12 STUPID MISTAKES... Every Golfer Makes!!! Golf Monthly

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It is very, very useful, we get them at most golf clubs. Now we'll have your G's in the sprinklers, but the question is where are those yards? How often have you gone out to the golf course, started playing golf by taking yardage from a sprinkler, and then thought? Ah, is that for the middle or the front of the green is a question that must be asked and discovered. the answer to before you go to play, so here at West Hill your audit is in the sprinkler. I know the ology is actually here in the middle of the green, so if I give you ladies a rangefinder, do this, the sprinkler is saying it.

For me it's one five six, the laser tells me it's one four six and actually you know there's a big difference there. If I were playing a five six like in front of the green, naturally I could also go with that added yardage some to get to the flag and then I have the club completely wrong, but I know the flag is 146, so I'm going to use the 9 iron, okay this is a typical score destroying position for many amateurs now to be able to get your ball close to the flag from a position like this you have to throw the ball over here to let it dribble to the flag that's fine if you are one of the best players in the world, you are playing on the tour, but if you are not, if you are a typical amateur

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, then maybe you should be a little safer with your recovery shot, you are shortsighted, don't be too cute with the recovery shot, just play past the flag and you never know.

I could just stop the putt for a par anyway, okay, so the third hole here at West Health I hit my second shot into this pesky little creek that runs just before the green here and now I need to take a drop, so , because you. I'm going to keep the flag in line with me, just back up a little and drop it there, perfect, other than a few things, first of all, I dropped it in a hole, second of all, there's just mud under where I dropped it, in third place. We have about 70 yards to get to the flag so it's a horrible distance from a horrible lie, it's also a downward slope and there are times, and we all do it from time to time, when you just need to think a little more about where are you. you're dropping the ball when you have to drop it can actually make a big difference, it's hard to do sometimes when you're a little upset and you think you know the red mist is descending but you need to think a little bit. harder that way to drop it because this is a pretty stupid place to drop the ball.

I'll try. Well, I'd be very happy for it to be just short of the green, which isn't good from 70 yards, but given where I left it, I'll take it, mark and wait, it really is the oldest lesson in the book, it's one of the first things What they tell you when you start playing golf, when you miss a part, take it a short distance, fix the market shot. a moment and then play it, don't do what I just did there, it's possibly the stupidest of all the mistakes you can make if you're playing uphill, don't forget to add a little more. of extra yards, it's surprising how often when you play uphill you come up short, myself included, you just need to remember, it's so easy to use in yardage, for example this scenario here I have 181 yards, it's very easy to play up to 181 yards without Remembering that you need to add a little more.

I'll take an extra stick. I'm going to use a 5 iron instead of a 6 iron and I'm sure there is someone out there, if there is please leave a comment. Below who will give you a much more scientific calculation of how many extra yards you need to add, but for now just remember to add a little and add a few extra yards

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time you play uphill. That's one of my lists that relates to your scorecard and in particular. What hole do you play on the first one? Now, sometimes you will be in a competition and tee off from a hole that is not the first tee and in that scenario make sure you make a mental note and don't fill up. your scorecard as if you had teed off because you are going to make a mistake and you may end up having to throw away your scorecard which will cause us untold confusion when you get back to the clubhouse at the end of the round you have to remember what the shot was of

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one in your group, you will have to fill out the entire scorecard from scratch without knowing what the hit rates are, etc., etc., so if you have come out of a hole that is not the first.

Make a mental note and start the scorecard from that hole, don't start it on the third. Next on my list is overestimating how far you hit the ball, it's something a lot of golfers do and I think there are probably two reasons for it, firstly, one With a bit of ego, people don't like to admit that such Maybe they don't hit the ball as far as they used to or think they do, and secondly, because when you practice on the course, you hit shot after shot after shot from the perfect position. live from a mat, you can appreciate how far you hit the ball, which may not actually be true when you're on the golf course.

Now this is the 7th hole here at West Hill, it's slightly into the wind and it's also a bit uphill. I fell short here again. I'm going to suck it up for yards with my Bushnell. It says it's 173. Now I know from experience that I often come up short on this hole, so 170 is usually a 7 iron. For me, I'm going to hit 6 and that should be enough Club to get me comfortably onto the green so I can cut. and, frankly, it doesn't matter what your copy is, no one here cares which one might be the only one.

What people really care about is how many shots it takes to get around the golf course, and even then they are probably more concerned about how many shots it takes and how many shots are needed. Don't worry if you have to do it. take off a head cover, do it, the only thing that really counts is whether you're up there, whether you're level with the pin or what club you hit. Well, next on my list relates to me and fairway bunkers. I'm pretty sure you know what I'm going to tell you: you're in a fairway bunker, try, let's be too greedy, we've all been in this type of situation where you went for the green and shot the green. faces the ball, then turns and lands back on its original or divot mark or connects to the bunker.

It's so demoralizing when that happens, it's also kind of a stupid mistake because you know what the dangers are and if you can, maybe just try and go out there, take it from there, take medicine and keep playing, and I've got 110 yards from here. I'm pretty far from the bunker and if I was in the middle of it again, I'd probably take this and I'd probably regret it, let's see, hell yeah, and that's a really good example of why not to do it because not only did I hit him in the face, but which went up, turned right and ended up on the right side header, so now I'm thinking about a double, if I'm lucky, probably a triple bogey means making a pitch, it's possibly the simplest tip in golf, but it's amazing the frequency with which we make mistakes, so if I'm going to take a shot on a hole like this, for example, 250 yards from the greens, the par 5 is not going to come, so I'm going to take a shot, but the number of times we I find myself in that small bunker on the right side.

This is incredible and it's very annoying and when I go to bed with, for example, a 7 iron, it's the first one I'm going to hit. Here, when hitting a 7 iron, here I'm going to put that right side bunker into play. I'm going to take a shot with it now that it's in that bunker and I can guarantee you that it will go in, yes, directly, instead of hitting it with a wedge. I could hit this as hard as I want. IM not going to do it. get there, but still I'm not going to be very far because it's so downhill that I can be quite aggressive with the wedge, go ahead, I'll even push that thing that's directly into that bunker and it'll feed into I know I can't get there and it's way ahead.

Below that, absolutely fine. I realize this particular part of the video is as much advice to me as it is to anyone else the next time they come to play at West Hill. I need to remember this part of this video, but it's very true to say that it's the simplest tip in the game. A layup means making a layup. Don't make a stupid era by hitting it in the rough or into a stupid bunker you need. "Okay, next on my list of stupid mistakes is avoiding it. It's a mistake we all make and even the pros at the top of the game make this from time to time.

It's when you focus so much on the line of a putt. I do it. you're reading from all angles, you get really interested in the details, then you hit the putt and forget about the rhythm, it's something we all do and I'm sure you will although I'm talking about it now but next time you go out. to play think not only about the line but also about the rhythm. Next on my list relates to overly ambitious breakaway shots. We've all tried to make a miracle shot that we really can't make. This is a very good one. example of that.

I have over 200 yards to the flag here, over 200 yards, there is a stream that runs near the green to take this and look for I'm not just putting this tree and the trees on the right side or the head of the green into play. left side, depending on where I'm going, I'll also have to make a really good shot just to avoid that little stream, it's a no-brainer, you have to get out of a position like this, but how many of you watching this would accept this shot? I have to admit I would be tempted to let it go.

I'm going up the right side and I missed everything. I missed the water and ran down the left side just before the bushes on the left. I've been incredibly lucky there because I gained very little by getting to the pool with the practice swing it doesn't really look great, it's something I think probably most of us have done at least once, even if it was just a shot. of chip and the balls that will probably end up in a bush in that scenario, not a great look. so give this and there you have it, we are our twelve stupidest mistakes golfers make, how many have you made?

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