What's in your bag?

[bryce]

I'm the opposite of Steve!! I hardly ever shoot at a pin that I don't think I have a chance at. Maybe that's why I hit so many greens....I play to the safe side, or fat side of the green. It makes chipping easier too, if you have more green to work with. I took that conservative approach a few years ago in real life and it has made me a consistant 75-85 golfer. So I brought it to my PGA 2000 players too, and it has helped alot on the tougher courses. Par is better than bogey! That's my theory

I chip in about once or twice a round with my clicker, but maybe only once every 5 or 10 rounds with the trueswing. Some people like Terry can drain putts from everywhere with his trueswing. I don't know how he did it either.

[BrianZ111]

So, true-swing gets the ball on the green more? This is the worst part of my game - GIR - about 57% at present. This is actually what sparked my original post - looking to find a way to get dialed in from the fairway. I hit the ball very straight and I putt very well but landing on the green is what does me in all the time. If I could figure it out, I would probably shoot -8 or better every round because the rest of my cyber game holds up well. Funny, in real life I have the same problem Wonder if it is a feel thing or a computer thing???

Brian do you use the true-swing method as well - you did not mention. I like the idea to have a 1 or 2 iron to hit for fairway bunkers - not sure if I would need to carry the clubs though as my issue is not in finding the fairway but in finding the green - that's where I land in the sand.

I use Tru-Swing. I looked at my stats and my GIR is a terrible 40%. I'm more of a risk taker; the game is more fun for me that way. I also don't lack in confidence in my ability to get it up and down from almost anywhere although my scrambling is only 50% so maybe I should. This is a player with more than 10 years and 31,640 holes on him though so I don't know how accurate a measure that is of how I play now.

[sandwedge]

Wow guys - I am feeling pretty good about my low GIR% now I guess I play to get close on every hole too - though I can drain the long putts fairly often, my eyesight is not what it used to be so especially when I play my kids I have to go for it. I am behind so much of the time with the girls I guess I really often have no other option if I want to try and beat them. This makes up the bulk of my playing time - solo I am a lot more conservative because I want to keep my putting sharp. Would love to hear from Dar or one of the other really low scoring golfers on this one.

[Indy Anna Jones]

I haven't played in several months, but my established player's GIR is 60.3% in just over 100 full rounds (1842 holes.) My driving accuracy is 81.6% and avg. putts/GIR is 1.37 (which saved my game), an an avg. score of 68.1. Par 3s oddly enough have always killed my game (P3 avg. 3.0); I probably have more bogies and "others" on the P3s than anything else.

What helped my accuracy tremendously was in learning how to make the high shots with woods and long irons so that eagle/birdie putts became pretty common. I was also pretty dead on within 10' depending on the speed... just too inconsistent to be an "elite" player.

My bag consists of the D2-3-4W/3-9i and the 3 wedges (I'm a clicker.) Depending on the wind especially, I found that driving distance (avg. 276) wasn't as important as keeping the ball in position for the approach; since I could loft a driver, with an accurate (!) shot I could put myself in pretty good scoring position from anywhere inside of 210-220 yards. As often as possible, unless the pin is placed in a really dangerous position, I go for the pin (hate to know what my penalty stroke avg is! )

[sandwedge]

So when you say you loft your woods, is that because they loft in general or are you talking about the adjustments you make? If so, do you have a formula for adjustment or is it just a feel thing? Still thinking about charting things - I am a tri-clicker too.