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cbwheeler · 06-29-2007, 05:59 PM

As we all know, there are tons of different ways to play this game. It can't always be played from the fairway, and it can even be won from.... not the fairway, as some of the best players in the world have shown us.

So what kind of player are you? Are you the kind of player that likes to go for broke off the tee and give yourself a shorter distance into the green, which is usually from the rough, or do you like to be safe and try to put one in the fairway giving yourself a longer shot in?

Do you have a great scrambling game or a great short game? Are you short off the tee, but good with long irons or fairway woods?

Do you always fire at pins or do you play to the middle of the green? Can you work the ball both ways to give yourself the best path to the flag and the best miss, or are you a one shot wonder type of player?

Do you ram those 6 footers into the back of the cup, or do you coax them in and let them die?

I've seen a lot of different playing styles that yield similar scores, so basically I just wanted to get an idea of how some of you play.

I'll post in here eventually, just don't want to put it in the first post.

300Yards · 06-29-2007, 06:50 PM

I'll take a whack at it:

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So what kind of player are you? Are you the kind of player that likes to go for broke off the tee and give yourself a shorter distance into the green, which is usually from the rough, or do you like to be safe and try to put one in the fairway giving yourself a longer shot in?

That depends..if I have a wide fairway, with no or little hazards, in my way, then I will split the fairway. If I have a narrower fairway, or hazards I am worried about, I typically play it safe, and go for the layup. That's not definent though, if I have a narrow fairway, that's a long hole, I might hit the driver. Just depends on how I'm feeling really.

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Do you have a great scrambling game or a great short game? Are you short off the tee, but good with long irons or fairway woods?

My strength is my short game, even though I am a great scramble player as well.

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Do you always fire at pins or do you play to the middle of the green? Can you work the ball both ways to give yourself the best path to the flag and the best miss, or are you a one shot wonder type of player?

That also depends..big flat green, with no bunkers or hazards, I go for the pin every time. I can work my shots both ways, to get into the green, but if I have to work it a lot, I usually don't go for the flag. I'll aim for about the middle.

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Do you ram those 6 footers into the back of the cup, or do you coax them in and let them die?

I like to watch them gracefully fall in. So I guess coax 'em, and kill 'em for me.

golfermatt91 · 06-29-2007, 08:59 PM

So what kind of player are you? Are you the kind of player that likes to go for broke off the tee and give yourself a shorter distance into the green, which is usually from the rough, or do you like to be safe and try to put one in the fairway giving yourself a longer shot in?

I just take a rythmic swing leaving me with a comfortable distance im okay hitting my long irons as long as i put the ball where i want it to go.

Do you have a great scrambling game or a great short game? Are you short off the tee, but good with long irons or fairway woods?

I have a great short game but can also scramble decent.

Do you always fire at pins or do you play to the middle of the green? Can you work the ball both ways to give yourself the best path to the flag and the best miss, or are you a one shot wonder type of player?

I usually go for the pin unless its not a safe shot then torwards the middle.

Do you ram those 6 footers into the back of the cup, or do you coax them in and let them die?

I let them coazy torwards the hole

stevel1017 · 06-30-2007, 09:34 AM

So what kind of player are you? Are you the kind of player that likes to go for broke off the tee and give yourself a shorter distance into the green, which is usually from the rough, or do you like to be safe and try to put one in the fairway giving yourself a longer shot in?

I like to hit from the short grass, and leave myself a comfortable yardage in, so I will leave the driver in the bag if I need to

Do you have a great scrambling game or a great short game? Are you short off the tee, but good with long irons or fairway woods?

I like to think I have a good short game, but can scramble if I need to

Do you always fire at pins or do you play to the middle of the green? Can you work the ball both ways to give yourself the best path to the flag and the best miss, or are you a one shot wonder type of player?

On my course, the greens are small, so I'm a middle of the green kind of guy. Most of the greens on my home course, If I hit the middle, the longest putt I will have is about 30 feet.
I don't work the ball as well as I'd like to

Do you ram those 6 footers into the back of the cup, or do you coax them in and let them die?

I try and hit the back of the cup with my short putts, but will coax the nasty downhill breakers

Edit: On my 9 hole league last nite, we played the back and I shot 3 over 38

Topflite_d2 · 06-30-2007, 02:30 PM

I'm the kind of player that gets p***** when stuff doesn't go the way I wanted it to. I'm the kinda player who gets mad at a game that takes many years to master, and still then a good score can never be guaranteed. I'm the kind of player that after one bad round you hear me say that I am never going to play the game again. Then what do you see??? You see me out there Friday trying my best to get a good score. Through the ups and downs of the game I still love it and I am glad to be a golfer

300Yards · 06-30-2007, 03:04 PM

That's the spirit! ^^

Foster4 · 06-30-2007, 03:39 PM

So what kind of player are you? Are you the kind of player that likes to go for broke off the tee and give yourself a shorter distance into the green, which is usually from the rough, or do you like to be safe and try to put one in the fairway giving yourself a longer shot in?

depending on the course and how the rough is determines my play. I hit it anywhere from 270-300 off the tee which is still kinda short for some of the courses i play, but i control it well and i hit alot of fairways.

Do you have a great scrambling game or a great short game? Are you short off the tee, but good with long irons or fairway woods?

My short game is very sound and so is my putting. Great short game. My long irons are very sound also. Even tho my irons are probably the weakest part of my game atm. But i have my on days and off days.

Do you always fire at pins or do you play to the middle of the green? Can you work the ball both ways to give yourself the best path to the flag and the best miss, or are you a one shot wonder type of player?

Depends on how i feel about my ball striking that day. If i'm hitting it well and confident then i will fire at pins while working the ball left and right. But if i'm not hitting well i try to just get my ball on the proper tier and below the hole or middle of the green type shot and 2 putt or make a long one occasionally.

Do you ram those 6 footers into the back of the cup, or do you coax them in and let them die?

Usually i hit uphill putts really firm breakers and all but for downhillers i try to give a lil more break and let them die in the hole(for very fast greens) slow greens everything is firmed in

cbwheeler · 07-01-2007, 04:38 AM

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

Foster4 · 07-01-2007, 06:08 AM

We can add this to the line-up.

-Are you a streaky, clutch, solid, or needs improving type putter.

A= I'm a steaky putter, sometimes hot and others not. But i'm working on it and its coming around. Getting to the solid putting soon. We'll see how it keeps holding up in the tourny's i'm playing in. So far so good.

Fourputt · 07-01-2007, 11:53 AM

I believe that for most rounds, I manage my game well. That means that generally I take a risky shot only if the risk is small enough, or the reward is sufficient to warrant it. I play many shots for the safest miss, not necessarily for the lowest potential score. My short game is good enough to save strokes on a "good" miss, but not necessarily on bad miss.

I guess you'd have to call my style one of reasonably good course management. I have the potential to make plenty of pars, so my main goal (not always achieved) in most rounds is to avoid that occasional round breaking big number.

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