Ok! ok! I know a blog is a kind of diary or journal but the kind I’m talking about is a diary of your golf game.
Some time ago I started to keep one (with the idea that it could become a blog but that would have been more self obsessed than this one :-)) and amongst the entries was a record of good shots played during the round, Drives, Approach Shots, Chip/Pitches & Putts.
The diary now has about 50 entries and reading it back the other day I realised I could remember every shot described vividly even though some of them were played well over a year ago.
The interesting thing is that I can also remember how I felt at address with these shots and I tell you I knew I was going to hit a good shot, absolutely knew! Something just felt right, I was confident, felt relaxed, made a good smooth swing etc
Why?? I don’t know that. If I did I’d be a pro but we’ve all experienced “seeing” the line of a putt before hitting it and watched the ball track that line and drop in the hole. So why can’t we do it more often?
Answers on a postcard to Golf Anorak, West Yorkshire, England.
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I came across the following article in which it seems Paul Azinger is placing a lot of emphasis on length from the tee in the forthcoming 2008 Ryder Cup battle at Valhalla. Why Azinger Picked The Big Drivers”
The article goes on to quote Azinger saying “…….I think that a ‘bomber’ is probably going to like the course.”and making no apology for the course to be set up to give an advantage to the home US team.
That’s no problem, it’s the home team’s prerogative to prepare the course as it sees fit, though I don’t necessarily agree that big hitters have the advantage in Match Play golf.
If, as Azinger expects, Europe will be out driven then of course it will be the Europeans hitting into the greens first. Hitting the green first will psychologically crank up the pressure in Match Play for the US players to match them.
This adds a further tactical dimension both on and off the course to what is already proving to be a fascinating Ryder Cup.
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We golfers all know that the short game and putting are more than half the game and that a warm up on the practice green will get us ready for the round ahead. WRONG!
Practice putting greens ARE NEVER like the greens on the golf course!
Recently playing at a championship links course and in anticipation of slick greens I spent half an hour or so getting used to the pace on the putting green.
After hitting the first green in regulation I was faced with 25 foot putt, got a good left to right read and BANG! 8 feet past! It’s a good job I holed it coming back or I’d have had a major tantrum on the first hole.
So, why is it so difficult for courses to maintain their practice greens like the greens on the course? Often they are not even the same strain of grass or cut to the same length.
Just how hard is it to keep the green consistent with the others?
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