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^Money changes things but he convinced me by his talk that history meant the most to him and you give up alot of that on LIV. We shall see.
 
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Side note, in his first PGA event after regaining his card, Josh Teater missed the cut at Sea Island. Frankly, at his age, would be surprised if he has a great year in 2024 or anything like it, but would like to see him cash some nice checks as he nears the end of his career.
 
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Was on 4-day, 5-round golf trip to Orlando 2 weeks ago. On 3rd day we were having Ryder cup matches, 2-man scramble match play within foursome. My partner was sick so didn’t play. So I said give me 2 shots on every ball and they agreed.

Now I’m a 18.4 handicap whose main problem is off the tee. Short game is good. My best round ever was an 84 (easy par 71 course) 2 months ago, but before this summer had only broken 90 twice.

So with 2 shots everywhere, I shot +1 on front 9, but only played that 2nd ball on birdie putt on #1 and on tee or 2nd shot on 8 & 9 (but minimal improvement on those two).
Then on the back 9 I was again +1 through #17, +2 for the whole round. 17 gave me the Win for the match, winning all 3 points (front 9, back 9, overall). So I played #18 with just 1 ball since watch over. Not a good drive (tough par 4) and I barely missed 30’ par putt, for bogey.
+3 75.
Pretty much entire round 1st ball was really good and 2nd ball was crap (except for some wedges where I stuck both balls side-by-side, and a 9i on #11 where 1st ball not good but 2nd ball hit flag stick and damaged cup). I estimate that 2nd ball saved me maybe 3 strokes on the round.

Question is, does it make sense that knowing I had a 2nd ball from every spot give me (or any of us) enough confidence or relaxed enough to shoot 6-12 strokes better than my best rounds ever?

So while it felt great to play like that; it is also depressing to realize how good I’m capable of shooting yet never come close to it.
 
JonathanW said:
Was on 4-day, 5-round golf trip to Orlando 2 weeks ago. On 3rd day we were having Ryder cup matches, 2-man scramble match play within foursome. My partner was sick so didn’t play. So I said give me 2 shots on every ball and they agreed.

Now I’m a 18.4 handicap whose main problem is off the tee. Short game is good. My best round ever was an 84 (easy par 71 course) 2 months ago, but before this summer had only broken 90 twice.

So with 2 shots everywhere, I shot +1 on front 9, but only played that 2nd ball on birdie putt on #1 and on tee or 2nd shot on 8 & 9 (but minimal improvement on those two).
Then on the back 9 I was again +1 through #17, +2 for the whole round. 17 gave me the Win for the match, winning all 3 points (front 9, back 9, overall). So I played #18 with just 1 ball since watch over. Not a good drive (tough par 4) and I barely missed 30’ par putt, for bogey.
+3 75.
Pretty much entire round 1st ball was really good and 2nd ball was crap (except for some wedges where I stuck both balls side-by-side, and a 9i on #11 where 1st ball not good but 2nd ball hit flag stick and damaged cup). I estimate that 2nd ball saved me maybe 3 strokes on the round.

Question is, does it make sense that knowing I had a 2nd ball from every spot give me (or any of us) enough confidence or relaxed enough to shoot 6-12 strokes better than my best rounds ever?

So while it felt great to play like that; it is also depressing to realize how good I’m capable of shooting yet never come close to it.
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2nd team all-american.
That fella always hits all the shots.
 
JonathanW said:
Was on 4-day, 5-round golf trip to Orlando 2 weeks ago. On 3rd day we were having Ryder cup matches, 2-man scramble match play within foursome. My partner was sick so didn’t play. So I said give me 2 shots on every ball and they agreed.

Now I’m a 18.4 handicap whose main problem is off the tee. Short game is good. My best round ever was an 84 (easy par 71 course) 2 months ago, but before this summer had only broken 90 twice.

So with 2 shots everywhere, I shot +1 on front 9, but only played that 2nd ball on birdie putt on #1 and on tee or 2nd shot on 8 & 9 (but minimal improvement on those two).
Then on the back 9 I was again +1 through #17, +2 for the whole round. 17 gave me the Win for the match, winning all 3 points (front 9, back 9, overall). So I played #18 with just 1 ball since watch over. Not a good drive (tough par 4) and I barely missed 30’ par putt, for bogey.
+3 75.
Pretty much entire round 1st ball was really good and 2nd ball was crap (except for some wedges where I stuck both balls side-by-side, and a 9i on #11 where 1st ball not good but 2nd ball hit flag stick and damaged cup). I estimate that 2nd ball saved me maybe 3 strokes on the round.

Question is, does it make sense that knowing I had a 2nd ball from every spot give me (or any of us) enough confidence or relaxed enough to shoot 6-12 strokes better than my best rounds ever?

So while it felt great to play like that; it is also depressing to realize how good I’m capable of shooting yet never come close to it.
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I would say yes.

Also, when putting, if you know you must make to halve, you're going to hit it differently.

But it sounds like you're playing really well. Congrats!
 
Tiger and Justin Thomas tee off today at 11:52. Peacock will cover at 11-1230 but i think you must subscribe (at least for the weekend if you want to watch) then golf channel takes over today at 1230. Some of the coverage this weekend before golf channel will need a $5.99 subscription.
 
cawoodsct said:
Tiger and Justin Thomas tee off today at 11:52. Peacock will cover at 11-1230 but i think you must subscribe (at least for the weekend if you want to watch) then golf channel takes over today at 1230. Some of the coverage this weekend before golf channel will need a $5.99 subscription.
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It will be interesting to see how many yards difference it will make. As a 15 handicap, a 390 yard hole may take an5 wood second shot if I don’t hit a solid 225-230 tee shot which doesn’t always happen for a ham and egger. Slow pace will be expected.

 
CAT Scratch FVR said:
It will be interesting to see how many yards difference it will make. As a 15 handicap, a 390 yard hole may take an5 wood second shot if I don’t hit a solid 225-230 tee shot which doesn’t always happen for a ham and egger. Slow pace will be expected.

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I think part of the hope is that the 15-20 handicap (including myself) will realize they shouldn't have been playing 390-400 yard par 4's to begin with and either the courses will adjust the tee lengths or players will play the tees they should.
 
I do play the whites typically. maybe 1-2 400 yard par 4’s Per round at most courses I play. Moving tees up is an answer. Just wish keep amateur ball alone. Wood vs aluminum bats. Major vs rec league.
 
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