Golf tomorrow - help!

Yeti · #1 07-13-2005, 01:08 PM

Tomorrow I go play golf for the first time in about 8 years. I have been a few times in the past with my uncle, who is a pretty damn good senior, but I wasn't that great at all back then.

I fear I will be even worse now.

Someone gimme some quick tips. Thanks.

MoreWineII · #2 07-13-2005, 01:09 PM

Be sure to yell "fore!"

kyro · #3 07-13-2005, 01:11 PM

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Be sure to yell "fore!"

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Perfect.

Yeti · #4 07-13-2005, 01:12 PM

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Be sure to yell "fore!"

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That would probably involve getting the ball off the ground.

offTopic · #5 07-13-2005, 01:16 PM

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Tomorrow I go play golf for the first time in about 8 years. I have been a few times in the past with my uncle, who is a pretty damn good senior, but I wasn't that great at all back then.

I fear I will be even worse now.

Someone gimme some quick tips. Thanks.

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5. "If you're laying up, lay up to a distance where you can make a normal full swing."

4. "If you're faced with a long putt that you'd be satisfied to get within tap in length, then imagine a 3 foot radius circle around the hole and just try to get the ball into that imaginary circle."

3. "One way to read putts is to hang your putter vertically in front of your dominant eye while standing behind the ball, in line with the hole and your ball. If the shaft is not in line with the hole, then putt breaks to the side the hole is on." This is called "plum-bobbing".

2. "On the backswing, you should shift your weight to your back foot. Then on the downswing, your weight should shift to the front foot."

1. "Keep the putterhead low to the ground throughout the stroke."

holeplug · #6 07-13-2005, 01:24 PM

Go to the driving range and just hit a bucket or two. At least make sure you can hit your 3 wood decent so you don't embarrass yourself on the 1st tee when theres 5 groups watching behind you.

chaas4747 · #7 07-13-2005, 01:28 PM

Show up drunk, then when you play bad just keep repeating, "God I am so [censored] up I can't even play."

Yeti · #8 07-13-2005, 01:29 PM

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Show up drunk, then when you play bad just keep repeating, "God I am so [censored] up I can't even play."

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I like this suggestion.

groo · #9 07-13-2005, 02:02 PM

Thats hilarious [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

On a serious note......have fun, be polite, don't hold up your playing partners or the group behind you, drink a few beers to relax.

Firefly · #10 07-13-2005, 02:03 PM

It's all in the hips!