Forums

Re: My Last 125 rounds NEED HELP!!!

• rusticrelease 87 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2016 2:53 PM

  9 hole courses...

   

                                     Stroke Avg     Times Played

  St Andrews                 35.91                     40

  Pebble Beach             38.00                     14

  Kiawah Island             38.21                     19

  Oakmont                     38.60                       8

  Pinehurst                    38.64                     12

  Royal St George         37.50                     11

  Congressional            38.60                        4

  Best of Par 5               41.11                      6

  Best of Par 4              38.00                       2

  Famous                      35.33                      3

  Bethpage Black          36.75                       6

   

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2016 3:48 PM

  Your equipment looks fine.

  Looking at your stats, driving is pretty much okay. 

  GIR and Distance to Pin - Ouch.

  Putting doesn't look too good, but the easiest way to improve putting is to knock it closer on approach. Irons is where you need to concentrate. 

  You could do a forum search for wind and elevation tips. 

  There's great info at garypinhunters for a one stop lesson. 

  Unless you have a tremendous memory, it's a good idea to take notes on each hole of each course, ESPECIALLY on those occasions where you actually hit the ding on approach. Some holes flat out lie about distance, or behave strangely as regards elevation. 

  Sample note: #15 BPB - Do normal calcs. Add 4-5 yards. attempt to hit left of flag.

  This has led to a few eagles there, and pretty much guaranteed par. 

  

  Good Luck - Happy Hitting

• mystry78 880 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2016 4:01 PM

  rusticrelease:

  9 hole courses...

   

                                     Stroke Avg     Times Played

  St Andrews                 35.91                     40

  Pebble Beach             38.00                     14

  Kiawah Island             38.21                     19

  Oakmont                     38.60                       8

  Pinehurst                    38.64                     12

  Royal St George         37.50                     11

  Congressional            38.60                        4

  Best of Par 5               41.11                      6

  Best of Par 4              38.00                       2

  Famous                      35.33                      3

  Bethpage Black          36.75                       6

   

  I would trade in those irons for the L80 Nike vapor fly set. They have a much slower meter and more forgiveness also which should help you hit it closer and make more putts.                 Frank

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Fri, Nov 4 2016 4:03 PM

  You're wasting your money and killing yourself trying to play up to that ball. It doesn't forgive the mistakes like the balls that cost 1/2 as much do. Drop to a lesser ball like the 33 Callaway  and play that same amount on those 9 hole courses and you'll see exactly what I mean.  ;-)