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Originally Posted by JustSomeGuy
example - quote little red book...harvey Penick = A 5-foot putt counts one stroke, the same as a 270-yard drive, but the putt may be much more significant to your score.
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The statistics say otherwise. Putting is responsible for about 15% of your scoring differential from a PGA Tour Player.
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Originally Posted by JustSomeGuy
Psychologically, the driver is very important. If you hit your tee ball well, it fills you with confidence. On the other hand, if you smash a couple of drives into the trees, your confidence can be shaken.
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The above is a quote from Harvey Penick. Penick died in 1995. Way before TrackMan and ShotLink. Psychologically, the driver probably isn't any more important than any other club. Why should it be? On a Par 4 you have 3 more shots to get it in the hole. On a Par 5, you have 4 more shots. The odds are, if you make ONE good shot, you can make Par. If you know anything about course management, you can make a Bogey with 5 lousy shots. A poor drive is generally the easiest mistake to recover from.
There are very few courses in TV, with "woods" to smash it into. Other than on TDS, where I've lost 2 balls in the woods, it hasn't happen to me in TV in 300+ rounds. I play "tree lined" courses most every day I'm not in TV. I can't remember the last time I "smashed a couple of drives into the woods".
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Originally Posted by JustSomeGuy
But nothing is more important psychologically than knocking putts into the hole. Sinking putts makes your confidence soar, and it devastates your opponent.
A good putter is a match for anyone. A bad putter is a match for no one.
The woods are full of long drivers.
Simple free tips to get the basics right so you can find your own swing without starting with no guidance
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Exactly the type of advice that's dispensed at the Driving Range, which in my opinion, is reason that golfers don't improve.
BTW, out of 193 Players on the PGA Tour in 2023, Scottie Sheffler ranked 163rd in Putting. He won $23,000,000. How important is putting?
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Takes a long time for a new player to think about clubface being slightly open or closed...
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A new player should learn what the club face does and why, before he evens learns to hold it. If you don't understand what the hitting implement does and why ... how will you ever learn how to use it?
When's the last time you shot even par from 6000+ yards?