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Post by CuseHokie on Sept 11, 2020 17:05:44 GMT -5
A lot of careless putting that would probably tighten up and put me in the mid20s if I took my time. It’s an exhibition at the end of the day.
Ain't that the truth. I keep doing the same and telling myself they're just exhibitions, but I really question if I am going to be able to focus and take my time for 4 rounds once the season kicks in.
Haha depends how well we are playing. But the greens here were brutal and if you didn’t take time to really figure out pace and practice your stroke you could easily leave it 20 feet short or putt it off the green. Definitely did that a few times. Might be hard to play 4 rounds at once at a super focused level in this game.
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Post by blueorfe on Sept 12, 2020 12:51:04 GMT -5
Got it in at -23 in the end.
I played some good stuff at times and some extremely poor stuff. I missed three kick in putts in round four due to wild hooks with the upswing.
I'm still nowhere near comfortable with this game and struggle to find a comfortable position to play it in, and to be honest I don't like the new swing or the putting. It totally lacks feel and feels like trying to hit a skill shot on a fruit machine time after time - but I'll just have to find a way.
I had a brief experiment with the fast downswing method, but atm I can't see myself using that as my go to shot on every shot. I do use the fast downswing when I'm in between clubs or I'm scared of some trouble down the right: but I find it much more satisfying trying to get a perfect with my approach, despite how difficult that actually is. I could still go the fast way if I feel that I'm getting totally left behind.
I almost made my first hole in one....
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Post by hammo24983 on Sept 12, 2020 15:06:30 GMT -5
Got it in at -23 in the end. I played some good stuff at times and some extremely poor stuff. I missed three kick in putts in round four due to wild hooks with the upswing. I'm still nowhere near comfortable with this game and struggle to find a comfortable position to play it in, and to be honest I don't like the new swing or the putting. It totally lacks feel and feels like trying to hit a skill shot on a fruit machine time after time - but I'll just have to find a way. I had a brief experiment with the fast downswing method, but atm I can't see myself using that as my go to shot on every shot. I do use the fast downswing when I'm in between clubs or I'm scared of some trouble down the right: but I find it much more satisfying trying to get a perfect with my approach, despite how difficult that actually is. I could still go the fast way if I feel that I'm getting totally left behind. I almost made my first hole in one.... So let me get this straight. You are saying that you will continue to go for perfect tempo because it’s more satisfying, even though you admit that fast swings produce better results for you? Your plan now is to stick with perfect tempo and see if you are good enough to compete? If you are then Is the plan to continue to play with perfect tempo even though you know that you can play better swinging fast?
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Post by welpin on Sept 12, 2020 15:53:46 GMT -5
Got it in at -23 in the end. I played some good stuff at times and some extremely poor stuff. I missed three kick in putts in round four due to wild hooks with the upswing. I'm still nowhere near comfortable with this game and struggle to find a comfortable position to play it in, and to be honest I don't like the new swing or the putting. It totally lacks feel and feels like trying to hit a skill shot on a fruit machine time after time - but I'll just have to find a way. I had a brief experiment with the fast downswing method, but atm I can't see myself using that as my go to shot on every shot. I do use the fast downswing when I'm in between clubs or I'm scared of some trouble down the right: but I find it much more satisfying trying to get a perfect with my approach, despite how difficult that actually is. I could still go the fast way if I feel that I'm getting totally left behind. I almost made my first hole in one.... So let me get this straight. You are saying that you will continue to go for perfect tempo because it’s more satisfying, even though you admit that fast swings produce better results for you? Your plan now is to stick with perfect tempo and see if you are good enough to compete? If you are then Is the plan to continue to play with perfect tempo even though you know that you can play better swinging fast? he's talking about approach shots. with forgiving irons and wedges you can play for perfects by default without being punished nearly as much as you would with an unforgiving driver, so it makes perfect sense. I doubt many of the people saying they play for fasts are doing it on approach shots, they're talking about tee shots. fasts on approaches are high risk shots, I hardly ever try that unless it's a better percentage play because of the lay of the land. whereas off the tee I go for a fast almost every time.
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Post by hammo24983 on Sept 12, 2020 16:09:12 GMT -5
So let me get this straight. You are saying that you will continue to go for perfect tempo because it’s more satisfying, even though you admit that fast swings produce better results for you? Your plan now is to stick with perfect tempo and see if you are good enough to compete? If you are then Is the plan to continue to play with perfect tempo even though you know that you can play better swinging fast? he's talking about approach shots. with forgiving irons and wedges you can play for perfects by default without being punished nearly as much as you would with an unforgiving driver, so it makes perfect sense. I doubt many of the people saying they play for fasts are doing it on approach shots, they're talking about tee shots. fasts on approaches are high risk shots, I hardly ever try that unless it's a better percentage play because of the lay of the land. whereas off the tee I go for a fast almost every time. The last comment he made was that “he could still go the fast way if he’s left behind” I read this as though he is currently playing a way that he knows is not giving him the best chance to play well. So I’m interested on his thoughts on how he will manage this moving forward. I have a hard time believing that brad will play a way that is not giving him the best results. In reference to your other comments about Fast swings, I am personally playing every swing with fast temp. Pitches, drives, irons, right pins etc. it’s the only way I can get consistent results
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Post by blueorfe on Sept 12, 2020 17:05:53 GMT -5
Got it in at -23 in the end. I played some good stuff at times and some extremely poor stuff. I missed three kick in putts in round four due to wild hooks with the upswing. I'm still nowhere near comfortable with this game and struggle to find a comfortable position to play it in, and to be honest I don't like the new swing or the putting. It totally lacks feel and feels like trying to hit a skill shot on a fruit machine time after time - but I'll just have to find a way. I had a brief experiment with the fast downswing method, but atm I can't see myself using that as my go to shot on every shot. I do use the fast downswing when I'm in between clubs or I'm scared of some trouble down the right: but I find it much more satisfying trying to get a perfect with my approach, despite how difficult that actually is. I could still go the fast way if I feel that I'm getting totally left behind. I almost made my first hole in one.... So let me get this straight. You are saying that you will continue to go for perfect tempo because it’s more satisfying, even though you admit that fast swings produce better results for you? Your plan now is to stick with perfect tempo and see if you are good enough to compete? If you are then Is the plan to continue to play with perfect tempo even though you know that you can play better swinging fast? I didn't say that it produced better results for me; I really didn't try it for long enough to see whether I could go lower on a more regular basis. But it did seem way more repeatable than trying to play for perfects all of the time and would more than likely lead to better, more consistent scoring. I don't want to be tied down to just one particular way of hitting the ball if I can help it; I enjoy playing with the shot shaper and trying to play for slow downswings on approaches when there is a hidden front right pin, or a fast when I need to, but not exclusively. Even though this game is more about learning how to play a game, rather than playing golf in any kind of normal sense: I still like to try and play golf shots and try to be creative, instead of just finding out the most successful way of playing it. I have loaded up numerous ghosts of very good players and have noticed that pretty much all of them are playing fast downswings on 90% of their shots, tee shots and approaches. I am competitive by nature, so like I said, if I feel that I am being left way behind and I want to try and compete here, I might go with the fast downswing to see if that would get me near to the top guys. But I'd prefer to play in a way that gives me options for the moment and see if I can get in any way competitive playing like that.
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Post by twofor22 on Sept 12, 2020 20:47:53 GMT -5
I always try to hit a fast on pitches or other short game shots, because if it does miss it's usually not as bad as a slow. Half the time I end up with a perfect and still get close enough to the pin for a gettable putt.
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Post by ddixjr509 on Sept 13, 2020 9:03:01 GMT -5
My favorite part of tgc 19 was shaping shots, but this version, it's so difficult if you dont get it exactly right... I'm finding myself hitting intentional slight fasts for draws and slight slows for fades off the tee. the obvious problem is if you get to far from gray fast or slow and it gets ugly quickly.
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