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USER​	HANDICAP​	MEMBER COURSE​	BEST ROUND​
Bicco​	6.2​	Royal Hobart​	76​
TennisPlayerAndy​	6.4​	Heidelberg​	73​
Tiimmbo​	8.3​	Royal Fremantle​	78​
tigland​	5.7​	13th Beach​	73/44pts​
buttsauce​	9.3​	Leongatha South​	76​
toxic​	10.8​	Howlong​	71​
Planet14​	11.4​	Bacchus Marsh Golf Club​	80​
Livonski​	11.5​	Kingston Heath​	79​
ScrappyCoCo​	12.5*​	-​	75​
ITCHY EYEBALLS​	12.8​	The Dunes​	80​
Pklz​	14​	Romesy GC​	77/48pts​
iDon​	11.6​	Social Golf Australia​	80/44 pts​
Lebbo73​	12.3​	City GC Toowomba​	77​
Sippa​	16.9​	-​	85/43 pts​
Shane Sheridan​	18.5​	Perth Golf Network​	87​
daicos4ever​	23.7​	Lang Lang GC​
juss​	26.8​	-​	91/40 pts​
members section​	33​	-​	-​
BobbyMorri​	33​	Claremont​	97​
Elixuh​	-​	Pacific, Brisbane​	​
peternorth​	15​	NGC, PKCGC​	80​
Nelso​	-​	-​	78​
sideswipe​	-​	Sorrento​	Cups WR​
royboy2​	25.3​	Cohuna GC​
QuietB​	Huntingdale-Cranbourne GC​
Daics1​	18​	Golden Beach GC​

 

[peternorth]

Im best at putting...then chipping, then short irons, then long irons and then driving if i am honest with myself. Having gone well with driving in my last 2 rounds I can say it is so much more fun when it is Driver is working. It is hard work if you are under pressure from the tee most of the time.

No point being a gun at putting if you're wiping the hole off the tee

 

[PaddyMcClunkin]

That's definitely true and has been scientifically proven by Mark Broadie in Every Shot Counts.

The more pertinent question is given limited practice time is which facet could the average player make the biggest improvement on?

It's just not easy to make significant full swing improvements.

Driver in my opinion is where the handicap golfer can gain the most. 90% of the time big scores come from being in trouble off the tee.
Getting off the tee well also makes the game much more fun and anyone who doesn't agree with that doesn't play golf.

 

[Bicco]

The course gives you 36 putts, and given most courses have 4x par 3's, you'll have 14 tee shots with driver in hand. Even hitting 2x tee shots with driver, if you one putt every hole you're better off.
But that's the psychological trick of golf. As humans we want to hit further, when the real skill is accuracy. If a hole is 320m, no body wants to hit 2x 5 irons. We hit driver PW. That's the trick that golf plays on us.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The course gives you 36 putts, and given most courses have 4x par 3's, you'll have 14 tee shots with driver in hand. Even hitting 2x tee shots with driver, if you one putt every hole you're better off.
But that's the psychological trick of golf. As humans we want to hit further, when the real skill is accuracy. If a hole is 320m, no body wants to hit 2x 5 irons. We hit driver PW. That's the trick that golf plays on us.

Course management.

A clear #1 for me.

Ever since I stopped hitting driver off every non par 3 tee, my HC has plummeted.

 

[Elixuh]

That's definitely true and has been scientifically proven by Mark Broadie in Every Shot Counts.

The more pertinent question is given limited practice time is which facet could the average player make the biggest improvement on?

It's just not easy to make significant full swing improvements.

Buy DECADE or mark Broadie's app and find out. I bought DECADE two weeks ago.

 

[Bicco]

Buy DECADE or mark Broadie's app and find out. I bought DECADE two weeks ago.

What is DECADE?

 

[Elixuh]

What is DECADE?

Its a golf game management system which you can learn and apply so that you pick ideal targets which are based on probability rather than gut feel + teaches you a lot of other things.

I’m only early stages but it has changed how I look at putting. I now don’t try to make putts and am neutral when it comes to a putt going in or not.

Lots of tour pros and college amateurs use it.

 

[Dhoni Dakurri]

Since daylight saving finished, am back to playing only once a week, my game has fallen apart. From regularly shooting mid 80s and a bad round in the high 80s, the last three have been low 90s

Amazing how quick the rhythm can go

Take more mulligans

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

This is how well course management went for me last weekend...

1st. 4 iron, triple bogey (par 3)
2nd. 4 wood, par
3rd. 5 iron, double bogey (par 3)
4th 4 iron, double bogey
5th Driver, bogey
6th 4 iron, double bogey
7th Driver, par
8th Driver, bogey
9th 4 wood, bogey

All woods were in pretty good positions and had a chance of par or better.

Second 9 used Driver and 4 wood on all holes and was in good position from tee most times (except 1 hole).

My previous round I was hitting long irons well...some off the tee, so I decided to use them on holes about 320 or shorter. It did not work. Course management is very important but I think the lower handicap players will execute far better than us mid to high handicappers and we can get into serious strife with our misses and don't recover that well at times.

 

[Bicco]

Its a golf game management system which you can learn and apply so that you pick ideal targets which are based on probability rather than gut feel + teaches you a lot of other things.

I’m only early stages but it has changed how I look at putting. I now don’t try to make putts and am neutral when it comes to a putt going in or not.

Lots of tour pros and college amateurs use it.

So is it a course management/caddie type app to help you make decisions?

 

[Elixuh]

So is it a course management/caddie type app to help you make decisions?

It is a series of videos that teach you a system. There are other features too.

 

[semja778]

Hello golfers,


Does anybody here have any recommendations for golf trips around Victoria? I'm looking to book for around 12 guys (handicaps ranging from 6-24) preferably in Mornington Peninsula area, if not regional Victoria, over a Friday & Saturday.

I know booking a suitable tee off on a Saturday in particular can be tricky, given that courses typically prioritize their member Saturday events, so wanted to see if anyone had any advice?

 

[toxic]

Hello golfers,


Does anybody here have any recommendations for golf trips around Victoria? I'm looking to book for around 12 guys (handicaps ranging from 6-24) preferably in Mornington Peninsula area, if not regional Victoria, over a Friday & Saturday.

I know booking a suitable tee off on a Saturday in particular can be tricky, given that courses typically prioritize their member Saturday events, so wanted to see if anyone had any advice?

St Andrews Saturday
Anywhere else down there Friday

 

[peternorth]

Hello golfers,


Does anybody here have any recommendations for golf trips around Victoria? I'm looking to book for around 12 guys (handicaps ranging from 6-24) preferably in Mornington Peninsula area, if not regional Victoria, over a Friday & Saturday.

I know booking a suitable tee off on a Saturday in particular can be tricky, given that courses typically prioritize their member Saturday events, so wanted to see if anyone had any advice?

St Andrews beach on saturday
try Flinders on Friday.

 

[Bicco]

This is how well course management went for me last weekend...

1st. 4 iron, triple bogey (par 3)
2nd. 4 wood, par
3rd. 5 iron, double bogey (par 3)
4th 4 iron, double bogey
5th Driver, bogey
6th 4 iron, double bogey
7th Driver, par
8th Driver, bogey
9th 4 wood, bogey

All woods were in pretty good positions and had a chance of par or better.

Second 9 used Driver and 4 wood on all holes and was in good position from tee most times (except 1 hole).

My previous round I was hitting long irons well...some off the tee, so I decided to use them on holes about 320 or shorter. It did not work. Course management is very important but I think the lower handicap players will execute far better than us mid to high handicappers and we can get into serious strife with our misses and don't recover that well at times.

How many putts did you have on each hole?

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

How many putts did you have on each hole?

No three putts and only a few 1 putts for the day...rolled it really well, had chances but nothing dropped. Irons killed me all day and chipping wasn't as good as it should have been (it was very wet unless you were right on the fringe...I had mud on my ball all day).

 

[buttsauce]

Supposed to be playing Victoria Golf Club on Friday, need this lockdown to hold off!

 

[PaddyMcClunkin]

This is how well course management went for me last weekend...

1st. 4 iron, triple bogey (par 3)
2nd. 4 wood, par
3rd. 5 iron, double bogey (par 3)
4th 4 iron, double bogey
5th Driver, bogey
6th 4 iron, double bogey
7th Driver, par
8th Driver, bogey
9th 4 wood, bogey

All woods were in pretty good positions and had a chance of par or better.

Second 9 used Driver and 4 wood on all holes and was in good position from tee most times (except 1 hole).

My previous round I was hitting long irons well...some off the tee, so I decided to use them on holes about 320 or shorter. It did not work. Course management is very important but I think the lower handicap players will execute far better than us mid to high handicappers and we can get into serious strife with our misses and don't recover that well at times.

Not sure what you play off but the fact is most handicap golfers are pretty awful at hitting long irons. In general I find the best advice to just get down the hole as far as you can. The stats show that this is the easiest way for amateur golfers to make their best scores.

 

[ManOfClay]

Supposed to be playing Victoria Golf Club on Friday, need this lockdown to hold off!

It was our Open this weekend. My chance to play alongside some great local golfers (one was ranked 469th in the world amateur rankings a couple of years ago) and see them in action as I let them play through when I’m shooting +30...

 

[Elixuh]

It was our Open this weekend. My chance to play alongside some great local golfers (one was ranked 469th in the world amateur rankings a couple of years ago) and see them in action as I let them play through when I’m shooting +30...

i love playing with people at that really elite end. They really do play a different game to the rest of us.

 

[ManOfClay]

i love playing with people at that really elite end. They really do play a different game to the rest of us.

That becomes patently obvious when they have a “blow up” hole and it’s only a bogey

 

[Pres]

Was meant to be playing National Moonah Sunday but alas I will not be

 

[peternorth]

Was meant to be playing National Moonah Sunday but alas I will not be

we need a crying emoji

Gunamatta for moi in the morning. Then PK North in the arvo for moi on sunday

 

[ubuntu]

we need a crying emoji

Amen, due to a lifestyle change I haven’t played in 2 months .

Can change a nappy though.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Amen, due to a lifestyle change I haven’t played in 2 months .

Can change a nappy though.

Congrats. Hope you guys are getting some sleep!