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Post by gmbtempe on May 31, 2010 12:40:30 GMT -5
In shooting good scores. You always here short game, and while it is very important because you won't always have your A game, or even B game, you can save it with a great short game. But scores are correlated for amateurs to ballstriking. More fairways and greens. Someone posted this old article and it mirrors my thinking in terms of the stats. the formatting and charts are messed up but the info is there. It follows my game, I average 7.5 greens and my average score is just over 81. findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_5_57/ai_n26827727/pg_2/?tag=content;col1
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Post by Richie3Jack on May 31, 2010 17:48:44 GMT -5
Mark Sweeney at AimPont has a top 10 statistical factors to PGA Tour scoring. GIR and putts/gir are the top 2. From my experience, if I drive the ball well and putt well, I score well in comparison the greens I hit. I think what happens is that good driving takes O.B and hazards out of play and gives the opportunity for birdieing easy par-4's and reachable par-5's. And the approach shots are not as tough, so even if you miss badly, the ball is probably a makeable up and down. And if you putt well, you can get some birdies and save some pars.
Thus, if I drive well and putt well and hit 11 greens, I may shoot under par that day. If I hit 15 greens and have a couple of wayward drives, that may cause me to shoot over par. And of course, if I hit 16 greens and can't make a putt, I can very well shoot over par too.
3JACK
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Post by jonnygrouville on May 31, 2010 23:04:07 GMT -5
For the majority of amateurs, I would agree. It is going to be keeping away from the doubles and the penalty shots.
I'm with you Richie; if the ball is in play off the tee and I'm confident from six feet and in, I can shoot a decent score. 'Drive for show, putt for dough' is the biggest load of rubbish. What is the point of putting well if you are rolling in seven footers for doubles?
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Post by slice_oftheday on Jun 1, 2010 1:51:29 GMT -5
I'd imagine that the GIR/putts per GIR stat for PGA Tour players is due to the fact that they have such amazing recovery games and specialty shots that allows them a greater chance to hit a GIR from a missed fairway than most amateurs. A.K., Phil, and Tiger come to mind.
I agree with Rich and Jonny, because not only does hitting a fairway put you in a good spot to hit the next shot, but it also starts the hole off on a high, positive point. Missing fairways on the other hand starts the hole off on a negative note, and most amateurs believe they have to force something to happen in order to get themselves back "into" the hole. Its a mental thing in my eyes as well.
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Post by gmbtempe on Jun 1, 2010 10:14:49 GMT -5
I consider driving to be part of ball striking.
Here are some of my stats from last June to this June (about when I started to get serious about the game)
Handicap 8.2 to 6.2 Fairways 42% to 59% Greens from 5.5 to 7.5 per round Putting from 1.8 to 1.75 Scramble from 45% to 47%
As you can see the short game stats barely changed, my short game has only gotten marginally better because it was pretty dang good to begin with. Yet my handicap has gone down from better ball striking.
To shot good scores, I mean not go from 100 to 90 but good scores....its all about ball striking.
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