I Finally Broke 100

[Stoli]

Not bragging but I walked Riverview in Loudon again this afternoon and finally broke 100 for the first time. :999: I shot 95 and seemed to be a lot more fun. I didn't do anything spectacular, was OK off the Tee, played my irons a little better than usual and had a good day with the pitching wedge and putter. Mostly, I think I just played more consistent than I usually do. I had two horrible holes, made par on several holes, had some bogeys, and double bogeys. It will be interesting to see how long it takes me to shoot this well again.

Riverview seems to be one of the easier courses that I have played and I am sure that contributed to a good round. I doubt that I would have posted that score at Laurel Valley where I play most often-just too much trouble to stay out of. Also, this was the second time that I have played the course so I knew my way around a little. I played the round by myself and just thought someone ought to know about it since there was no one there to witness it (not that anyone cared or would have wanted to witness):rotfl:

So, when you guys first shot under 100 were you able to follow it up or did you fall back? Also, how much do your scores vary among courses? Just curious?

[TREX]

Stoli I can almost bet on you shooting 95 or lower if you do the following:

Go to the driving range and practice 100 yd shots and less. Then go to a practice green and practice chippin and puttin.

Spend 2 hours a week on these the next 4 weeks and who knows you might even break 90.

But congrats on the 95. It does take some the pressure off to play alone from my experience.

[Stoli]

No doubt that the practice helps. I have done a lot practice and practice/play the last month or so. I have been doing one or two evenings a week at the driving range, played nine holes one or two evenings after work (play two or three balls per hole if nobody is out there). Also, I have been doing a drill late in the evening once a week or so where I start at about 90-110 yards and play 15-20 balls from the fairway to the green on what I consider the toughest hole at Laurel Valley (about 7:45 or so after the last players have cleared the hole). This generally take me through full swings with the PW and short chips where where I don't make the green and a few pitches out of sand along with the putting. That part of my game is lot easier to practice. The tee shots have gotten better but I think this is what I would like to focus on with a lesson. The other stuff seems to be coming along and the lessons I took last summer stressed the irons and PW along with a little putting.

[el Jeffe]

Congratulations! And listen to TREX, you "drive for show, putt for dough". Everybody wants to hit that 300 yrd drive. But when most weekend golfers do finally hit a 275-300 yard drive, they duff the 2nd shot or 3 putt.

My 15 yr old son continually tries to hit the long ball by swinging way too hard. I, along with a lot of others have been telling him the above repeatedly and yesterday he got to see it 1st hand. I hit a really good tee shot about 290. His went about 195. However, I duffed my 2nd shot and he hit a great ball which landed about 5 yards closer to the green than mine. He got up and down in two, but I missed a three foot putt for par and he won the hole. Tickled that boy to death and hopefully he learned something.

A little drill I got him working on a few weeks ago has really helped his putting. I made him place a ball (a little bigger than a tennis ball) between his forearms just above his wrists and hold it there while he putted. If you are missing a lot just to the right or left try that, it makes you lock your wrists and hit it straight.

[Gravedigger]

Congrats! Another way to do this is to eliminiate the big numbers. Focus on getting rid of the 6-7- or snowmans. Try to make Bogey your worse score. That is how I took the next step from shooting 95 to 85 and now close to breaking 80. a couple way sI have done this......
1) Keeping your Tee Shot in the fairway, AT ALL COSTS!!! The old guys that can't hit is 175 yards always scores in the low 80 cus they hit is straight every time.
2) Work on Lag putting, this will help get rid of the 3 putt blues.