist, nothing wrong with that. I would like to see a professional tournament done completely as it was say in the late forties... same equipment, attire, and rules... nothing of the modern age at all.

Just to see... and to possibly show... that today’s extremely expensive and prolific equipment plays such a non-critical part in the game.
It would be sooo cool. I would pay to see that!

Only things the pro-golfers would get would be what was available in say 1945-1949.

I am pretty sure Tiger Woods could win a tournament today with the same set of clubs Ben Hogen used in his day.

The golf ball is much improved though.

One of the things I admired about Payne Stewart was his love of the history of golf. And he was sooo handsome in his golf outfit.

Who is the coolest looking guy in this photo? Payne Stewart!!!


I cried my eyes out when he died... I had such a crush on him.

TIGERESS

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Tigeress

I see you are a purist, nothing wrong with that. I would like to see a professional tournament done completely as it was say in the late forties... same equipment, attire, and rules... nothing of the modern age at all.

I am NOT a golfer. Never had any interest in it other then on my computer screen,
but I wholeheartedly agree with this statement in this and just about any other sport.
Particularly when people start throwing around claims of "Best ever."

When really its only the best for their time period. Be it Golf, Baseball, football,racing 0r whatever.
alot of the current greats couldnt compete with alot of the historical greats and vice verse.

[RedTop]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
I am NOT a golfer. Never had any interest in it other then on my computer screen,
but I wholeheartedly agree with this statement in this and just about any other sport.
Particularly when people start throwing around claims of "Best ever."

When really its only the best for their time period. Be it Golf, Baseball, football,racing 0r whatever.
alot of the current greats couldnt compete with alot of the historical greats and vice verse.

Trust me Dred.....

When you hear the name Tiger and the words Greatest of all time....They are true.

Unless something happens to him he will be Golfs First Billionaire.

He is the number 1 player in the world for a reason...and I believe he will stay that way for quite some time to come. The only reason Vijay Singh ever passed him was due to outside influences away from golf.

Tiger is...and will be for a long time , the greatest ever.

I also might add...that until this past year I was NEVER a tiger fan. I'm not by any means a Tiger nut , but I have become a fan. He's matured , learned some humility , toned down his cockiness and generally seems to be becomeing more of what I like in a professional golfer.

I enjoy watching him play now. Where as before I just didn't really like the guy so I didn't watch him much.

I enjoy watching guys closer to my age. Champions Tour. The O'Mearas , Funks , Langers , Slumans. The older guys I watched growing up. Trevino , Palmer , Nicklaus, Player and others.

Tiger will break all the records.....set new ones they come up with and by the time he is done , the bar will be higher than it has ever been before.

[DREDIOCK]

Maybe he is. and maybe he aint.
I am certainly not in a position to judge one way or the other then to say we wont know for certain untill he plays a game with the older less scientifically designed equipment and by the old rules (assuming they are different)

Just for chuckles I looked this up and thought you all might find it interesting

Golf Ball Hitory

I say we go back to the wooden balls of the 1550's LOL