Scores after Strategic Play

Ok guys here it is ........  if anyone missed the last posts use this thread to post your scores and say what strategy you used...........

Talk about a weird round today - after the first par 3 hole which i bogied I teed up on the 2nd hole - (par 4 441yards) out came the 3 wood and took a practice swing, dont know what happened but walked off the tee and grabbed the driver.......all the way on every tee driver driver driver.

My 2 worst holes were the par 4 (stroke index 1) where I shot an 8 - bunker messed me up big time and a par 3 (stroke index 18) where I shot an 8. these were the 2 I did play strategically on and managed to mess them up.

In the end I still shot at 87, (I was playing off 17.1 and now my handicap is 16.1?!?!)  

All in all concluded that I aint got the patience for this strategic play safe stuff, just seems like a totally different game when I do and I start to make silly mistakes that I usually dont!! arhhhhh  On the positive side I started to slow my driver speed down and not the club back so much and play a smooth swing, result was awesome ball stayed on the fairway (driving about 220yards) but like a total prat I started to do this from the 13th instead of earlier.

I went out with the strategy of staying calm whatever happened good or bad & trust all my yardages. Only used the driver on 6 holes. My course is a par 62 & I shot a gross 71 (9 over which WAS 6 shots under my handicap which has now been cut 1.2 shots to 13.7!!!)

I also used my 'matchplay' head when putting & only took 32 putts.

I can't put it all down to strategic play though as I did have a new Taylornmade R7 Draw driver in my bag which is a SUPERB club & I had a lesson last week BUT saying that I tend to think that if your mindset it right everything else will follow.

Played today using the "breathe in on back swing" method and also played each hole as a par 5. Result was:

1) The breathing theory needs work on - it is not that easy.

2) Not one hole did I score under 5..Shot 11 fives in total to a tally of 97 (one more than last week)

No Philip, it certainly didn't. Infact when I was concentrating on breathing in I could feel my shoulder rise slightly which was not good at all..

matt,why don't you use a 3 wood from the tee? much easier to hit straight than the driver,and you still get good distance.if my driver misbehaves(often)i use the 3 wood and still get a fair distance down the fairway,works for me....

Matt,

An old saying "it is not how but how many"..Use what ever suites you, not what suites others - it's your round, it's your game, it's your shot.

Social rounds I can be seen hitting my driver but I have a comp coming up a week saturday. I won't even take the driver let alone use it..

My tee shot will be either a 3 wood, 5 wood or 21* utility (unless a parr 3 dictates otherwise)..