Conference 7.286::golf

	 Please don't  SCREAM  in  this  notesfile.  Mixed case is easier to
	 read, and it doesn't look as though one is screaming...

	 -- Mr Litby

    
    As most of us know, scoring is done near the greens.  I play on
    a course with very hard, VERY FAST greens.  (We've had exhibitions
    by Ken Venturi, Bill Kratzart et al and they say that our greens
    are much like the tour greens.)  It's also a Donald Ross course
    which means that the greens are not flat.  So how does one go about
    getting it up and down?  My favorite shot is called the LOB.  It
    gets up quickly and lands...... well like a butterfly with sore
    feet.  The way to play the shot?  It's the only golf shot where
    you do NOT accelerate through the shot.  Line up to the left of
    the target.  Open the club face (usually a SW) and your stance.
    The backswing: pick the club up quickly and long, then "drop" the
    club on the ball and restrict the follow through.  
    
    When I use this shot I generally have a makeable putt.  If you're
    not impressed,  I can 3 putt from anywhere!!
    
    
    				KO

    I LIKE TO PUT, HOWEVER IT IS HARD FOR ME TO DO. I LLIKE TO CHIP
    THE BALL ON THE GREEN. THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO KEEP YOUR
    LEFT ARM STIFF AS YOU SWING THE BALL. DO NOT BREAK YOUR RIST 
    AS YOU SWING THRU...
    
    GOOD CHIPPING...
    
    S J
    

    I have found one item most helpful in the chipping department. I
    used to constantly mishit chips. I was thin or fat,ALWAYS. I'm not
    a good chipper not however this is due to a lack of practice. I
    do now always hit the ball. What I've been doing  in the past two
    years is concentrating on looking at the back edge of the ball
    throughout the entire chip. 
    
    Tom

    I just read about a good tip to help prevent leaving clubs at the course.
    Like when you grab your sw and putter, play the sw ... drop it, pick up
    the putter... miss the putt ... get mad... leave quickly without your
    sw. I do this a lot!
    
    	Anyway , what they say to do is to leave the clubs at the flag
    stick. Then when you go to put the flag back you'll see the sw.
    
    	Walt

	Re: -.1

>    	Anyway , what they say to do is to leave the clubs at the flag
>    stick. Then when you go to put the flag back you'll see the sw.

     I thought this was a great tip the first time I heard it.  However
     there was the time that everyone in the foursome left for the next
     tee 1/2 way there we realized that no one had put the pin back in.
     Then there was the time that I put my clubs into some one else's
     bag...

	Larry

    Gee Larry... We better NEVER play together! By the end of the match,
    	I'll have put all my clubs in your bag, and you put all yours
    	in mine ;) .
    
    	Hmmmm...  (ponder)
    
    
    
    		What clubs do you use?

    Heard the one about putting the clubs in the hole and walking off
    with the flagsick in your bag??... 8^)

    It's hard to hit the sweet spot!!
    
    Phil.
    
    

>    Heard the one about putting the clubs in the hole and walking off
>    with the flagsick in your bag??... 8^)

     With some of the new putters available I've seen flags with shorter
	staff!

	Larry

     PS. Walta, I don't think I can hit your clubs, I only do wrist curls
	with a 5 lb. weight!

    In reference to the Lob shot. After you've set up to the left and
    opened your club face you should remember to keep the ball in the 
    middle of your stance with your head behind the ball. Then you must
    swing along your shoulder line i.e. to the left. Many people still
    try to swing at the target and end up hitting it thin and sculling
    it to the right.
    
    My 2 cents
    
    Chris

    Remember to keep the hands calm through impact. Keep the back of your
    left hand (righties) pointing to the sky.
    
    Rich