- Thread starter
- #51
Great pointsTheirs is a common belief - maybe they play with more high cappers than I have??? But bad decisions - high cappers trying to pull off shots that the pros won't, for example - is not even close to the number one reason that I've experienced and seen as the most common reason for double or higher holes.
In the age of more people using data to support opinions, you still have those who have occasionally gone out with a high cappers, watched them miss what they consider high risk shots, and that becomes enough of a sample size to form an unwavering opinion. And the same could be said about my experiences as well. But I do know that poor decisions (with my game anyway), is nowhere near the cause as that of poor execution on shots that are not high risk.
The advice you just have to reduce the doubles or worse just brings back funny memory. In late 2021 I took lessons from an instructor. He helped me quite a bit and I still have a lot of respect for him. But in the first few rounds of the following season, I started off with some high scores. At his request I sent him the screenshots of my scores and his only comment was you have to find a way to reduce those doubles and higher - as though that wasn't self-evident. Lol
The reality is that to someone who is as inconsistent a ball striker as me, 18 holes brings about so many opportunities. I'll play certain holes with bogey as the plan from off the tee. When a golfer doesn't have any particular strengths, all it takes is one hiccup on a hole. That's why I believe par 5's are statistically more difficult for high cappers, there are more opportunities for a hiccup. When someone is already averaging bogey golf, all it takes is one poorly executed shot to get them to a double. We generally don't have the game to come back from that.
I've said this before, but the MyStrategy feature in Shotscope is a great way to see if poor decisions are a factor for blowup holes.
My average is 23% pars, 38% bogeys, and 36% d-bogey's or worse.