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I was wondering from those in the forum that have played in tournaments what your score was before you decided to enter one. I see on the PGA tour that they get 16+ under sometimes and 350+ drives but I am wondering what the usual is for the lesser tournaments? And also how long was your drive at the time?

What sort of tournament are you meaning and what level?

if possible, go to your State's golf association and see what the scores were in previous tournaments and if you fall in there somewhere go ahead and enter but remember, tournament golf is different than just playing a round with your friends. It's hard to describe, but it's just different and it will tell you alot about your game, but it's fun, so don't be timid, just jump in and test the water.


stagday

I was wondering about the local tournaments on the amateur level.

How many days are you talking about?

Ex: 4 day tourny , 3 day and so on...

al ot of your local tournaments are handicaped anyway most likely, so as long as you keep a legit handicap, it doesn't mnatter what you shoot and how good you are...it just a game and fun at that

Boomer's right...there's a place in most local tourneys for every skill level. The hard part is finding a partner that is about the same caliber...if he's better he bumps the team up to a level that's hard for you to compete...if he's worse it makes you the team leader and more pressure to perform. Like stag said, get your feet wet and don't pressure yourself to win the first time out. Tourney golf will bring out the best and worst in your game. Go try it...you'll see.

Shade

So true. With some experience it will mostly bring out the best. Keep the expectations under control for you first few.

To me, there are differnet levels of Tournaments:

Fun/Charity Stuff - Mostly scrambles. Anyone can enter with an entry fee, and typically you see a lot of drinking, carousing, gambling, and other funky stuff. Quite nonsense, IMO.

Organized Events - Similar to Hackerstour.com, etc. These are a little more serious, but they are typically a mix of local people who want to get together, have fun, and enjoy a tournament situation, but IMO, these are one step above the fun/charity events.

College/HS Events - Very serious competitive events for good players on their high school or college team. Match or stroke play. Bring some game........there are some GREAT younger players out there these days.

Local/Regional USGA events - The USGA golf site lists many regional events for both seniors, open, and junior divisions. While these are generally open to anyone with a valid USGA handicap, you can see some pretty good players at these events.

http://www.usga.org/championships/am.../directory.asp

Professional Mini-Tours - Hooters, Tight Lies, and other tours. Bring some game! You need to qualify, and pony up some good entry fee money for these events. I wouldn't think about this until your game is REALLY good (handicap less than 2-3 or so) to be able to compete.

Q School, PGA Tour, European Tour, etc. - Bingo! The top eschelon of golfing. If you get there, enjoy it!

As far as your question about Driving distanc e- it's IRRELEVANT, but distance always helps. There are guys on the PGA Tour who only drive it 270 yards, but they're still competitive. Don't worry about this, but it always helps to be long (but it helps MORE to be accurate).