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Date: 10 Oct 2006 10:49:44
From: david s-a
Subject: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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Easy !
http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
cheers
david
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 08:09:04
From: Larry Bud
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com wrote:
> warren montgomery wrote:
> > "david s-a" <dsantwyk@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> > news:4p091dFgonq5U1@individual.net...
> > > Easy !
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > david
> > Funny. After playing last Sunday, I think more people should adopt the
> > penalty time rule -- any club in your bag that hits a shot that goes
> > seriously off line (like through the adjoining fairway) gets stuck back head
> > down and has to sit out the next 3 rounds. After a few holes you will be
> > down to clubs you can actually hit. Not only will this save you OBs, but
> > it's a lot less stressful not havin to chase balls in some other fairway and
> > I suspect all of your shots will be better as a result.
>
> I suspect that the real solution, the real way to take 10 strokes off
> your game in 10 seconds, would be to merely decide to play from
> the appropriate tee box. If you feel you need a longer club, but
> can't hit a longer club, aren't you playing the wrong tees?
Maybe. IMO, if you can't theorhetically reach all of the par 4s in two
shots, you're playing the wrong tee boxes.
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Date: 11 Oct 2006 08:39:43
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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>> I suspect that the real solution, the real way to take 10 strokes off
>> your game in 10 seconds, would be to merely decide to play from
>> the appropriate tee box. If you feel you need a longer club, but
>> can't hit a longer club, aren't you playing the wrong tees?
>
> Maybe. IMO, if you can't theorhetically reach all of the par 4s in two
> shots, you're playing the wrong tee boxes.
>
Yes, and not just theoretically, you ought to be able to do it with "good
normal" shots, not just your best shots ever. That doesn't completely
explain it though. The first hole at my home course is a dogleg left, and
the 9th runs in the other direction to the right. It's rare that I approach
the 9th tee without seeing someone zoom off the first tee in a cart headed
for the far left side of the 9th fairway, and sometimes it turns out they've
lost it OB over there -- at least 75 yards right of where they were probably
aiming. I've been nearly hit by shots up near that green that were 60
degrees right of target off the first tee. (I'm not sure why it always
seems those wild shots are hit by people driving carts and not by the ones
walking. Maybe just that more folks ride than walk or maybe there's some
correlation here that the walkers are more likely to be regular players who
don't need a lot of warmup time). Maybe these guys just need to bury the
driver for the first 3 holes (Number 2 is a similar hole and indeed people
often go WAY right, and number 3 is a straight par 5 with hazards and OB on
both sides) until they are really ready to hit it, but I'll bet that if
these guys are playing by the rules they lose at least half a dozen strokes
in the first 3 holes because of bad driving.
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 07:46:00
From: oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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warren montgomery wrote:
> "david s-a" <dsantwyk@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:4p091dFgonq5U1@individual.net...
> > Easy !
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
> >
> > cheers
> > david
> Funny. After playing last Sunday, I think more people should adopt the
> penalty time rule -- any club in your bag that hits a shot that goes
> seriously off line (like through the adjoining fairway) gets stuck back head
> down and has to sit out the next 3 rounds. After a few holes you will be
> down to clubs you can actually hit. Not only will this save you OBs, but
> it's a lot less stressful not havin to chase balls in some other fairway and
> I suspect all of your shots will be better as a result.
I suspect that the real solution, the real way to take 10 strokes off
your game in 10 seconds, would be to merely decide to play from
the appropriate tee box. If you feel you need a longer club, but
can't hit a longer club, aren't you playing the wrong tees?
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 09:38:20
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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"david s-a" <dsantwyk@bigpond.net.au > wrote in message
news:4p091dFgonq5U1@individual.net...
> Easy !
>
> http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
>
> cheers
> david
Funny. After playing last Sunday, I think more people should adopt the
penalty time rule -- any club in your bag that hits a shot that goes
seriously off line (like through the adjoining fairway) gets stuck back head
down and has to sit out the next 3 rounds. After a few holes you will be
down to clubs you can actually hit. Not only will this save you OBs, but
it's a lot less stressful not havin to chase balls in some other fairway and
I suspect all of your shots will be better as a result.
--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 16:13:59
From: Kevin D. Timm
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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warren montgomery wrote:
>
> Funny. After playing last Sunday, I think more people should adopt the
> penalty time rule -- any club in your bag that hits a shot that goes
> seriously off line (like through the adjoining fairway) gets stuck back head
> down and has to sit out the next 3 rounds. After a few holes you will be
> down to clubs you can actually hit. Not only will this save you OBs, but
> it's a lot less stressful not havin to chase balls in some other fairway and
> I suspect all of your shots will be better as a result.
>
> --
> Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
> http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
I think that's about right. I'm actually pretty happy now with no woods
in the bag, I've been playing with 1 and 3 irons off the tee. I still
haven't run into a course where I play that I ever NEED a D/3W/5W. And
I've had better scores this year than ever before (with a lot of
personal bests!)
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 06:24:19
From: oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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david s-a wrote:
> Easy !
>
> http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
I'm dubious. My driver doesn't cost me 10 strokes.
For one thing, I'm as capable of launching my
3 wood just as far outta whack as my driver.
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 15:06:43
From: Dave Lee
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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<oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com > wrote in message
news:1160486658.962790.216490@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
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> david s-a wrote:
> > Easy !
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
>
>
> I'm dubious. My driver doesn't cost me 10 strokes.
> For one thing, I'm as capable of launching my
> 3 wood just as far outta whack as my driver.
>
That's my take for my game. My driver is probably the most consistent club
in my bag and my fairway woods are the worst. There are par 4's (and a par
5) where I hit 3W or 5W off the tee, but it is a distance control
consideration instead of an accuracy thing. I would admit that my 5W is more
accurate than my driver, but I'm not so sure about the 3W.
I would guess that only maybe 15-20% of the guys that I play with (handicaps
ranging from low singles to mid 20's) would benefit from hitting a bunch
fewer drivers than they usually do.
dave
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Date: 10 Oct 2006 05:47:08
From: dannysprung@aol.com
Subject: Re: Save 10 strokes in 10 seconds
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On Oct 9, 8:49 pm, david s-a <dsant...@bigpond.net.au > wrote:
> Easy !
>
> http://tinyurl.com/puqgu
>
> cheers
> david
Pick up after 16
Danny
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