[Golf] Scramble "strategy"?

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I'm playing in a 4-person scramble this weekend. I'm not very good, and not clueless - my yahoondicap is 15.8.

I have a sleeve of ProV1's that were a promo gift, but I usually play either Pinnacle Exceptions or Titleist DT So/Los. Would there be any value in hitting the ProV1's on approach shots/par 3s/putts?

[ceyoung]

play with your normal balls. you aren't going to be gaining much with the pro v. if anything it will go shorter and more sideways.

[JTrout]

If the greens are rock hard, you might want to hit the pro-v on approach shots.
Otherwise, just play with what you normally do.

Strategy wise, here's the main two things most people fail to do:
Take enough club on approach shots.
Get the putts to the hole on uphillers.

Good luck!

[HDPM]

In a scramble it is very important to remember to drink a lot.

If your team isn't good, I suggest a pencil with an eraser on it.

I never resort to the pencil. I do resort to the rheumatism medicine. I hate a scramble with guys who fail to drink enough.

Also a cigar or 3 is clinically proven to reduce the average score in a scramble by .6749 strokes.

[Sluss]

If your the worst person on team just have fun and make a few putts.

Don't worry about being bad, if you pull a shot out of your arse celebrate, but don't try to turn into Tiger Woods and take all day just to shank a shot.

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If the greens are rock hard, you might want to hit the pro-v on approach shots.
Otherwise, just play with what you normally do.

Strategy wise, here's the main two things most people fail to do:
Take enough club on approach shots.
Get the putts to the hole on uphillers.

Good luck!

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7 birds, no bogeys...we tied with another group, but won because of a better back-nine score. W00T!

[JTrout]

Congrats to you!

[Stellastarr]

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If the greens are rock hard, you might want to hit the pro-v on approach shots.
Otherwise, just play with what you normally do.

Strategy wise, here's the main two things most people fail to do:
Take enough club on approach shots.
Get the putts to the hole on uphillers.

Good luck!

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7 birds, no bogeys...we tied with another group, but won because of a better back-nine score. W00T!

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Cheaters. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[ceyoung]

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7 birds, no bogeys...we tied with another group, but won because of a better back-nine score. W00T!

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man the last scramble i played in was won by -14, i need to find scrambles like yours.

[battschr]

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7 birds, no bogeys...we tied with another group, but won because of a better back-nine score. W00T!

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man the last scramble i played in was won by -14, i need to find scrambles like yours.

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Yeah, I was on a winning team last year at -17..and we only won by 1 stroke.

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7 birds, no bogeys...we tied with another group, but won because of a better back-nine score. W00T!

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man the last scramble i played in was won by -14, i need to find scrambles like yours.

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Well, the course played 6340 or something, 72.0 - 130 with about a 15-20 mph wind blowing most of the afternoon. If someone from a telecom company is going to put up 58, more power to 'em. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[JTrout]

I'm playing in a 4-man scramble this afternoon.
Most of these one day fund raiser scrambles have better door prizes than what is awarded for first place.

I've won 2 putters for door prizes this summer. I think my strategy of making a small fold in the door prize ticket is the key to my success! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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One other thing that I'm sure is self-evident, but I botched up was checking where we were in the shotgun assignments and which holes are the "special" ones.

We started on a closest-to-the-pin hole, and had I known that, I would've hit a bunch of extra shots on the range with the iron of choice beforehand. As it was, I tugged my tee shot left of the green, and was immediately out of the running. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Bulldog]

-7? Wow. I don't think I've ever been in one with a lower winning score than -10. Wind? You get four swings at it, adjust.

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One other thing that I'm sure is self-evident, but I botched up was checking where we were in the shotgun assignments and which holes are the "special" ones.

We started on a closest-to-the-pin hole, and had I known that, I would've hit a bunch of extra shots on the range with the iron of choice beforehand. As it was, I tugged my tee shot left of the green, and was immediately out of the running. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

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I hear that!
Played a scramble Friday and started on the long drive hole. My 310's usually take five or six holes to develop... Still cranked it, but into the right hand rough. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Bulldog]

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We started on a closest-to-the-pin hole, and had I known that, I would've hit a bunch of extra shots on the range with the iron of choice beforehand. As it was, I tugged my tee shot left of the green, and was immediately out of the running. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

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I started on a closest to the pin hole once, stuck a tee shot to 18 inches right at the horn, and it held up the whole day. It was the only shot of mine we used in the first seven holes*, however, so the rest of my day didn't go so well.

*except for the birdie tap-in, of course /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[JTrout]

we shot -11 and finished 6 back on Monday.
We took 3 mulligans on a 155yd hole and still made bogey!
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