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mr.poker
May 27, 2006, 09:39 AM
Is it just me getting frustrated over holes on fairways, uneven tee boxes, hard bunkers, ruff greens, etc.. ? Every time I play a round I get stuck in a situation where I think I shouldn't have to be in. For example I hit a perfect drive on the fairway but when I walk up to the ball I see it in a spot where it's near impossible to get in the air. What I am wondering is there a way to work around these course faults or do u have to hit where ever the ball lies?
Thimble
May 27, 2006, 09:43 AM
play it where it lies is one of the most basic rules of golf.

every situation you mentioned can be handled with slight adjustments. i hear conditions are even more "unfair"/"variable" over in links style courses in scotland.
mr.poker
May 27, 2006, 10:51 AM
play it where it lies is one of the most basic rules of golf.

every situation you mentioned can be handled with slight adjustments. i hear conditions are even more "unfair"/"variable" over in links style courses in scotland.

For example, you read the green perfectly hit a perfect putt but your putt misses to the right cause it hit a bump on the green, nothing you can do in this situation and you have already lost a stroke:-o I guess to avoid these things you have to spend big bucks and play expensive well maintained courses.
skt07
May 27, 2006, 11:37 AM
Even professional golfers have to deal with hitting their ball from divots and putting over spike marks on the greens now and then. It's all part of the game.

Furthermore, you mention all the times something unlucky happens to you (i.e., your ball landing in a hole in the middle of the fairway). How many times has something lucky happened to you on the course? Your drive heading into the forest, but hitting a tree and bouncing back into the fairway for example? Your ball hitting a sprinkler head or cart path and giving you 50 extra yards on your drive? You didn't hit a good shot, but obtained a good result, and you'll take it. Same thing goes when you hit a good shot, but obtain a bad result. You play it as it lies.

Golf courses are outside. Outside is subject to variable conditions and will never be perfect regardless of the price you pay. You win some, you lose some. But it probably all evens out in the end.