(12-01-2017, 10:04 PM)PF* Wrote:

(12-01-2017, 09:58 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: I don’t get a snowman often but I did a few weeks ago in the middle of what was turning out to be a good 9 holes. My approach shot landed just off the fringe. For WHATEVER reason, my wedge decided to play ‘Let’s see how far we can blade the ball. Ooh, that was fun, let’s do it again!’  
This was a reminder of why I increasingly use my 6 iron for such shots. I choke up on it and give it a putter swing and there’s just enough loft to carry the ball over a few feet of fringe with a nice roll out.

Had a snowman Wednesday in New Hampshire on the first hole- felt good and hit a good drive that leaked into the woods, hit safe shot back to the fairway, oops caught a branch and dropped straight down so hit another one out; hit nice 5 iron to the green, oops went into the trap; messed up sand shot and only made it to the fringe about 40 feet away and 3 putted it. Nice start. Never recovered.

How about this?  We're playing for money.  My partner is no help.  We come to a par-5.  I outdrive everyone by 50 yards.  Feeling pretty pretty good about myself.  Pull out a hybrid, hit it right on the sweet spot, come up about 10 yards short of the green, right in the fairway.   Our opponents have driven their ball all over the map.  I should win this hole by 3 strokes.   So I blade my chip shot over the green.  Duff my comeback chip short of the green.  Duff my 3rd chip onto the green 30 feet short of the hole.  Send my putt 10 feet past the hole.  Miss the comeback putt.  Lose the hole by a stroke!  SIX shots to get up and down from 10 yards short of the green. 

And my partner, who has been absolutely no help in the match, says, to me, "You need to work on your short game."  NO [BLEEP]!

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