| Feel free to add anything else fellas. Those were just some guideline questions to get everyone started. As for myself.
I like to TRY to work the ball both ways. You always hear, the best players never hit a straight shot, which seems to be more and more true as I progress. The goal is to eliminate one side of the course, giving yourself a better opportunity to score, or better miss if you do decide to miss. Everytime I approach a situation now, I am looking to work the ball one way or the other. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned. Usually I'll try to aim so if my ball does come off dead straight for some reason, I'm still in a quasi-good situation.
I still have some of the grip it and rip it mentality in me, but as I look back on some of my best scores, they have been on the days where I decided to play controlled golf, just hitting fairways. I'm relatively long, so usually a controlled drive will still go 285-290, which is fine by me, as long as my controlled attempt lands in the fairway. I also like to hit irons, 3-wood and hybrids now and again off the tee. Starting to get to the mentality of, "attack when there is the opportunity for birdie" type of thing. That said, if I'm feeling good that day, I might just rip driver all day. I suppose its a question of how I feel that particular day.
I'm a pretty good course management player. Rarely do I make double bogies anymore. I've found that, if you get in a bad situation, if you can take your high numbers out of play, it is much better on your scorecard. This is situation as well, of course. I'll get stupid and take a risk now and then, and sometimes it pays off, but more often than not, I'll play the safe route.
I wouldn't go as far to say my short game is great, but I've noticed it's better than most I've run into. I have a variety of shots I play from 130 and in, what I consider to be short game. So where it may not be the best you've ever run into, it's extremely diverse. It just comes down to picking the right shot for the situation I am faced with. I do love my wedges.
As for putting, I generally like to die the ball in the hole, although lately I have found out that not one method suits every putt. Putting is very situation as well and you can even be creative when you putt. Taking the break out of a 5 footer by ramming it in the back of the cup is very satisfying. You just have to practice it to know you can hit the hole. It's also cool to make those wide breakers that die in the side of the cup. Putting is all about speed, especially how you read the break.
Ok, that's my spiel. Hit em' straight
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My Weapons
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- Taylor Made r7 TP 2, 4-PW - Project X Rifle 6.5
- Taylor Made RAC TP Z Groove - 52/56/60 Project X Rifle 6.5
- Taylor Made r5 Dual Titanium 15deg 3-wood
- Alpha C830.2 Plasma Driver - 9.5 Grafalloy Prolaunch Blue XS
- Taylor Made Rossa Imosa ASGI+ Putter
- Titleist Pro V1 / Pro V1x |