Nerve strike

Yep, I guess I struck a few nerves when I mentioned that people should not post things as if they are original if that is not the case. I could have worded it better. yes, we all learned from a teacher but why expound those teachings as if they are ones original thoughts.
The assaults from some are just guilty consciences.
Anytime someone disagrees on this site they are subjected to assaults or other demeaning posts; jeez, its like the Bush Administration all over again.
Seems my post did its job of exposing the players from the guys with hats but no cattle.
Good luck with that.

There are not too many original thoughts out there when it comes to golf discussion. Should I just put everything in quotation marks when I make a suggestion? And like I should remember who said what on each occasion? I mean sometimes I say "David Ledbetter said........" but I don't always remember from where it came. It would be rather tedious to have to write a bibliography for a simple post on a thread. These are discussions, not term papers. Get it?

You and I both know that is not what I meant. Lets not take this to the extreme as there are tips and there are lectures. The lectures need to be referenced, otherwise someone may appear to be more knowledgeable than one is and the reader may not realize it and adopt false info.

You don't seem to have taken in a thing that was said! Just about everyone admitted they do not use original thought when giving assistance, they just pull on their experiences wherever that came from: Lessons, playing, books, videos, discussions, personal experience ET AL.

Your brusque and at times outright rude manner does you no justice. You are probably a very knowledgeable golfer that can help others, why not do just that and let other well intentioned folk do the same.

It is so easy to open a new thread and suggest people are charlatans, then when they give their point of view lay low then open another thread and suggest you struck a few nerves. If you have any decency about you then apologise to the site, if you choose not to then I hope you got off on it.

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Best Regards
Brian

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Funny o'l game!

TID, would you like me to go get you a tissue? Do you need a hug, come on guys, group hug for TID

I think this thread deserves hi-jacking with a plea for help and I'll take original advice or research from anyone who wants to offer it in the right spirit - including TID if he'll accept the small olive branch implicit in the request.

If I listed the 3 things that are currently stopping my score improving they'd be:

1) Loss of concentration on long putts which lead me to misread the line very badly.

2) Deacceleration on delicate chips which means a possible up and down takes 2 putts (at best)

3) Hitting at the ball. Nowadays I swing through "tick / tock" most of the time, sometimes though its like trying to clobber my worst enemy with a pick axe.

All 3 are "mental" problems.
All 3 I "should know better".

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Robin,

I can see that you are trying to defuse this and it's very thoughtful of you.

I have become tired with this guy now and cannot be bothered to continue with his petty debate, he is not man enough to apologise to the members.

Regarding your items: I would be very willing to discuss them with you but not on this thread, it's not a nice place to be. Please can you repost them?

You're right. Done

Hi Brian,

Can you mosey on over to the new thread (A Better Place) ? Your advice on point 3 would be welcome - in yesterday's gales the duck hook struck back!

Played 4 * 9 (am & pm 18s) and on the long Par 5 third, into full teeth of gale duck hooked 4 times.

Thanks

Robin