The average golf score for men is 96, so if you shoot 95-105, you are average. I get it I guess that we all suck, but don't sell yourself short. The question is, do you play it down or do you roll it? Because that will get you 7-10 strokes a round.
Kinda new here also. Played some not so serious golf 20 plus years ago. Now trying to get serious about it at 61. My question is what’s playing down or rolling? Could sure use 7-10 strokes lol.
Basically, do you improve your lie or play it as it is.
Didn’t think improving your lie was permissible, according to the rules. So, no. I play it as it lies.
I play everything as it lies from the blue tees (1 from the furthest) I don't foot wedge or take gimmes. I'm way too competitive for that. Well yea that may be average in a year of playing but, I've always wanted to be better than average no matter what it is lol
I love peninsula but man those greens are BRUTAL for someone who is new to golf lol, I almost always 3 putt there :\, got my first ever birdie there on hole #1, have only had 3, High Point #1 and Widows Watch #9.
Peninsula is a Pete Dye designed course so the greens are going to be tricky. They used to keep the tall rough high when it was first open. I mean the 3-4 foot stuff.
Yeah I agree, a couple elevated wide open holes where you cant help but try to hit bombs
Depends on the golf course. I play on lot of low end golf courses, so the fairways are not good, plus players do not fill in their divots. So I move it in my fairway only, we also move it off of roots. People over 60 do t need a broken hand just to “play it down”. I do play in my interclub matches where we play it down. Depends on if you are playing golf for enjoyment, or for competition.
I haven’t played golf as long as you but I’ve never once, in 30 plus years, heard that playing it down means playing from the tips.
Haven’t played there since I was a kid but loved it. You hit off the matts?
I played Longview today with 3 buddies, we had a blast and the course was pretty nice! Was my first time there, I live in Nicholasville so I got them coming here this week to play either Widows Watch (or whatever they call it now) or Highpoint
was my baby boys first day of school and I cried like a big dummy lmao, he's also on the autism spectrum so it was a little harder to leave him with someone that isn't me, but he handled it well. Thank you.
And you've got that going for you, which is nice. Be careful with what you dream for.
We have a pool and a pond here. The pond would be good for most.
We must have been right behind you. We were a twosome that teed off behind 4 guys in their 30s around 10:30
yep, I was the taller one in the dark blue shorts with a blue and pink striped shirt on that said something to you guys before teeing off at 10, the guys had hit 3 balls and were 100 yards off the tee lmao, small world
I read that afterwards and was like shit ... maybe someone won't notice lmao, I'm surprised it took this long
