The OS Golfer's Thread!

[ty5oke]

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My closest has been about 2 feet. That's when I was just starting out playing, since then I've gotten a lot better but never closer.

[Jr.]

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I hit about 200 balls today at the driving range trying to fix my swing. I think I've figured out what I was doing and found something that helped a bit. I'm playing tomorrow morning with a buddy of mine, so hopefully I can hit the ball consistently. I'm not even that worried about hitting it on line; I'm more concerned about making consistent, clean contact with the ball.

UPDATE: Shot 88 today with a couple of mean blisters on my left hand from the range. I bombed my driver all day on a pretty short course, so I didn't hit too many irons. The ones I did weren't pretty. More work to do on the range next week.

[ImTellinTim]

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An improvement over last week as I shot a 43 last night at league. The problem was that it was 90 degrees with extremely high humidity, and I walked.

Does anyone have tips for keeping your hands dry in that situation? I don't have this problem when it's that hot and the air is dry, but last night I could not for the life of me keep the club from slipping due to sweaty hands. It was very distracting, and I couldn't get proper release for fear of launching my club on every full swing. I tried EVERYTHING. Patting on a dry towel before every shot, wiping them on my shorts, wiping them on the dry grass (a good trick usually), etc. It was brutal! Next time in those conditions, I'm definitely renting a cart.

[orthostud23]

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An improvement over last week as I shot a 43 last night at league. The problem was that it was 90 degrees with extremely high humidity, and I walked.

Does anyone have tips for keeping your hands dry in that situation? I don't have this problem when it's that hot and the air is dry, but last night I could not for the life of me keep the club from slipping due to sweaty hands. It was very distracting, and I couldn't get proper release for fear of launching my club on every full swing. I tried EVERYTHING. Patting on a dry towel before every shot, wiping them on my shorts, wiping them on the dry grass (a good trick usually), etc. It was brutal! Next time in those conditions, I'm definitely renting a cart.

I have had this only happen a couple of times thankfully but what I did was to just use another glove. It felt weird at first but was abl eto get used to it rather quickly. Its better then worrying about the club coming out of your hands

[Hack22]

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ive been playing for about 4 years now and i went from a 20 handicap down to a 16. My major problem is putting. I consistently 2 or 3 putt every hole. I dont know the first thing about reading greens. I try to see if there is a break and then just putt away haha.

[mburke2]

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So anyone out there have an actual hole in one story? I love hearing them.

I hit one I believe either last summer or 2 summers ago playing a 9 hole par 3 course. The hole was very short, only about 95 or so yards. I hit the tee shot and saw it land on the green and roll, then it disappeared. I let my buddies both hit and I don't think either of them hit the green off the tee. So when we got to the green and I didn't see a ball on there I was curious. I decided to check the cup just to make sure, and lo and behold there it was. I was pumped. Greatest shot I've ever made.

[speels]

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We were playing in a cramble a couple years ago and were 5 shots back after the first day so we were pretty much out of the money. Anyway, the second day came and we are 2 under after 8 holes and we are all below 10 handicaps and just having a brutal go; so we go to the 9th hole and my brother ripped a drive to about 75 yards from the green. I take my 60 out of my bag and said something like "I will go first because this is the worst shot in my game." Well wouldn't you know it, I step up, hit it staright at the pin, it takes one bounce and plops in the cup! I had never jarred on before outside 20 yards so it was pretty invigorating. Anyway, after that we birdied the remaining 9 holes to go 13 under and came in second place!! I couldn't believe how much momentum we got from that shot and found it amazing how much confidence changes a game.

Moral of the story, don't dwell on the negatives, but roll with the positives!!

[Koolie G]

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Does anyone have tips for keeping your hands dry in that situation? I don't have this problem when it's that hot and the air is dry, but last night I could not for the life of me keep the club from slipping due to sweaty hands. It was very distracting, and I couldn't get proper release for fear of launching my club on every full swing. I tried EVERYTHING. Patting on a dry towel before every shot, wiping them on my shorts, wiping them on the dry grass (a good trick usually), etc. It was brutal! Next time in those conditions, I'm definitely renting a cart.

I've been having a similar problem lately, even riding in a cart. A dry towel usually helps, but I can still tell there is a little moisture and Lord knows I don't need something else to think about during my golf swing. Wearing two gloves seems to be the best answer. I wear two during the winter, so it's not that big of a deal to wear two on the rare days that it's so hot and humid that I can't hold the club.

Also, I've taken my GHIN from around 11, down to 8 this summer. I'm pretty pumped about that.

[ImTellinTim]

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I guess maybe it's time to buy a right hand glove to have on hand (no pun intended) for those humid days.

[Other Guy]

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Went out and played my first ever round of golf yesterday. It's something I've always wanted to do, but never went out and tried it. I really had a good time too. We went out and took everything slow and tried to have a good relaxing time with it.

I took one shot from about 70 to 80 yards that hit the flagstick, and I had a putt that stopped right on the lip of the hole, millimeters from the hole. I don't know how often that stuff happens, but I was really surprised to see both on my first round ever.

I could see myself playing on a regular basis, but obviously have a ton to learn. Looking forward to talking some gofl with you guys on here too!

[Jr.]

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Welcome to the game! It's a lot of fun if you don't take it too seriously and enjoy the good shots.

I took one shot from about 70 to 80 yards that hit the flagstick

That's awesome but, don't expect this too often. When I was 14 and first learning to play, I holed out a bunker shot from about 60 yards.. haven't holed a pitch, chip, or fairway shot since (10 years and probably 100 rounds later).

[H to the Oza]

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Im fairly new to golf, started at 18 and 4 years later I dont get much time to golf living in the Canadian prairies. Summer is short and working full time doesnt help either. Come september its back to school so not much time again.

To pour Listerine in my wounds I misplaced my pitching wedge, and have to go buy a new one. On top of that my drives notoriously hook any time I attempt to hit a max drive. The plan is to hit the range one day soon and work on everything.

However, once my drive went perfectly down the fairway and managed to STICK into the ground, waist deep. It was hilarious, we pulled it out and kept playing.

[1Rose]

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Went out and played my first ever round of golf yesterday. It's something I've always wanted to do, but never went out and tried it. I really had a good time too. We went out and took everything slow and tried to have a good relaxing time with it.

I took one shot from about 70 to 80 yards that hit the flagstick, and I had a putt that stopped right on the lip of the hole, millimeters from the hole. I don't know how often that stuff happens, but I was really surprised to see both on my first round ever.

I could see myself playing on a regular basis, but obviously have a ton to learn. Looking forward to talking some gofl with you guys on here too!

Yeah that stuff is pretty rare. Which makes it all the most amazing when it happens.

I've been a scratch golfer since I was 15 and have never had a hole in one. Been pretty close a few times, meaning within inches, but still have never had one.

Also have never holed out a shot from over 100 yards from the fairway, again been very close many times but it just has never happened. Some people have the luck, and some don't.

I've chipped in though plenty of times from numerous spots around the green and have holed some pretty lengthy putts. (60ft+)

Pretty exciting that it happened on your first round. Gives you a pretty good reason to want to play again!

[Jr.]

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So I went to the range today and figured out my swing with my irons... but of course, I couldn't hit my driver straight. I'm playing on Thursday, so hopefully my swing will just figure itself out

[ImTellinTim]

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Weekly league check-in. Shot a 43 with a couple blow-up holes, a double and a triple. The double was on the first hole of the night, a par 5. Pulled my drive into a pond, ended up on in 4 and 3-putted. The triple was just a disaster on a par 4. Flubbed the tee shot, second shot into trees, punched out, found a greenside bunker with the next shot, and a 2-putt.

For there being a steady 20 MPH wind with gusts to 30, I thought I played pretty well on all the other holes (5 pars, 2 bogeys).

To chime in on the hole-out stories - I've done it twice for eagle from outside 100 yards. Definitely a round booster!