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65nlovenit · 08-15-2007, 08:35 PM

Just a suggestion, beginners and indeed experienced golfers make one MAJOR mistake when they hit the ball into a bad lie position. Now I firmly believe you should play the ball no matter where the heck it comes down, you hit it there, its up to you to get it out of there. Now the MAJOR mistake, too many golfers try to make a purse out of a sows ear. When your buried in grass six inchs deep, or hidden under a tree, dont try to drive it a 100 yards down the fairway, be happy just to get the darn thing back in the fairway. If it means turning around and hitting it back where you came from, "do it". I've done it and I've seen many of my golf buddies do it, whaling away like a mad man, only to end up taking 3 shots to get 10 yards down the fairway, instead of banging it out 5 yards onto the fairway and getting away a good next shot. Play every shot, someday your going to want to play a club tournament or scramble and believe me nobody's going to let you move the ball to a good lie.

tkessel · 08-16-2007, 10:04 AM

One reason for fewer Mulligans for me is that I now make fewer bad shots. The other reason is that I'm getting confident enough that I want to try to hit it out of a bad (but not uplayable) lie.

I usually play alone anyhow. Unfortunately for me, I have nowhere to practice chip shots other than on the golf couse: both the golf course and golf range have a "no chipping" sign next the their practice putting greens, so I don't know if I should count some of this as Mulligans, or just the practice I should be getting elsewhere.

I also see a lot of other "casual players" not setting a very good example. A foursome of 20 somethings ahead of me last week would play to the green, and then pick up the balls and walk off! I guess they have perfected putting, so they don't need to even do it. The next day the player in front of me sliced his second shot 75 yards to the right, behind some trees but very playable. He simply drove his cart to the adjacent fairway, picked up the ball, and carried it back (75 yards) to the fairway he should have been on, dropped where it would have gone if he hadn't sliced it, and hit it again!

Davethebulldog · 08-16-2007, 02:36 PM

My advise would be to make sure you play a proper (no cheating round) every couple of weeks just so you keep check of reality. I doesnt hurt to pick the ball up and move it a couple of inches to the left as long as you are practising...But like i said make sure you play a real, no cheating, round every couple of weeks!

Hope this helps

Chipmunkslayer · 08-17-2007, 12:30 AM

I don't see it as cheating at all. I don't play tournaments. I just took up the game this summer, so I've got plenty of challenge just hitting the ball. If the ball is in the rough and a little punt can get it in the fairway, you can bet I'm gonna be putting foot to dimple. And if it's anywhere near a tree, forget it...I'll outright pick it up and throw it onto the fairway.

I'm playing to have fun. It's not fun to me to hit the ball from difficult lies, least not yet. Heck, if I'm having a particularly rough day hitting the ball, I'll put the ball on a tee right on the fairway and hit it off the tee each shot. Why? Because it's my hundred dollar green fee, and I want to have fun.

tkessel · 08-18-2007, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Davethebulldog

My advise would be to make sure you play a proper (no cheating round) every couple of weeks just so you keep check of reality. I doesnt hurt to pick the ball up and move it a couple of inches to the left as long as you are practising...But like i said make sure you play a real, no cheating, round every couple of weeks!

Hope this helps

I actually did this yesterday and came in at 101 with no Mulligans. If it weren't for the 8 I got on a Par 3 (where I usually get a 5), I would have broken 100.