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My Motto: I play for the sound at the bottom of the cup.
Included with my friendly briefing with fellow players is that I want to finish every hole with the ball in the cup. Whether it's feet or inches away. No gimme's for me. My reasoning? Think of it this way: Do you give the basketball player the point just cause he's on the free throw line? When a football reciever catches the ball 10 yards from the line with nobody around, do you count it as a touchdown? The NASCAR driver who is a lap ahead, does he get the checkered flag early? I just think some players forget the goal of the stroke play game. Match Play? You can go ahead and concede my putt. I understand, but I may not concede yours until I know you can make them all because you've been accepting gimme's.  |
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| # 1 5/28/2012 6:30:44 AM |
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Same here, I hardly ever give some one a putt.
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| # 2 5/28/2012 7:02:13 AM |
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I see gimmies as an agreement between two golfers that have come to the realization that neither person can make a putt inside 5 feet so they allow each other to pick up in order to speed up play.
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| # 3 5/28/2012 8:46:39 AM |
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Agree 100%. Gimmes are stupid and only have a place in golf in match play when a player can give the other person a putt, that's something that can be pretty interesting and give someone something to think about. But yeah in stroke play, when someone says "That's good" I pretend I'm Helen Keller and tap the ball in the hole.
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| # 4 5/28/2012 10:44:24 AM |
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I pretend I'm Helen Keller and tap the ball in the hole. If you were Helen Keller you wouldn't be able to see the hole to tap it into. lol |
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| # 5 5/28/2012 2:15:01 PM |
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I like to putt out but there can be some gamesmanship in a gimme in a friendly game. For instance you give a guy/girl a 2 footer when you have already holed out and he is going to win the hole regardless of a one or two putt. Then when you get in spot where he/she has to hole that two footer to halve or win the hole it might be some added pressure to make it. Having been given the putt previously you might well be in his head causing him to miss.
Don't get me wrong I like to putt them all but it depends on the game and the situation. Sometimes it pays to set your opponent up for later in the round. |
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| # 6 5/28/2012 2:29:28 PM |
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I like that thought. I get tired of guys picking up there balls four feet away from the hole when noone has said anything, then insist I putt a two footer.
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| # 7 5/28/2012 2:30:58 PM |
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If some one is putting for a 10, I think its ok to pick it up inside the leather Putting for a 10 it's okay to pick it up anywhere on the green. |
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| # 8 5/28/2012 4:14:34 PM |
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I see gimmies as an agreement between two golfers that have come to the realization that neither person can make a putt inside 5 feet Have to remember that definition. |
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| # 9 5/29/2012 1:52:18 AM |
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I've said it (and seen it) a million times: Golfers who don't hole everything out typically crumble in tournaments. Not charity scrambles but stroke-play tournaments.
Two-footers are a whole lot harder to make when you never have to. I take gimmies when people give them to me on crowded courses or to be polite, but I don't like it. It's about as bad a habit as you can get if you want to play tournament golf. |
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| # 10 5/29/2012 9:00:16 AM |
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I see guys take 2 foot birdie gimmies. Come on now, anxioty factor alone would be enough to make you miss.
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| # 11 5/29/2012 9:52:33 AM |
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I've said it (and seen it) a million times: Golfers who don't hole everything out typically crumble in tournaments. Not charity scrambles but stroke-play tournaments. Couldn't agree more...our club championship is the biggest example of "good" golfer that regularly accept gimmies and miss 2-3 footers when it counts. They posted some big #s when all their strokes counted. This isn't a blitz guys play out the hole |
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| # 12 5/29/2012 10:02:32 AM |
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If your willing to give me the putt...I'm gonna take it ;P gladly. I consider myself a streaky putter to say the least. I'm good one day and not so great the next. I've made some crazy putts so if I get it close on the lag putt chances are I'm definately making the next. But if i blow it past, u might want to make me putt, LOL.
WHO wouldn't gimmie this putt????  |
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| # 13 5/29/2012 1:04:27 PM |
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Lindsay, I had a guy in my foursome Friday that hit his tee shot just as close as your picture on a par 3. He took a gimmie!!! Now I don't for a second think he was going to miss it. But if I come that close to a hole-in-one, I'm for sure going to putt it out!
He took a picture of his tee shot. I can just see this exchange on Facebook. He: Came this close to a hole-in-one on the 4th hole at Spring Valley today. Friend: That's great! Did you make the putt? He: Took a gimmie. |
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| # 14 5/29/2012 1:09:02 PM |
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I'm a putt it out guy. I should be as a low handicap player. Having said that I have no problem with the typical mid-to-high handicap player in my group taking a gimmie, especially if they are causing a problem with pace of play. For some players this seems to be the only place you can get them to pick up the pace a bit.
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| # 15 5/29/2012 10:38:13 PM |
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Lindsay, I had a guy in my foursome Friday that hit his tee shot just as close as your picture on a par 3. He took a gimmie!!! Now I don't for a second think he was going to miss it. But if I come that close to a hole-in-one, I'm for sure going to putt it out! He took a picture of his tee shot. I can just see this exchange on Facebook. He: Came this close to a hole-in-one on the 4th hole at Spring Valley today. Friend: That's great! Did you make the putt? He: Took a gimmie. oh I tapped mine in just because...but felt it was a good example of a gimmie |
