Losing / Gaining Shots : The mental side of things

GreeBo wrote: »

Do you want to be a league or a cup golfer?
Anyone can win the cup, good teams win the league

Great teams win both.

GreeBo wrote: »

I disagree it brings bigger cuts. It can bring Buffett cuts than conservative golf but it's highly unlikely. Otherwise we wouldn't have lads struggling off handicaps not than 18 and still increasing!

Until you can comfortably play to your handicap, leave the aggressive golf to someone else.

Your calling going for greens in regulation aggressive golf. Perhaps for somebody over 18 it is.

But it isn't for the majority of golfers on here.

It is the definition of aggressive is the problem.

I go for every green in regulation - but I rarely take on a shot, I can't do 7/10 times. Aggressive is relative to the individual.
I still maintain that , on some occasions you have to take on shots that you are 50 / 50 on, but on these shots you have looked at the outcome of the bad result.

The format of golf being proposed here is passive golf. In particular laying up on a par 3. It is a format of golf that 9/10 (yes made up) but a guess from playing golf with many others - that very few would get any enjoyment out of.

Is there any point in playing a game with all the enjoyment taken out of it. I'd even add to that , drifting up to 13 versus 12, then you get a sudden drop, great - I honestly would rather go to 13 then play 10 rounds of golf like that, all the birdies you missed , eagle chance - even a bloody hole in one chance. Are you honestly (joking here) going to say on your death bed , layed up on a par 3 once , every week for a year :eek:. Sorry, life is honestly too short , take a chance.

Particularly when you are talking about a .1 , it is just a .1.
No point in ruining your enjoyment of your round, for something that is uncertain to get you somewhere.

We should all go out to play regulation golf. Resolve issue if you can't. This (non gir golf) has its merits , but for extreme circumstances - or somebody happy with their lot.

This idea of non GIR golf , holds you back , you don't actually know where your game is or going, you need to know how your 5 iron is going, on a good round you test your 4 iron, your game is being tested and probed all the time, feedback into this crazy game we love, going a few months playing the same course and holes the same way for months on end , will get you good at that exact sequence. This is feck all use when you have a new course and a 30 mph cross wind. I'd say you would crumble.

Use above method. (non gir golf)
On the rare few holes - the hardest in the country
If you have tried everything and can't resolve swing issue
Are willing to hold onto a handicap , but suffer enjoyment loss
Play the one course every time and have no plans to test yourself.
Are over 18 handicap and want to drop initially

Don't use above
If you want to enjoy the game , see where you can get to
If you plan on testing yourself on different courses , conditions
If you have feel for shot making , or imagination with shot types

Anyway - we are going in circles,

But don't give up.