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Post by misternic on Jan 25, 2015 20:19:19 GMT -5
I know that green... I had a 76 foot put with 2 foot of uphill and break lol. Still lagged putt a 147 foot putt to within 10 foot, was quite impressed  I posted a 85 foot putt on that green on the instant replay forum... lagged to about 10 inches. Certainly not typical, but practice and it works.. |
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Post by Brighttail on Jan 25, 2015 20:22:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 20:40:35 GMT -5
According to Doyley's charts there is no yardage difference when lofting a wood  I should point out that HB made a solution for your problem. Pitch / flop from 80feet out Never said anything about yardage bright, but a hight shot projectory equals less ball roll with the 5wood |
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Post by mnguy12000 on Jan 25, 2015 20:44:32 GMT -5
I say go for it if you can leave your self a makable pitch/flop. If not layup. As for the woods, loft down the 5 wood to get that little extra boost. I hardly ever hit the 3 wood because it never stops on med on firmer greens. Also draw is your friend. Made many 270 yard gur with that shot and a 3 wood. But loft is your friend use it, 5w for sure, 3w...if you got balls!  ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 21:48:29 GMT -5
OP, There be why I would like the rule if it said clearly putter only. You drop me out 75 feet in RL on any given day and I would 3 putt that 75 feet 97 times out of a hundred with twice being a 4 putt, here I would 3 putt that 40 or 50 out of hundred, give me the option to flop, or pitch, or (partial power full shot (legit under new policy)), I would be up and down 99 out of a hundred. Its way better just to eat the 3 putt, slap yourself in the head and say why did I go for it in 2, that was a mistake, a mistake I will make again as well, but it should be risk reward going for a par 5 in 2, should it not be as well?.
I screamed and my ball to stop or go a few times on those par 5's at coyote this week, hoping to stay off the green, or get off the green, I parred quite a few of those par 5's this week going for it, smacked myself in the head, said never again, only to do it again 4 holes later. marvellous if you ask me, to generate emotion from a game, makes it that much more real.
Putter only policy would make the game that much better IMHO, bring in a little more risk reward. ie 2nd hole in Europe next week, a par 4, where the shot may be aim to miss the green in 2.
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Post by classicphil on Jan 25, 2015 22:14:56 GMT -5
That's the problem. With the way this game works and the new rule, it would be better to aim for the bunker next to the green so that you could flop out of the bunker and get a possible chip in eagle or at least a short birdie putt than risk the ball taking a slope, rolling to the bottom and making par a good score Yep, unintended consequences. That's what I'll be doing (at least until that's deemed an "exploit" too), as I don't have enough spare hours to practice so I can get as good as Taste. |
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Post by PSU-Cappy on Jan 25, 2015 22:21:40 GMT -5
That's the problem. With the way this game works and the new rule, it would be better to aim for the bunker next to the green so that you could flop out of the bunker and get a possible chip in eagle or at least a short birdie putt than risk the ball taking a slope, rolling to the bottom and making par a good score Yep, unintended consequences. That's what I'll be doing (at least until that's deemed an "exploit" too), as I don't have enough spare hours to practice so I can get as good as Taste. Yea - same boat. I get the no chipping on greens - but I have a problem with the flop part of it. Why are we drawing the line just on the green? Why not in the bunker or rough? Why not flop shot in general? I don't want to reopen the can of worms that locked yesterday's forum - just my two cents |
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Post by Mitchblue on Jan 25, 2015 22:27:11 GMT -5
That's the problem. With the way this game works and the new rule, it would be better to aim for the bunker next to the green so that you could flop out of the bunker and get a possible chip in eagle or at least a short birdie putt than risk the ball taking a slope, rolling to the bottom and making par a good score We're talking par 5's here. Layup, easy loft or chip and you got yourself a birdie. The thing with golf is you have choices. If you don't want 80 foot putts go at it a different way.. You don't have to aim at the pin on every shot. If you're left with a long putt, practice long putts.. |
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Post by PSU-Cappy on Jan 25, 2015 22:30:48 GMT -5
That's the problem. With the way this game works and the new rule, it would be better to aim for the bunker next to the green so that you could flop out of the bunker and get a possible chip in eagle or at least a short birdie putt than risk the ball taking a slope, rolling to the bottom and making par a good score We're talking par 5's here. Layup, easy loft or chip and you got yourself a birdie. The thing with golf is you have choices. If you don't want 80 foot putts go at it a different way.. You don't have to aim at the pin on every shot. If you're left with a long putt, practice long putts.. But aiming for a bunker shouldn't be a better play than being on the putting surface |
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Post by Mitchblue on Jan 25, 2015 22:33:16 GMT -5
We're talking par 5's here. Layup, easy loft or chip and you got yourself a birdie. The thing with golf is you have choices. If you don't want 80 foot putts go at it a different way.. You don't have to aim at the pin on every shot. If you're left with a long putt, practice long putts.. But aiming for a bunker shouldn't be a better play than being on the putting surface Who said you need to aim for a bunker? My suggestion is practice the putting. Or learn to layup.. |
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Post by PSU-Cappy on Jan 25, 2015 22:35:08 GMT -5
But aiming for a bunker shouldn't be a better play than being on the putting surface Who said you need to aim for a bunker? My suggestion is practice the putting. I wish I had the time to practice the course enough to not only do well but to hit it in the worst case scenario so I can practice 75 foot putts with no grid. Maybe then I wouldn't be mediocre. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of time, so you'll just have to hear me b%& about flopping being deemed unfair play. |
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Post by Mitchblue on Jan 25, 2015 22:39:19 GMT -5
Who said you need to aim for a bunker? My suggestion is practice the putting. I wish I had the time to practice the course enough to not only do well but to hit it in the worst case scenario so I can practice 75 foot putts with no grid. Maybe then I wouldn't be mediocre. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of time, so you'll just have to hear me b%& about flopping being deemed unfair play. It can be done though. And I'm not going to a course and practice just putting. Trial and error, if you play any course or even in the tournament, the more you do it the better you get. I don't mean to sound like I'm all over you but you sound like you just want the easy way out. The more you play the better you'll get. We all have the same rules even the ones who play less.. |
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Post by PSU-Cappy on Jan 25, 2015 22:43:21 GMT -5
I wish I had the time to practice the course enough to not only do well but to hit it in the worst case scenario so I can practice 75 foot putts with no grid. Maybe then I wouldn't be mediocre. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of time, so you'll just have to hear me b%& about flopping being deemed unfair play. It can be done though. And I'm not going to a course and practice just putting. Trial and error, if you play any course or even in the tournament, the more you do it the better you get. I don't mean to sound like I'm all over you but you sound like you just want the easy way out. The more you play the better you'll get. We all have the same rules even the ones who play less.. I get that - but why draw the line at flopping on the green (I mean, you have to be at least 60 feet out for that to be an option). Why not ban flopping in the bunkers or rough or any of the other oddities people have exploited in the game? We all had the same rules the first few weeks when flopping was allowed, so I don't buy the flopping being illegal is more fair argument |
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Post by PSU-Cappy on Jan 25, 2015 22:46:52 GMT -5
It can be done though. And I'm not going to a course and practice just putting. Trial and error, if you play any course or even in the tournament, the more you do it the better you get. I don't mean to sound like I'm all over you but you sound like you just want the easy way out. The more you play the better you'll get. We all have the same rules even the ones who play less.. I get that - but why draw the line at flopping on the green (I mean, you have to be at least 60 feet out for that to be an option). Why not ban flopping in the bunkers or rough or any of the other oddities people have exploited in the game? We all had the same rules the first few weeks when flopping was allowed, so I don't buy the flopping being illegal is more fair argument I guess my biggest problem is that if you hit a shot that ends up 70 feet away on the green and someone hits ones 72 feet away on the fringe, the guy further away will score the same or better 99% of the time. Shouldn't be punished for hitting the better shot |
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Post by SmilingGoats on Jan 25, 2015 22:50:37 GMT -5
If this turns into a continued debate on the chipping on the greens policy, we're going to lock this thread too. That discussion has been completed. It's time for everyone to move on now, please.
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