Everything Golf

[Pete]

Blow Pig is a douche, but I can get behind this trolling

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I haven't followed the PGA in a spell. Are they trying to recreate the Waste Management hole in Canada?



*edit- never mind, I looked it up.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Blow Pig is a douche, but I can get behind this trolling

Pretty impressive to not only troll the entire crowd but stay composed enough through the heckling to birdie the hole.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Anybody ever dealt with the shanks with their irons? I need to help bad

 

[ReesusCrist]

Anybody ever dealt with the shanks with their irons? I need to help bad

I have too much experience with them at different times, unfortunately. I have a few ideas. Send me a DM and I'd be happy to help.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Anybody ever dealt with the shanks with their irons? I need to help bad

Possibly putting too much weight on your toes causing you to lean in during the swing. Try balancing weight over shoe laces to start and address the ball on the toe side of the club face until you get out of your own head.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Possibly putting too much weight on your toes causing you to lean in during the swing. Try balancing weight over shoe laces to start and address the ball on the toe side of the club face until you get out of your own head.

I was going to say, I'm no swing expert, but when this starts happening to me from time to time, it's usually me being a mental headcase.

Positive swing thoughts go a long way.

 

[Legacy93]

Anybody ever dealt with the shanks with their irons? I need to help bad

The best specific advice I have is to try to swing at 50 or 75% power (half / three-quarters swing) while you also try to watch the ball make contact with the club face. Increase your power from there while still trying to watch the ball make contact with the club face.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Anybody ever dealt with the shanks with their irons? I need to help bad

I've dealt with late season shanks three different times and they were bad enough that I quit playing until the following season. Came back the next spring and they were gone. To this day, I have no idea what happened. Toes and hozzles every single shot. It was the worst.

I'm a bogey-golfer. I usually shoot high 80s to low 90s. Top form for me is low 80s. I've never broken 80 but shot 80 on the nose twice. Last time I played out of my mind, shot an 80...couldn't wait to get back out....only to experience shanks like never before. I have a love/hate relationship with golf.

 

[pumpdog20]

80s 90s... stop fucking bragging.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

80s 90s... stop fucking bragging.

I mean...I ain't no Jimmy 3 Putt.

 

[rtrn2glory]

I've dealt with late season shanks three different times and they were bad enough that I quit playing until the following season. Came back the next spring and they were gone. To this day, I have no idea what happened. Toes and hozzles every single shot. It was the worst.

I'm a bogey-golfer. I usually shoot high 80s to low 90s. Top form for me is low 80s. I've never broken 80 but shot 80 on the nose twice. Last time I played out of my mind, shot an 80...couldn't wait to get back out....only to experience shanks like never before. I have a love/hate relationship with golf.

Literally looking in the mirror with me man lol. I should've picked up disc golf during COVID instead. Way cheaper!!

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I mean...I ain't no Jimmy 3 Putt.

Everyone sucks at golf. You just suck more than me.


Jokes aside, 80's is good golf!
Those of you struggling with your swings, stop keeping score. That number is the only thing stopping you from having fun on the bad days!

 

[Irish2155]

Everyone sucks at golf. You just suck more than me.


Jokes aside, 80's is good golf!
Those of you struggling with your swings, stop keeping score. That number is the only thing stopping you from having fun on the bad days!

Drink plenty of beer too. My game seems to improve after about 4 or 5 cold ones.

 

[pumpdog20]

Everyone sucks at golf. You just suck more than me.


Jokes aside, 80's is good golf!
Those of you struggling with your swings, stop keeping score. That number is the only thing stopping you from having fun on the bad days!

Yes! People ask me "how I did". No clue, but that ball was going in the air (always left or right, never straight), so it was a good day. Topping the ball, or chunking the shit out of the ground, is my thing that gets me pissed.

 

[BeauBenken]

Drink plenty of beer too. My game seems to improve after about 4 or 5 cold ones.

Maybe beer, but I have been finding out lately that the double vodkas are wrecking my game.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Drink plenty of beer too. My game seems to improve after about 4 or 5 cold ones.

I'm one of the few people that a couple beers doesn't help. I find myself swinging way too hard. Any strategy or technique go out the window too.
I'll grab a few beers at the turn if I'm 4 or more over. The back nine of my course is brutally hard and I need to be in the 30's to have any chance at breaking 75.

 

[ReesusCrist]

I'm one of the few people that a couple beers doesn't help. I find myself swinging way too hard. Any strategy or technique go out the window too.
I'll grab a few beers at the turn if I'm 4 or more over. The back nine of my course is brutally hard and I need to be in the 30's to have any chance at breaking 75.

I'm starting to think your username might be sandbagging...

 

[Irish2155]

Maybe beer, but I have been finding out lately that the double vodkas are wrecking my game.

I save those for the clubhouse after the round.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I'm starting to think your username might be sandbagging...

I bought a LAB a couple years ago. Now it's Jimmy2.5Putt!

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Everyone sucks at golf. You just suck more than me.


Jokes aside, 80's is good golf!
Those of you struggling with your swings, stop keeping score. That number is the only thing stopping you from having fun on the bad days!

On days where I’m not feeling it…I don’t keep score. I just keep track of how many balls I lose. If I can play 18 without a losing a ball…it’s been a good day. lol

 

[ReesusCrist]

I bought a LAB a couple years ago. Now it's Jimmy2.5Putt!

Mr Money Bags over here! I have wanted to try one, but I've been worried I would like it so much I would want to buy one. I am too emotionally invested in the Scotty I have had since high school to take that risk.

 

[ulukinatme]

I regularly shoot 80s....180s that is.

 

[Fbolt]

Just picked up golf after a 30-year hiatus. Pulled out my Tommy Armour 854 Silver Scot irons, cleaned them up, and started swinging again. It's been about a month-took a few lessons to get some kinks out (learning an outside-in swing), hitting solidly, and thinking about Takomo's to get with the times and start playing a bit more.

 

[Wild Bill]

Just picked up golf after a 30-year hiatus. Pulled out my Tommy Armour 854 Silver Scot irons, cleaned them up, and started swinging again. It's been about a month-took a few lessons to get some kinks out (learning an outside-in swing), hitting solidly, and thinking about Takomo's to get with the times and start playing a bit more.

The legs and body should be pretty fresh after 3 decades of rest and recovery.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Mr Money Bags over here! I have wanted to try one, but I've been worried I would like it so much I would want to buy one. I am too emotionally invested in the Scotty I have had since high school to take that risk.

My putting was a huge weakness. After years of struggles I figured out a pre round drill to help with distance control and the LAB puts it on my line 90% of the time. The read is still on me though.

 

[ab2cmiller]

My putting was a huge weakness. After years of struggles I figured out a pre round drill to help with distance control and the LAB puts it on my line 90% of the time. The read is still on me though.

So now it's Jimmy2Putt?

 

[Fbolt]

The legs and body should be pretty fresh after 3 decades of rest and recovery.

The crap my body has gone through....

 

[BleedBlueGold]

My putting was a huge weakness. After years of struggles I figured out a pre round drill to help with distance control and the LAB puts it on my line 90% of the time. The read is still on me though.

What's the drill? And does it translate to various types of courses with different tiers of greenskeeping? I recently took my 7yr old son to a "goat ranch" out in the middle of no where just for fun and so he can learn the game. Greens were like shag carpet. Next weekend I played a much nicer course and I kept crushing the ball past the hole. My pre-round putting practice is usually all feelz so I struggle with consistency. (You all got me eager to play so I went out again last night and had a chip in and drained a 40 foot putt. Golf is great!)

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

What's the drill? And does it translate to various types of courses with different tiers of greenskeeping? I recently took my 7yr old son to a "goat ranch" out in the middle of no where just for fun and so he can learn the game. Greens were like shag carpet. Next week weekend I played a much nicer course and I kept crushing the ball past the hole. My pre-round putting practice is usually all feelz so I struggle with consistency. (You all got me eager to play so I went out again last night and had a chip in and drained a 40 foot putt. Golf is great!)

I struggled with distance control. So now every stroke I make my follow through as long as my back swing.

Pre round I’ll find the flattest part of the practice green and I’ll start hitting putts.
I’ll start big toe to big toe and walk it off.
Then middle of foot to middle of foot.
Pinky toe to pinky toe
Six inches past foot six inches past foot
Etc etc. I’ll then make notes on my phone on how far they rolled out.

Then when I’m out on the course I walk off every putt before hitting and refer back to my practice chart. Add or subtract when needed if there’s slope.

It’s not an exact science, but it puts it in a three foot circle most of the time and takes away the guessing.