I've been playing for about 4 years and I will finally break 90 this weekend. My home course is a short par 67 and my lowest is a 93. Last time out I finished the front nine at +6, then added 12 more over the next 4 holes. Ouch. I actually plan to break 80 this weekend too. Why just break one barrier, when you can break two?
Okay, I lied. I shot a 91......Human waste! Heaping steamy helpings of human waste!
This makes me feel a little better. I was actually thinking about this the other day. I played about 8 years ago just fun didn't really care what I shot. Then started having kids and golf time became few and far in between. So I hung up the clubs and just picked the game back up last year during the winter months. So I guess I have been playing truely about a year and 3 or 4 months. In that time I have shot in the 80's about 12 to 15 times. with a best of 81. Not saying that people on here cheat but I keep a very honest score. All O.B.s, play the ball as it lays, penalty strokes etc. I find it hard to belive when I hear someone who dosen't play but once a month or maybe not even that say they shoot mid to low 80's. When I have put all my time and effort into where I am right now. I just can't see how. Like some one said eariler it is all in short game and how can someone who plays very seldom have a natural touch around the green? Maybe they are just 100 times more tallented than I am.
It took me about 2 and a half years. Remarkably, I have always been a pretty good driver and ballstriker even when I first started (but not really long enough). My problem the first 2 years or so of playing was always my short game. Eventually I started practicing it more and I got much better. By the time I ended high school I was easily shooting high 70s or low 80s. Since being in college for 2 years, however, it's less consistent since I don't practice as often. I now shoot anywhere from 75 to 90, and typically I'm in the 83ish range.
I started playing in ernest about 15 years ago. I started out shooting 105 to 120. What's funny is that when I shot 120, after the round, all I remembered were the good shots. Over the next ten years I went from shooting in the 100's to shooting 95 to 100. Still, I only remembered the good shots. Started to break 90, only occasionally, about five years ago. Still, only remembered the good shots. About two years ago I decided to shoot for score. I practiced putting constantly. Now I have a 12 handicap, I shoot in the low 80's and all I remember are the bad shots.
July 24th, 2006, 01:42 PM
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