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One of the best tips I have had for those in between shots is to shorten your backswing a bit so if you normally get the club back to parallel i.e. 3 on a clock face work on just taking it back to 12 with good tempo and the hit through the ball just as you would with a full swing. You will find that will take about 10-15m off a wedge i.e. do it with PW for me takes it from 125 down to around 110-115m. This gives you great flexibility with wedges... see below.

Full Swing
48deg PW - 125m
52deg GW - 112m
56deg SW - 100m
60deg LW - 82m

12 O'clock Swing
48deg PW - 115m
52deg GW - 98m
56deg SW - 88m
60deg LW - 65m

9 O'clock Swing
48deg PW - 96m
52deg GW - 83m
56deg SW - 70m
60deg LW - 52m

The other great tip is to play around with your ball position using these swings also... i.e. hitting to a pin right at the back of a green you generally want to hit the shot in a bit lower and take some of the spin off... the 12 o'clock swing will generally come out a bit lower if you shift it back in your stance a little it will come out low and take off some spin... so if I have a 100m shot to a back flag I am going to hit 52deg wedge back in the stance a little rather than trying to smash a SW. Conversely say 108m to a front pin cut just over a bunker I will play the 52deg wedge with a full swing, if you are feeling really adventurous you can move the ball forward in your stance a fraction, that will have the ball come out a little higher fly a little shorter through the air with more spin.

Obviously this is not an exact science as none of us practice enough or have the ability to control our distances this well... however if you use these principles I promise it will help.
Heading out back now to practice

Hope neighbors are ok with it!

Cheers for the tips/lesson

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Charity Day at the local, ambrose event. Plenty of frothies being handed about but still hit them okay. 3rd time in 3 weeks i've finished 2nd, yet to win a thing at the club haha
 
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Played at the Torquay racv course on Friday arvo. Was a bit windy and wet on the front 9 but not to bad really. The back 9 was a different story. As it's more open and closer to the ocean it seemed like the wind had picked up another 20/25 kmph and it was freezing! Hit 92 which I was resonabley happy with considering the conditions and being the first time I'd played there. Have lost all confidence in using my driver so have been using a 6 iron off the tee. Obviously lose a bit of distance but I've been hitting my irons alright lately and would much prefer to be playing my 2nd shot from the fairway than from the rough or behind a tree!

Starting to get very keen on getting a membership and getting a handicap but still tossing up where to go. Have basically narrowed it down to the following clubs- Point Lonsdale, Curlewis, Anglesea or Torquay ( 2 year waiting list at Torquay tho )
 

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Played at the Torquay racv course on Friday arvo. Was a bit windy and wet on the front 9 but not to bad really. The back 9 was a different story. As it's more open and closer to the ocean it seemed like the wind had picked up another 20/25 kmph and it was freezing! Hit 92 which I was resonabley happy with considering the conditions and being the first time I'd played there. Have lost all confidence in using my driver so have been using a 6 iron off the tee. Obviously lose a bit of distance but I've been hitting my irons alright lately and would much prefer to be playing my 2nd shot from the fairway than from the rough or behind a tree!

Starting to get very keen on getting a membership and getting a handicap but still tossing up where to go. Have basically narrowed it down to the following clubs- Point Lonsdale, Curlewis, Anglesea or Torquay ( 2 year waiting list at Torquay tho )
Curlewis is a great track

What's membership worth
 

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Played practice round at Kew this afternoon.. nowhere near it's usual condition!! I have played it and really enjoyed it 4-5 times over the last few years today it was very ordinary... Thankfully managed to find something in my swing which has helped me get some control and proper shape back in my shots.

Played 2 balls because I was stuck in behind their Sunday comp and I was on my own, made a 4 and 5 on the 3rd hole which I always struggle with.. It's a tough drive to get in position.. today I hit 3 wood, one in the fairway but too far right blocked out by trees and the other through the fairway a little bit left again blocked out!! might have to have a crack next time and try to cut driver around the corner!! Made a couple of birdies out there one at par 3 4th one at par 5 5th another one at Par 5 7th unfortunately missed a 4 foot birdie put on the 9th after 3wood and nice SW from 84m. Bogey at 3, 6, 8 so effectively even for 18 holes (9 holes x 2 balls) Didn't play the other 9 due to slow play and course condition being pretty poor... Real shame because I really rate the course when in tip top shape!!

Any Kew members on here?? Anyone else played it lately?
 

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Played practice round at Kew this afternoon.. nowhere near it's usual condition!! I have played it and really enjoyed it 4-5 times over the last few years today it was very ordinary... Thankfully managed to find something in my swing which has helped me get some control and proper shape back in my shots.

Played 2 balls because I was stuck in behind their Sunday comp and I was on my own, made a 4 and 5 on the 3rd hole which I always struggle with.. It's a tough drive to get in position.. today I hit 3 wood, one in the fairway but too far right blocked out by trees and the other through the fairway a little bit left again blocked out!! might have to have a crack next time and try to cut driver around the corner!! Made a couple of birdies out there one at par 3 4th one at par 5 5th another one at Par 5 7th unfortunately missed a 4 foot birdie put on the 9th after 3wood and nice SW from 84m. Bogey at 3, 6, 8 so effectively even for 18 holes (9 holes x 2 balls) Didn't play the other 9 due to slow play and course condition being pretty poor... Real shame because I really rate the course when in tip top shape!!

Any Kew members on here?? Anyone else played it lately?

wouldve loved to hear a few hole in ones!
 

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Anyone played Latrobe?

Never played it b4 and have a corporate day on Thursday there
Hi Mate, pretty good track, tight tree lined, rye grass which is something a bit different in Melbourne. a few really tricky holes where you need to know where you are going par 5, 2nd not long but very tight and OB left. 17 is very much rescue or 3wd off the tee or you will go through the fairway into a pretty thick forest!! Good track that tests most parts of your game!
 

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hehe me neither. in fact most people ever!

i too have played a round alone. played 2 balls at times. it was lonely. then the marshall came around after the 8th on the Ocean. he asked if ive gotten any hole in ones, if not its ok cause dont waste them given no ones watching
My claim to fame would probably be a birdie on a par 5 (3rd hole at Gold Creek in Canberra) that went, whooshhh big cut out of bounds into someones back yard... then Rip down the fairway to 198m and then 4 iron in the hole landed about 180 odd and released all the way to the back of the green where it dropped in!! shame about the first one over the fence!!
 

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Anyone played Latrobe?

Never played it b4 and have a corporate day on Thursday there
Old blokes from my footy club are members and can get me on for 50 clams. Not bad. Course is tight as. But some lovely holes. Have a dip at the 5th straight. Only about 270m with a big pond next to it. I managed to whack a drive onto one day other times ive hit in to the drink (no guts no glory haha) need to hit the driver straight or you might be spending a bit of time in the trees

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good morning.

Moonah course yesterday at national. Par. -2 on the day. quite warm and steamy, of course no shelter from the elements out there. a really good workout on the legs, especially 15-18. handicap coming down, played off 21. i miss having more shots on holes :(
 

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Played 4 man Ambrose comp yesterday at Latrobe
8 pars to start...wtf
Then 8 out of 10 birdies to come home with.
Hit 10 drives 280+
Could only use 8 of them tho
We played off 6.3
And naturally a team with 3 players with no official handicaps who all played off 24 and one guy off 16 just happened to shoot 6 under and win
2nd prize for our group...use of a corporate box at the G for any afl game, food and grog provided
Plus i won a nearest the pin, dozen balls and a bottle of johnny walker black

Latrobe in great nick but FK it is tight
 

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And naturally a team with 3 players with no official handicaps who all played off 24 and one guy off 16 just happened to shoot 6 under and win
2nd prize for our group...use of a corporate box at the G for any afl game, food and grog provided
If that is for coming second? What was on offer for winning? :eek:
 

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If that is for coming second? What was on offer for winning? :eek:
Not sure..

3rd was a $100 Drummond voucher for each of the 4 players in the group

Straighest drive was a dozen pro v1s
Line ran out at about 260m
Marker was about 2 metres from the line at about the 200metre mark
Naturally i split the middle but was a 303m drive, no string line = no prize
 

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Straighest drive was a dozen pro v1s
Line ran out at about 260m
Marker was about 2 metres from the line at about the 200metre mark
Naturally i split the middle but was a 303m drive, no string line = no prize
My club had a charity ambrose day last Sunday and they had the straightest drive rope out on the Saturday beforehand as well, all you could win on Saturday was a golf ball. Being a course with only 12 greens you play the hole twice and I was nearest first time around and second time I was longer and even straighter.

But on the Sunday I couldn't even hit the fairway haha.
 

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Played 4 man Ambrose comp yesterday at Latrobe
8 pars to start...wtf
Then 8 out of 10 birdies to come home with.
Hit 10 drives 280+
Could only use 8 of them tho
We played off 6.3
And naturally a team with 3 players with no official handicaps who all played off 24 and one guy off 16 just happened to shoot 6 under and win
2nd prize for our group...use of a corporate box at the G for any afl game, food and grog provided
Plus i won a nearest the pin, dozen balls and a bottle of johnny walker black

Latrobe in great nick but FK it is tight
Jeeezus mate hitting BOMBS!! and winning great prizes!! who put on the day?

Yeah Latrobe is tight!! great course to play ambrose on because you can get one in the short grass and then let rip with the big dog to get right up close to quite a few greens. But playing stroke or even matchplay around there can be tough!!
 

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whats opinions of Par scoring?
For whatever reason it seems the be the least favoured game at my local club. One of the big drawcards for me getting into golf was the fact that each time you play you're only really playing against yourself and your handicap. I personally find that Par is great because you're really competing against yourself each hole and being a competitive person I thrive on it.
 

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For whatever reason it seems the be the least favoured game at my local club. One of the big drawcards for me getting into golf was the fact that each time you play you're only really playing against yourself and your handicap. I personally find that Par is great because you're really competing against yourself each hole and being a competitive person I thrive on it.
moi aussi.

mostly stableford.

i find par challenging given there's one less shot in many ways to get something.
 

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Jeeezus mate hitting BOMBS!! and winning great prizes!! who put on the day?

Yeah Latrobe is tight!! great course to play ambrose on because you can get one in the short grass and then let rip with the big dog to get right up close to quite a few greens. But playing stroke or even matchplay around there can be tough!!
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Ambrose is great for me on a short course

If one of the boys finds a fairway then i can unload

Stroke around there would be lots of irons of the tee
 
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