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Dave ley

Patric Fairbanks

As a complete novice the percentage is actually quite high, but I think that just reflects a difference in expectations.

For me the definition of a good shot includes being able to find the ball afterwards :-)

John Pettitt

David Marshall

Just 1 for me..

Tee shot on the 12th at South Winchester, July 19th. springs to mind 

Chris Perry

Dave ley

Childish ,let it go marshall

Patric, understand your perspective of a good shot as every solid contact shot must feel great i can remember them days

For me to actually really get full satisfaction from a shot it has to be excatly as visualised it in my mind,  from strike, trajectory,shape and finish. I may hit many good shots what I call Ryan Air's (great flight lands no where near your destination) . I rarely get excited by my driver it generally perfoms well but to be honest rarely does what I visualise as there so difficult to shape. Now my persimmon's different story.

Jamie C

When i played today, i probably was happy with maybe 6 shots and 11 putts, it's mainly the execution and the feel of the club striking the ball that made me happy as well the ball being where i wanted it to be (Which is pretty rare!)

John Flood

Dave,

I think the one where you told me to play a little fade just right of the big tree at your course the other week & it came out exactly as it was called & ended 4 feet from the pin.

I get about 4 of those a round if I'm lucky. Funnily enough I get more with putts. If I read the break well & hit my intended line & it goes in then I'm happy  

Dave ley

Andy Kenyon

Interesting post. It is worth reading Dr Bob's chapter on How Memory Works in 'Golf is not a game of Perfect'.  The expectation is that we play well in any given round and therefore a good shot is not memorable as it is just playing to how we expect to perform whereas bad shots tend to stick in the memory far more and these memories are potentially destructive to one's game.  The practice of recording to the n'th degree the statistics for rounds can also be counterproductive as it can reinforce the negative rather than the positive.

Dr Bob suggests actually recording the great shots you play in a notebook and reliving them regularly to reinforce the positive memories and the feeling of playing well.  I have recently started to try this.  In the last game I played at Sandown and Shaklin GC on the Isle of White last week I have recorded 5 shots which I considered to be really great. There were others that were okay but five stood out as exceptional.  The best was a long tee shot to centre fairway with a fade around the moderate dogleg.

Might actually make a useful extra bit of functionality to be able to record more extensive notes against a round where such positives could be recorded?

John Pettitt

I can remember good shots from when I first started playing, no need for me to keep a record of them.

I can also tell you where each of my partners played their shots from on every hole of a game and what they scored after the game.

The shot by Dean Elliot that Dave L mentioned was on the 15th at South Winchester, where after a good drive he hit his second into the trees on the right. Dave then told him to drop another, take the four iron and the shot was fantastic, beautifully struck to the green.

I have an incredible photographic memory and somehow manage to be able to retain myriads of useless information.

David Homer

Andy Kenyon

For those like me with a relatively poor memory, making notes of great shots may have some benefit. I can remember most games and certainly all the courses I have played. I'd love to have a memory like yours John.

One memorable shot of mine was a 300yd drive off the 15th at South Winchester when playing with you John last year. The hole was memorable too for the pigs breakfast I made of holing out for a 7 after pitching over the green and nearly taking Mr Marshall snr's head off on the 16th tee.

Passed by Winchester yesterday on the way back from the Isle of White and thought of the course. Would like to play there again someday but it is rather a long drive from Southend just for golf.

John Pettitt

John Gentles

Russell Walker

Scott Dench-smith

Dave ley

Chris Salter

Nathan Ratcliffe

Christopher Watmore

Lewis Gladstone-buchanan

Today on a par 4....second shot -  I had a sweet 8 iron from 145 that due to the rain overnight pitched and stopped 4 inch from the flag. All it's time in the air it looked like it was on the button

sweet

John Pettitt

Lewis Gladstone-buchanan

Dave Patrick

Lewis did you sink that putt? If so do you count that as a good strike?

Dave CAC handed Geordie.

Lewis Gladstone-buchanan