# In Which a VERY Amateur Golfer Plays a Professional Course **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-very-amateur-golfer-plays-a-professional-course/779462 "2017-02-10T14:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-very-amateur-golfer-plays-a-professional-course/779462/21 "2017-02-14T12:25:11Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > Normally you would be correct but for a new golfer, advancing the ball is key. Easier to do with a lofted club and less likely to have a terrible shot. Okay, that makes complete sense and is great advice. Could you please follow me around the course and say stuff like this as I’m playing? I get terrible amnesia as soon as I get on the first tee. I think it’s something on the grips of my clubs that causes it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-very-amateur-golfer-plays-a-professional-course/779462/22 "2017-02-16T18:58:04Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Okay, that makes complete sense and is great advice. > > Could you please follow me around the course and say stuff like this as I’m playing? I get terrible amnesia as soon as I get on the first tee. I think it’s something on the grips of my clubs that causes it. 🙂 I can always tell you what you did wrong but will never be able to tell you what you did right. As such, I would be utterly useless! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-a-very-amateur-golfer-plays-a-professional-course/779462.md?page=1)