Ok, I'm playing to 26-28 at mo and had 34 ppr on Sunday (not counting putts from the fringe in this) - which I thought poor, but maybe its not.

Lets assume that BigDaz as the only half decent golfer to have replied so far is hitting more GIR than us and ignore him - he's scoring OK anyhow - how about us hackers? What do we have to do to get to 30ppr?

For me - even though i missed some "sitters" yesterday - its not just the putting, I have to improve my chipping to get more 1st putts in range. What do you think?

So back to the 7I strategy!

Back 9 great, 17 putts but still a 45.

Front 9. Always a nervy starter anyhow and had a dreadful attack of first tee tension (partners arrived with 2 and 1 min to go) as we rushed to tee off late in front of others waiting. So a 7 6 3 8 (8 over) start before i calmed down meant i struggled to a 51.

But yes. A semi-decent short game (and a semi decent start) and playing sevon iron golf should see you in the respectable eighties.

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