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**finasteride** · 06-26-2012, 05:51 PM

My opinion is that the best thing is to stop trying to hit greens in regulation at that point. Try to hit greens in YOUR regulation which on a par 4 would be 4 shots, not 2. Then two putts which would give you double bogey golf. Then once you are doing that, try to hit par 4 greens in 3 half the time (1 over regulation). If you are like a lot of people I know, putting the driver away until you get better with it is probably the best thing to do to help you do this. Try to hit shots that keep you out of trouble but still get you some distance, not swing for the fences every time.

(I should probably take my own advice on the last sentence!)

An awesome piece of advise smalls!

You have to play within your own game, that means, your own tees and your own par. For me it's a Bogey, if I make Par on a hole I feel like I made birdie and a natural birdie feels even better. That way at my worst I'm shooting an 18 over par.

The other large item for me to reduce my scores was not to compound a problem. Trees are usually my problem and now I just take a higher lofted club, chip or hit over about 100 yards and keep going. I used to take a 5 iron or something similar and try and play a low shot, then I'd hit a tree and keep making larger and higher scores than I should have.

It's been said before, but just take your medicine and move on. 1 shot isn't bad, turning that 1 shot into 2 or 3 is what kills a score!

06-26-2012, 05:51 PM	#18
finasteride Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 488 Senior Member	My opinion is that the best thing is to stop trying to hit greens in regulation at that point. Try to hit greens in YOUR regulation which on a par 4 would be 4 shots, not 2. Then two putts which would give you double bogey golf. Then once you are doing that, try to hit par 4 greens in 3 half the time (1 over regulation). If you are like a lot of people I know, putting the driver away until you get better with it is probably the best thing to do to help you do this. Try to hit shots that keep you out of trouble but still get you some distance, not swing for the fences every time. (I should probably take my own advice on the last sentence!) An awesome piece of advise smalls! You have to play within your own game, that means, your own tees and your own par. For me it's a Bogey, if I make Par on a hole I feel like I made birdie and a natural birdie feels even better. That way at my worst I'm shooting an 18 over par. The other large item for me to reduce my scores was not to compound a problem. Trees are usually my problem and now I just take a higher lofted club, chip or hit over about 100 yards and keep going. I used to take a 5 iron or something similar and try and play a low shot, then I'd hit a tree and keep making larger and higher scores than I should have. It's been said before, but just take your medicine and move on. 1 shot isn't bad, turning that 1 shot into 2 or 3 is what kills a score!
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