How to make birdies

[benno_r]

Hit more fairways.

You'll never get a birdy if you're chipping out sideways for your second.

Rounds i get birdies are generally better driving rounds.

[Bigbad]

I genuinely believe the more you think about trying to make birdies/trying not to make mistakes, the worse off you'll be at both. I've found i play my best golf when not trying to worry about what i'm doing or where i'm hitting it. You'll make more birdies being aggressive, you'll probably make some mistakes along the way as well. But get your confidence up and you'll be fine.

[Courty]

Leslie Neilsen says the best way to guarantee a par everytime is to leave a 2 foot birdie putt six inches short... so all you have to do is to make the 2-footer.

[Toxic]

Our course is built around the top of a hill,follows some gullies and climbs and falls on every hole.Not easy to say what iron I hit to a 190m par 3 down hill would be the same to 190m uphill.We have a par 5 of about 450m on the lakes 9.Some would say that is reasonably short and reachable in 2,but because the fairway goes up hill,with a good drive I can get to about the 200m marker,but from their it is still 50 metres to crest the hill.Or the 3rd on the hills course that I should reach,but it is so down hill on the second shot that if you land the green or try to roll on,good by ball.Green slopes front to back and behind is a drop off and the trees and shrubs. Our par 3's are long.19th hole is 196m down hill,21st is 172m slightly up hill,2nd is about 200m very down hill but the 6th is only 129m,uphill. And very rarely will you be standing on a fairway with the ball at the same level as your feet.Even if only an inch or 2,just about every fairway has slope on it

Lakes par 5 is really a par 4🤣Your games damm solid, birds will come, attack the flags bud

[JoeS]

What was it,driver 8 iron for you?You carried me on the fly and then Some,and I thought I hit a good one

Lakes par 5 is really a par 4Your games damm solid, birds will come, attack the flags bud

[JADO75]

Distance control with your irons

[Toxic]

What was it,driver 8 iron for you?You carried me on the fly and then Some,and I thought I hit a good one

Yep, driver and 8 iron (blocked it from memory to the right tho)

[Grumpy8]

Yep, driver and 8 iron (blocked it from memory to the right tho)

I made par there a few weeks ago with driver ,3 wood, 3 wood , 30 mts pitch , tap in putt .Driver was a low pull hook that didn’t make the start of the hill first 3 wood was along the ground going under a tree branch still not up to where I usually am second 3 wood was ok but a wet fairway killed any run .

[Grumpy8]

75 ots today , 15 pars , 2 bogies 1 double, who needs birdies

[JoeS]

No birdies for me again today.Had a few long chances,actually considering I had 78ots I hit quite a few greens in reg.Cape Shank greens were primo,I just struggled with the read,and being on the wrong tier a couple of times.Considering I had 35 putts which included 2 x 3putts in the first 3 holes,I think I putted pretty reasonably.

[Grumpy8]

Birdied hills 3 again today , kept having long birdie putts on the lakes greens today all pins up the back , only one 3 putt

[wizard_of_oz]

I have a GA of 10.3,and yet I average 1 birdie every 3 rounds. I want to start making birdies.I probably have 1 or 2 legit chances during a round but tend to stuff it up.Bloody game is so frustrating

Lower your expectations. I'm off 6ish and don't make birdies every round. Either improve your putting or iron/wedge play. No magic formula here just hard work.

[Toxic]

Birdied hills 3 again today , kept having long birdie putts on the lakes greens today all pins up the back , only one 3 putt

How's the course?

[JoeS]

How's the course?

Pretty good 2 weeks ago.The wind and sun has dried it out a bit.Still soft enough on the greens to attack pins,a few fairways are a bit heavy but you get that on such a hilly course.

[Grumpy8]

How's the course?

It’s all pretty good , couple of spots where they did drainage work on 16 and 14 that aren’t great. The fairways are running , greens are reasonably quick, 19 to 27 are slower than 1 to 18 , how much slower will depend on how short they cut them and if they roll them .

[Coldtopper]

Try micro dosing with LSD before a round and then wash it down with 6 beers! Helps settle the nerves and really gets rid of the gitters! So much better than the Betta’s of the 90’s! Sometimes you may need to refill on the back nine but that often leads to a bogey or two and acting weird! Try it out, sure will make more than your fair share of birds.

[JoeS]

I made a birdie today on the par 3 5th hole at Waterford today.

[Captain Nemo]

Worst thread ever!

[Captain Nemo]

Try micro dosing with LSD before a round and then wash it down with 6 beers! Helps settle the nerves and really gets rid of the gitters! So much better than the Betta’s of the 90’s! Sometimes you may need to refill on the back nine but that often leads to a bogey or two and acting weird! Try it out, sure will make more than your fair share of birds.

CT , got any more of those Beta’s?

[Coldtopper]

CT , got any more of those Beta’s?

Wish I did hence moving on speak to a few fat old guys who had open heart!

[oldracer]

You would know where to get the drugs Capt......

[mrbluu]

I think some USA Ryder Cup players will be reading this thread soon

[Captain Nemo]

I think some USA Ryder Cup players will be reading this thread soon

Bwahahaha, we’ll played!