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Date: 28 Sep 2006 13:06:37
From: Larry Bud
Subject: A lot to be said about hitting it in the fairway
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Took the day off on this blustery autumn day to play 36 at my home
course (72.3/135). Deer on every hole, nobody around, it was great.
I was without a driver today, however, as the 905T went back to
Titleist to get a new head (broken face), so I only had my beloved
4-wood Warbird to tee off with. Oldest thing in my bag, except for
that package of cheese crackers at the bottom ;-)
In 36 holes, I was 25 of 28 in Fairways hit, and shot 75-77 with
horrible putting, even though I had only 28 in the first round and 32
in the 2nd. 3 3-putts in the 36 holes, and I didn't putt any in for
bird, even though I hit > 50% greens. I did chip 2 in, however!
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Date: 29 Sep 2006 07:48:15
From: Alan Illeman
Subject: Re: A lot to be said about hitting it in the fairway
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"Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com > wrote in message news:1159473996.982413.309410@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Took the day off on this blustery autumn day to play 36 at my home
> course (72.3/135). Deer on every hole, nobody around, it was great.
>
> I was without a driver today, however, as the 905T went back to
> Titleist to get a new head (broken face), so I only had my beloved
> 4-wood Warbird to tee off with. Oldest thing in my bag, except for
> that package of cheese crackers at the bottom ;-)
>
> In 36 holes, I was 25 of 28 in Fairways hit, and shot 75-77 with
> horrible putting, even though I had only 28 in the first round and 32
> in the 2nd. 3 3-putts in the 36 holes, and I didn't putt any in for
> bird, even though I hit > 50% greens. I did chip 2 in, however!
It's true. Left my driver in the car last Monday and used 5w or 7w
off the tee. Played each hole for bogey like on a par5 allowing 4
shots to reach the green making sure I stayed in the fairway, and
hoping that I could get away with just one putt, and if I couldn't,
that bogey was ok. My friends initially scoffed at this tactic but
had to eat their words when I came in with the best score on the
front and secondbest on the back.
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Date: 29 Sep 2006 12:01:54
From: Howard Brazee
Subject: Re: A lot to be said about hitting it in the fairway
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Tomorrow is our Men's Club fire drill tournament, with "funny"
requirements at each hole:
http://www.broadlandsmensclub.com/bmc_firedrill.pdf
What will be interesting are the holes where we are forced to use
mid-irons - to see what the average scores are compared to normal.
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Date: 30 Sep 2006 09:22:10
From: Alan Illeman
Subject: Re: A lot to be said about hitting it in the fairway
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"Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net > wrote in message news:vl2qh2h19nbr23ht818jgnk2dred20vhbq@4ax.com...
> Tomorrow is our Men's Club fire drill tournament, with "funny"
> requirements at each hole:
> http://www.broadlandsmensclub.com/bmc_firedrill.pdf
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> What will be interesting are the holes where we are forced to use
> mid-irons - to see what the average scores are compared to normal.
They're not 'funny', they're weird 8^) Sounds like you guys are tired
of golf.
Alan
--
Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the
nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all. "
[John Maynard Keynes]
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Date: 28 Sep 2006 18:27:10
From: Kevin D. Timm
Subject: Re: A lot to be said about hitting it in the fairway
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Larry Bud wrote:
>
> Took the day off on this blustery autumn day to play 36 at my home
> course (72.3/135). Deer on every hole, nobody around, it was great.
>
> I was without a driver today, however, as the 905T went back to
> Titleist to get a new head (broken face), so I only had my beloved
> 4-wood Warbird to tee off with. Oldest thing in my bag, except for
> that package of cheese crackers at the bottom ;-)
>
> In 36 holes, I was 25 of 28 in Fairways hit, and shot 75-77 with
> horrible putting, even though I had only 28 in the first round and 32
> in the 2nd. 3 3-putts in the 36 holes, and I didn't putt any in for
> bird, even though I hit > 50% greens. I did chip 2 in, however!
Congrats, that sounds like a fine round.
That said, I think the reason we all love the driver is what it CAN give
us, not what it does. For example, I love my 3 iron, hit it
consistently down the middle, usually past whomever I'm playing with. --
Plus, I score very well when hitting 2nd shots from the fairway.
However, the days I try my driver/3w are the days I want to reach par
5's, or play from the longer tees. Unfortunately, it very very very
seldom works out the way I'd like it to.
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