You're Still Away Podcast

Golf Gambling

As some of you may know we like to gamble when we're playing golf, and we found a new cool game to play for two people. If you want to follow 'you're still away' it's a fun game to play and it somewhat doesn't matter what your scores is, so different levels of skill can play together.

The Golf Game: Chipping and Putting

Brian's golf game is really coming along with a few rounds in the high 80's. The chipping lesson has really paid off, and putting has taken a huge leap. It's easy to see how the scores have dropped.

Lag putting is a thousand miles better, and double chipping is a thing of the past.

Low Hanging Fruit

What's the low hanging fruit in your golf game? Is it putting? Chipping? Going OB? Whatever it is you have to identify it, find a way to fix it, and get rid of it!

Round Takeaways

Consistency is just not there yet for Billy, and it's starting to get really frustrating. I need to get more swings in.

Things to practice for both of us are ball striking. This might be true for every golfer in some realm but it's quite clear from <200 to green are where you make your money.

Brian's got a new club and it's been treating him well. Check out the blue wonder. Is there a club in your bag that just seems to be a can't miss?

We keep coming back to it but you've got to avoid the big number. Mental game has to be stronger, and we have to stop putting pressure on everything.

Changing Course Strategy

Do you struggle with a quote, unquote nemesis hole? We all have them, but why do we continue to play those holes the same way over and over and expect a different result? Don't they say something about that? Anyway, we've changed some ways to play "nemesis" holes and the early returns have been really good. It's nice to see some things pay off.

Self-Correcting on the Course

What do you do when you're struggling through a round? How do you self-correct on the golf course? One thing to do is not try to hit the hero shot after a bad shot. Making smart decisions can take a lot of pressure off, which in turn can help self correct. Everything in this stupid game is connected and it's very easy for it to snowball.

Golf Rounds

It's all relative but what do y'all consider a lot of golf? We're playing a lot of golf this year, but maybe that's not a lot compared to others, but the bug is certainly there.

Balls Per Round

While scores and handicaps aren't coming down as fast as we've liked, it does seem like the amount of balls used per round is dropping, and Billy's scoring average has come down a stroke. It feels good to play with a sleeve of balls.

Myrtle Beach Golf

It's been awhile since we've played in MB, and the mental game was a bit better this round, and the Redneck Riviera did not disappoint! The round went great. Tune in to see how what we shot.

Blow Up Holes

Ball striking and scores are improving but there are still too many blow-up holes. The key to lowering scores/handicap is not making more birdies, it's avoiding the big number.

Brian's Tear 9 Hole Round

Brian was in the zone and had one of his best 9's ever! It feels good to get everything clicking.

The Challenge

Brian had to play a round without a range finder, and Billy couldn't use his 58 degree. Brian can sometimes get obsessed with the number, and Billy leaves some of his chips short. For both of us the challenge worked out great. Sometimes feel can really help free your mind, and doing a challenge can free the ego.

Good Bounces & Hard Work

It's nice to see some hard work pay off, but it also helps to get a few bounces here and there. Sometimes it can be the difference between a good round and a great round.

A lot of times people will get down because one round it seems like their driver is great but they can't putt, or there irons are on, but they can't chip. I'm trying to change my mental attitude to start looking at this as a positive. How do you that? Tune in and find out how.

The fastest way to lower your scores is by getting more GIR, but how do you do that? Easier said then done.

Key Takeaways

Play comfortable, play with in yourself, take the easy chip, and more!

The first major is in the books, and we're going to review the round with a, the Good(er), the Bad & the Ugly. Tot Hill Farm, like a lot of courses, has a way of humbling us. There are some small greens and tough shots all throughout the course.

We're preparing to get ready for the first major of the season. Putting needs to get dialed because Mike Strantz does not mess around when it comes to designing golf courses.

You have to play within yourself and make the right decisions. Does that sound familiar? Driver still seems to be the elusive club, but using it at the right times, or getting it under control are going to be key to lowering scores.

If we're going to reach our goals we are going to have to change our plan and focus. Have we been focusing on the right things? The key to lowering scores and our handicaps will be to avoid the big number.

How do you feel when you have a bad range session? What do you think about when you're at the range and does it effect your play?

We played 27 holes and instead of going through hole by hole we're going to analyze the other's persons game through the good, the bad and the ugly. Honestly, this is our best episode yet. We hope you'll join us.

As you know, we set some guidelines that we have meet weekly or we owe monthly to the pot. How did we do in the first week and how hard will this be to stick to?

Everyone loves a Wayne's World reference! We were calling these our practice plans, but Brian (in his infinite wisdom) wanted to change it up and call it an Improvement plan.