Fubar057:
LOL u will never get a truthful answer. All u will get is to practice more, I've played close to 1500 total games and have never got close to that score either.
12 months ago I was the same as you and I wondered how people shot low scores too so I started taking notes - not just how far the ball went but where to land on the green, where to avoid, how to play the bunkers and rough and fescue and slopes and wind. Where to aim so if I miss the ding I still have a birdie putt.
I played practice games over and over and over again and if I get stumped by something I still go back and play that hole over and over and over again until I figure it out.
Like the bunker on Congressional 4 I must have replayed that hole 50 or 60 times and now I know if I miss the approach shot or hit the invisible tree and drop in there I can still get a birdie a lot of the time.
I only have 1675 ranked rounds but if I included all the practice rounds and practice holes and restarted rounds I would guess maybe 4000.
12 months on after spending way too much time, effort and money I am not the best player here by a long way but if the tees and the wind and the meter is right I can sometimes hit those low scores.
12 months on you are still playing alt shot from the short tees - that's your choice and I don't have a problem with that.
If you think "Practice more" is a lie, where do you think you will be in another 12 months ?