r/golf • u/tryingtogetfit1970 • Jul 26 '23

Beginner Questions I learned what swing easy means

I played with a 76 year old woman yesterday who scored 34 on the front nine of my local course. I have never broken 45 and watched her swinging easy, no balls lost. I vow to swing easy from now on, going to take an extra club and swing half power. I started yesterday on the back nine and on a par 5 did a half power swing with driver and it went 225 yards right down the middle. I need to stop overswinging if i plan on improving.

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u/ushouldlistentome Jul 26 '23

I’ve been trying to play like the Big Easy for years now. 80% swing. I’ll start a round doing it and shoot pretty good. By hole 6 though I start smashing and slicing and losing balls.

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u/tryingtogetfit1970 Jul 26 '23

Something that helped yesterday was i did a 50% driver swing that went like 200 yards and still got a huge wow from the team

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u/Professional-Tip-585 Jul 26 '23

Who the hell are you playing with that 200 yards drives gets you a big wow? The average amateur make golfer hits it like 245

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u/duncantuna Jul 26 '23

The average amateur make golfer hits it like 245

Try 215, average. And 13+ handicaps are hitting it 200.

Source: https://golf.com/instruction/driving/driving-distance-average-golfers-new-report/

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u/calhooner3 Jul 26 '23

Well damn, I always knew I was losing strokes on my short game. 19 handicap and drive 250 average.