Having trouble with your golf game?

[BIG APPLE CAT]

I have a question: what is the more satisfying way of getting a birdie, if you get it through improbable means like chipping in/draining a 40’ putt/on a par3 hitting your tee shot within a few feet of the hole…or is it more satisfying to get it like how the pros do, solid drive, solid approach, drain a 10-15 footer?

[mocat]

The 2nd one for sure

[stunted]

no better feeling than hitting an iron shot close

[mocat]

no better feeling than hitting an iron shot close

agree

[stunted]

the others feel like luck even though hitting it close is just as lucky too. for a moment you feel like a golfing god

[BIG APPLE CAT]

If I can hit my 3W off the deck, I feel like at least a demigod

[Spracne]

If I can hit my 3W off the deck, I feel like at least a demigod

My 3W is like the only long club I'm good at. I hit it off a tee or off the deck, doesn't matter. Use it instead of driver most times. My driving game sucks. I should probably get fitted for a driver. Maybe that's it.

[IPA4Me]

I have a question: what is the more satisfying way of getting a birdie, if you get it through improbable means like chipping in/draining a 40’ putt/on a par3 hitting your tee shot within a few feet of the hole…or is it more satisfying to get it like how the pros do, solid drive, solid approach, drain a 10-15 footer?

Eagle 3 is the best feeling. On in 2 and sink that 15' put.

Makes it even better when the guy you're gambling with and beating soundly wants double or nothing at the 18th tee box.

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[BIG APPLE CAT]

If I can hit my 3W off the deck, I feel like at least a demigod

My 3W is like the only long club I'm good at. I hit it off a tee or off the deck, doesn't matter. Use it instead of driver most times. My driving game sucks. I should probably get fitted for a driver. Maybe that's it.

I thoroughly enjoyed my driver fitting on Friday, guy threw a lot of interesting data at me with the different heads and shafts and shaft lengths. Or at least I thought it was interesting and then I looked up the trackman data for the pga tour pros and  that was humbling.

But in terms of club speed and ball speed…I think I would be upper middle class (on the senior tour)

[Spracne]

If I can hit my 3W off the deck, I feel like at least a demigod

My 3W is like the only long club I'm good at. I hit it off a tee or off the deck, doesn't matter. Use it instead of driver most times. My driving game sucks. I should probably get fitted for a driver. Maybe that's it.

I thoroughly enjoyed my driver fitting on Friday, guy threw a lot of interesting data at me with the different heads and shafts and shaft lengths. Or at least I thought it was interesting and then I looked up the trackman data for the pga tour pros and  that was humbling.

But in terms of club speed and ball speed…I think I would be upper middle class (on the senior tour)

Data. So that's what we're calling it, huh? No judgment.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

If I can hit my 3W off the deck, I feel like at least a demigod

My 3W is like the only long club I'm good at. I hit it off a tee or off the deck, doesn't matter. Use it instead of driver most times. My driving game sucks. I should probably get fitted for a driver. Maybe that's it.

I thoroughly enjoyed my driver fitting on Friday, guy threw a lot of interesting data at me with the different heads and shafts and shaft lengths. Or at least I thought it was interesting and then I looked up the trackman data for the pga tour pros and  that was humbling.

But in terms of club speed and ball speed…I think I would be upper middle class (on the senior tour)

Data. So that's what we're calling it, huh? No judgment.

Family blog, etc etc

[Shooter Jones]

I have a question: what is the more satisfying way of getting a birdie, if you get it through improbable means like chipping in/draining a 40’ putt/on a par3 hitting your tee shot within a few feet of the hole…or is it more satisfying to get it like how the pros do, solid drive, solid approach, drain a 10-15 footer?

In a stroke play/best ball event with money on the line: The first one.
In a practice/fun round: The second one.

[Shooter Jones]

Here's a question. Par 70 course. Would you rather shoot a 70 w/ 18 pars, or a 72 w/ 8 birdies and 10 bogeys?

[wetwillie]

Sign me up for any round that I can make 8 birdies over the course of 18 holes. 

[8manpick]

If I shot in the 70s I’d be doing Pete Weber celebrations no matter how I got there

[BIG APPLE CAT]

If I shot in the 70s I’d be doing Pete Weber celebrations no matter how I got there

^this right here

[steve dave]

lmao

https://twitter.com/thegolfeditor/status/1677307925025501184

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Just wanted to come in here and brag for a moment. Finally got a couple chances to play with my new sticks. On Friday, the last 7 holes…6 of them I had a birdie putt and the other one I had an eagle putt.

So now I need to go spend some time on the practice green bc i played those 7 holes at +1, but let me tell you lads it was a lot of fun stringing together so many GsIR (greens in regulation)

[Spracne]

Just wanted to come in here and brag for a moment. Finally got a couple chances to play with my new sticks. On Friday, the last 7 holes…6 of them I had a birdie putt and the other one I had an eagle putt.

So now I need to go spend some time on the practice green bc i played those 7 holes at +1, but let me tell you lads it was a lot of fun stringing together so many GsIR (greens in regulation)

Why are you up so early on a Sunday?

[wetwillie]

Just wanted to come in here and brag for a moment. Finally got a couple chances to play with my new sticks. On Friday, the last 7 holes…6 of them I had a birdie putt and the other one I had an eagle putt.

So now I need to go spend some time on the practice green bc i played those 7 holes at +1, but let me tell you lads it was a lot of fun stringing together so many GsIR (greens in regulation)

You striking it will enough now to regularly shot shape and put some back spin on the short irons?  At my peak I could hit it straight, fade, draw on command but I never have had good enough skills to get the ball to spin back.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Just wanted to come in here and brag for a moment. Finally got a couple chances to play with my new sticks. On Friday, the last 7 holes…6 of them I had a birdie putt and the other one I had an eagle putt.

So now I need to go spend some time on the practice green bc i played those 7 holes at +1, but let me tell you lads it was a lot of fun stringing together so many GsIR (greens in regulation)

Why are you up so early on a Sunday?

I have a 3yr old, every day is chaos

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Just wanted to come in here and brag for a moment. Finally got a couple chances to play with my new sticks. On Friday, the last 7 holes…6 of them I had a birdie putt and the other one I had an eagle putt.

So now I need to go spend some time on the practice green bc i played those 7 holes at +1, but let me tell you lads it was a lot of fun stringing together so many GsIR (greens in regulation)

You striking it will enough now to regularly shot shape and put some back spin on the short irons?  At my peak I could hit it straight, fade, draw on command but I never have had good enough skills to get the ball to spin back.

Can’t fade it with any consistency. My natural ball flight is a little bit of a draw (the new clubs have straightened it out a bit) and I can hit shots with more draw. I don’t know that I necessarily spin it back, but my ball is usually within 5 ft of my ballmark so it stays put.

[sonofdaxjones]

https://twitter.com/Zigmanfreud/status/1715371412075303183?s=20

[Stupid Fitz]

Been hitting the ball a lot better lately. Worried its just the beginning of the season weirdness where everything is going right and then crashes. Just my second year really playing so i'm def playing catch up, but I'm starting to figure out why crap is happening which I think is progress. I still struggle with the either or issue. I'm either hitting the driver pretty well and not making great contact with the irons, or I'm doing ok with the irons and I may as well not even try using my driver. Right now i'm hitting the driver the best I ever have. Long irons are the struggle. I do ok with wedge through 7-8. First lesson of the year next week so I'm hoping to get a couple things ironed out with my hands. That is where I feel i'm off on the irons. Some days i'm very uncomfortable especially with my right hand and those are the days things go bad.

[Spracne]

Been hitting the ball a lot better lately. Worried its just the beginning of the season weirdness where everything is going right and then crashes. Just my second year really playing so i'm def playing catch up, but I'm starting to figure out why crap is happening which I think is progress. I still struggle with the either or issue. I'm either hitting the driver pretty well and not making great contact with the irons, or I'm doing ok with the irons and I may as well not even try using my driver. Right now i'm hitting the driver the best I ever have. Long irons are the struggle. I do ok with wedge through 7-8. First lesson of the year next week so I'm hoping to get a couple things ironed out with my hands. That is where I feel i'm off on the irons. Some days i'm very uncomfortable especially with my right hand and those are the days things go bad.

Have you tried playing 3w off the tee? I do that sometimes, because my driver game is complete crap.