My friend John was playing in a Saturday afternoon Betterball at Milnerton last year - when hi oppenent hold out with 4 holes to go. His partner picked up his tee and said its better ball lets go. The other partner said, the guys behind are far behind, their is plenty of time, hit one for practice anyway - and would you believe it - John says he could not believe that both partners and opponents holed out from the tee. Lucky he said cause you can only lose the hole once.
Also - another area to save strokes is in “course management” or decision making. Are you costing yourself a lot of strokes off the tee by hitting the ball in the woods, OB or in the water? Then hit a 3-wood or 5-wood off the tee on tight holes - better to be in the fairway. When you’re in the trees do you waste strokes trying to hit miracle shots rather than chipping out? Do you always go for the green from 220 yards, even though you rarely hit it and often end up in trouble? Analyze your game and figure out where you are taking extra strokes and determine if better decision making can save strokes. And then, have a game plan and stick relatively close to it when you play - that is don’t pull out the driver on narrow holes just because you’re “feeling it”.
February 15th, 2009 at 7:25 am
My friend John was playing in a Saturday afternoon Betterball at Milnerton last year - when hi oppenent hold out with 4 holes to go. His partner picked up his tee and said its better ball lets go. The other partner said, the guys behind are far behind, their is plenty of time, hit one for practice anyway - and would you believe it - John says he could not believe that both partners and opponents holed out from the tee. Lucky he said cause you can only lose the hole once.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Also - another area to save strokes is in “course management” or decision making. Are you costing yourself a lot of strokes off the tee by hitting the ball in the woods, OB or in the water? Then hit a 3-wood or 5-wood off the tee on tight holes - better to be in the fairway. When you’re in the trees do you waste strokes trying to hit miracle shots rather than chipping out? Do you always go for the green from 220 yards, even though you rarely hit it and often end up in trouble? Analyze your game and figure out where you are taking extra strokes and determine if better decision making can save strokes. And then, have a game plan and stick relatively close to it when you play - that is don’t pull out the driver on narrow holes just because you’re “feeling it”.