Played better today, for half the round. 47-40 @ Mission Royale in Casa Grande. Only hit one fairway and that was with an iron. Front nine everything was right. Back nine,everything missed left. 20 putts on the front, 15 on the back. Not great, but better. I get to tee it up again tomorrow, so maybe I can string together two good nines.

    DonM

    $67. Course was in decent shape minus the greens. Looks like they took some frost damage a couple of weeks back when we got really cold. They were almost back in decent shape but they were a bit bumpy.

      The strugles continue. 46-45 at Kokopelli today. I dont understand putting. 18 putts on the front nine, 13 putts on the back nine. Played the last 2 rounds with a recently acquired DCT courtesy of @LBlack14. Took me 23 holes before I finally found a fairway with it. Distance has been phenomenal, just need to get the direction sorted. Finally found the grove on the last 3 holes today. Hole 18 I piped one 280 or so just through the fairway, chipped to 1 foot for a tap in birdie. Hard to score playing off of hard pan dirt like this course has if you get off the fairway.

        82 at Sebastian Municipal. We went over to Sebastian on the east coast of FL. to visit family. Played with my brother in law and nephew on Saturday who are down on vacation.

        Sebastian is a nice old style Florida course. There’s a small airport next to the course where sky divers are parachuting down above you. Pretty cool.

        Mattyv I dont understand putting.

        I don’t like the hassle of lining up the ball. But when I do, it really helps because my aim sucks. I have a line template tool that makes a triple line and it makes it a lot easier to line the ball up quickly. And easier to use when making the stroke.

            DonM

            I have one of those already. My struggles have been speed related. My reads are fine, I just can't get the speed dialed in. Greens were wet and slow when we started. Once we got to the back nine, they were dry and I started making putts.

              DonM makes it a lot easier to line the ball up quickly

              I never, ever, use any mark or any alignment that may be on the ball....name/number/etc.. I turn the ball white-side up.
              I consider myself a very good putter.😉

              My thought on doing that is 'concentration'. Much like I believe a young person starting out should use an older driver head, smaller than 400cc.
              jmo

                  Par4QC kinda like takin' a knife to a gun fight or carryin' less than 14 clubs to me. I don't know if you remember or paid attention, but our buddy Muff does the same thing you do and he's a pretty good putter as well.

                    I don't line up my putts with a part of the ball, either. For me it takes too long. And what if you get it lined up wrong? I just look at the putt from behind, then address the ball and stroke the putt. No practice strokes, no alignment aid, nothing. And I'm one of are best putters at the course. I rarely three putt, and everybody wants me on their scramble team because if I can see a line a couple of times, I jar a lot of long putts.

                      I can't sit and study my putts, if I look at it too long, I over think I all and screw it up. I seem to work best when I just walk up, glance at it all, and hit my putt. I don't line up anything on the ball, hard the time I don't even adjust the ball. Make sure it's clean, set it back down and putt. On the practice green, I can't sit and hit a bunch of putts either. I'll hit a dozen or so more to see about getting the speed figured out. I'll start with a few 3' putts, and after that see about going out to 20' breaking putts. I know that is most of what I'll be looking at in my round, so I hit 6 or so of those and maybe a few longer uphill ones if possible. Then, ilk stand around and wait for everyone else I'm playing with...

                      Well, the tournament I played in a week ago, I carded a 93. Seeing how it was a best ball tournament, I ended up winning a little money.
                      I'm going to figure that the score they posted for me is after handicap adjustments.

                      Par4QC I never, ever, use any mark or any alignment that may be on the ball....name/number/etc.. I turn the ball white-side up.
                      I consider myself a very good putter.😉

                      +1 to that. I end up focusing on the lines on the ball and not on the speed /line of the putt. And I never 3 putt.

                          rsvman2 I don't line up my putts with a part of the ball, either. For me it takes too long. And what if you get it lined up wrong?

                          That's me. I can't line it up right getting down there like that.

                            I always shake my head when I see a ball that has say the model of the ball on the side instead of it being white and some knucklehead has a line drawn through the name🙄🙄… couldn’t use the name as the line?

                              Typhoon Par4QC I never, ever, use any mark or any alignment that may be on the ball....name/number/etc.. I turn the ball white-side up.
                              I consider myself a very good putter.😉

                              +1 to that. I end up focusing on the lines on the ball and not on the speed /line of the putt. And I never 3 putt.

                              Both of you have reminded me of how I used to putt back when I was a decent putter. I never used any sort of alignment aid, but chose a path for the putt and then consciously set my putter face perpendicular to that path. Somewhere along the way I stopped with the consciously part and also lost my confidence in putting. Don't know if there is any correlation in those or not, but certainly can't hurt to try again what worked well for me in the early years.

                                Well shizz! 🤯😡
                                Now I will have to try out not using the provided line on my Vice Pro’s…uhhhhg…It better make me putt better otherwise I will file suit!! 🤣

                                  VigilanteTrail You could just not pay attention to the line on the ball. I don’t. I set the ball down only so I don’t have the name and number looking up at me. The line or model could be askew but I’m not paying attention to that.

                                  When you’re hitting your tee shot, do you aim the line on the ball down the middle of the fairway? NO. In the fairway the line could be pointed anywhere and you’re fine…

                                      Played 9 indoors on Caledonia and shot -4. Sucked off the tee too. I hit sooo many balls inside with a 7 iron that when I grab a driver my stance width stays the same and I’m awful. Finally remembered afterwards to widen my driver stance🙄