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On June 26 2011 23:15 micronesia wrote:
Thanks for the advice veryone.
Bortlett: you aren't the first to recommend to me that the majority of practice should be short game (ex: thedeadhaji). Ironically, I'm reasonably happy with my short game right now. What bothers me far more is unexpected mishits during the long game ._.
I'm off to my lesson... we'll see how things go! Also one of these days I need to renew my membership for maintaining a handicap.
Just to be sure, the next round you play, you should count how many strokes you spend on your short game (<100 yards) vs. the long. That way you know for sure how much your spending in different parts of your game.
It does vary though, there are definitely times where your long game is killing you, such as when you're losing balls or hitting in hazards or OB. What happens though is that people *only* hit balls day after day and never work on anything else and wonder why they don't get better. It's like bronze players working only on micro (because it's sexy to have good micro) instead of good macro, which is less "interesting".
Have fun at your lesson  !
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While warming up a bit before my lesson my left middle finger's second knuckle was hurting me which made me realize I was probably squeezing too tight with my right hand (I'm a righty using the interlocking grip). Worked it a bit and got my left knuckle to not hurt anymore when I swung the club, then right near the end of my lesson I unexpectedly hurt my neck while swinging my three wood... god damn there's always something. Gonna go ice it.
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I used to enjoy a nice round of golf. Then a friend of mine convinced me to play 18 at Whistling Straits. I had never felt more ashamed of my game. I got absolutely destroyed by that course and have been demoralized since. This was several years ago and I hardly play anymore because of the horrible memories. It's like Vietnam flashbacks when I grab a club now.
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Golf is a hard game to play at a high level. In order to be able to get your handicap lower like the other poster said is to work on your short game and then learn to develop a golf swing. If you are able to get the ball around the green then get it up and down most of the time you will see your scores lower. When I practice for a tournament I usually spend 60 or 70 percent of my time chipping and putting, then the other time hitting balls. Just remember pros have hit millions of golf balls. Think of how much time it takes to hit that many balls! You will not get close to that number in 1 year, but you will be able to develop a deadly short game that will get you up and down from a trash can in that time.
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ARGG I don't know what I did but my neck is annoying the hell out of me. It doesn't bother me when I don't move, but whenever I move my head in any direction it bothers me... WTF DID I DO?
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You could see a doctor, but I would bet you just pulled a muscle. It happens, the golf swing is torture on the human body.
I pulled an intercostal muscle once (a muscle in between your ribs) and it was brutal. I was out for over a month. Felt like being stabbed any time I took a deep breath.
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Yea I'm pretty sure I just pulled something... hopefully by tomorrow I'll feel a lot better.
I'm learning the course via videogame lol... working out pretty well. I almost have all the holes more or less memorized... now for the REAL LIFE training once I feel better.
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I stopped playing a couple years ago so unfortunately I don't have much advice to offer but I'd just like to say congrats at getting the opportunity to play on such a prestigious course.
Also yeah that definitely sounds like a pulled muscle in your neck, it should just gradually get better as you move it around.
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On June 27 2011 10:13 Rasun wrote:I stopped playing a couple years ago so unfortunately I don't have much advice to offer but I'd just like to say congrats at getting the opportunity to play on such a prestigious course. Also yeah that definitely sounds like a pulled muscle in your neck, it should just gradually get better as you move it around.
Just to be clear, I am playing the black course because other people want/need me to go with them. Theoretically if I wanted to I could play it all the time... lol.
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Yea... neck is still bothering me. This type of crap (not neck, but just something gets hurt in general) happens whenever I decide I'm going to get serious about golf.
Ughh.. guess I'm gonna have to see a doctor... problem with a sore neck is anything you do (including sleep seems to make it worse).
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Update if anyone is still following/cares: as the morning went on my neck felt a lot better so I'm going to just hold off and try not to sleep on my stomach tonight. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow!
I also went to the driving range this afternoon... I stuck to my short irons because I didn't want to overdo it.
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Good luck, I find this discussion very interesting and informative! Sounds like you've just been invited to play streetball at Rucker park with the regulars though youre an average basketball player
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my best drives are 250-275, and i can really only get that far when i am trying to get that far. and 75% of the time i try to get that far i hook it way right or fuck it up, that course sounds like a nightmare to me.
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Make sure that your swing is perfect every time and that you are gripping the club properly. Also, you shouldn't have to 4 putt everything, just ask the pro to help read the green properly and then to line your putt up properly. I found it helpful to have my pro take videos of me swinging and putting to make sure my form is immaculate. I went from shooting 100+ on 18 down to 80 in the last 6 months doing that. Also, go golfing once a week if possible, preferably somewhere that does not cost you an arm and a leg lol.
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On June 30 2011 07:10 j0k3r wrote:Good luck, I find this discussion very interesting and informative! Sounds like you've just been invited to play streetball at Rucker park with the regulars though youre an average basketball player
Rucker Park is SRS BSNZ.
To the OP: I know nothing about golf but I still read all this stuff y'all said about practising and whatnot (gold is a hard game is what I get from it).
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On June 30 2011 09:24 Entropic wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2011 07:10 j0k3r wrote:Good luck, I find this discussion very interesting and informative! Sounds like you've just been invited to play streetball at Rucker park with the regulars though youre an average basketball player Rucker Park is SRS BSNZ. To the OP: I know nothing about golf but I still read all this stuff y'all said about practising and whatnot (gold is a hard game is what I get from it).
Golf is fairly difficult. I played exactly once, it was a blast, I got drunk, and I had a good reason not to be at work. Can ya beat it?
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How good are the people you're playing with?
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On June 30 2011 11:30 XXGeneration wrote:
How good are the people you're playing with?
Not good enough to play on the course probably lol (well my friend for sure... other two I don't know... I'd guess they are almost but not quite good enough to justify playing there).
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Update: This morning I woke up at 5am in extreme pain because of how I had shifted in my sleep ._.
Eventually got back to sleep for a few hours; felt much better after breakfast-time.
Went to a golf lesson; took it easy and only used irons but made some progress. Apparently I was hitting them fine up to about 7-8 iron, but with a 6 I wasn't getting a good ball flight. After some work we realized I wasn't opening the club early enough on the upswing, and when starting to close it too aggresively/early on the downswing, causing my face to be slightly closed when it contacted the ball. This was giving me a path that was lower than I wanted. Just as the lesson was coming to a close I was getting a higher ball flight... was still getting a somewhat significant draw, but my pro said that concerns him much less on a high trajectory than it did on a low trajectory... plus I purposefully hit a slight draw anyway.
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