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I need some goals for 2013. I am a +1.0 currently and want to continue to get better. Some suggestions on some goals I should work to achieve are welcomed, thanks.

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OP: have you birdied every hole on your home course?  If so, have you eagled every hole there?  These could be good ones if you are bored with your home course.  Other suggestions: go ___ holes in a row without a bogey, go ___ rounds in a row without going over par.

For me:

Goal 1 is to break 100, which should be very doable since I shot a 103 last year in my first full season of playing

Goal 2 is to get a handicap (index) below 30

The two things I need to do to achieve them is to cut down on big misses on long shots and get some actual practice on my short game off the course.  Way too many times where I've needed 2 chips to get on the green.  It's always tough for me to hit the range more than once a week, but I have a few lessons purchased I'm going to use soon, and hopefully the weather in NYC will become more conducive to golf soon (range is covered/heated, fortunately).


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What kind of tournament schedule do you play?  Can you beef that up?  If you're not already, it may be time to step up to some bigger state/province or even national level tournaments/qualifying.

Along the same lines, I'd recommend playing as many different courses as possible.  Make sure that +1 travels well.  We've all known "scratch" golfers that can't break 80 outside of their home track......

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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I have birdies every hole at my course... Eagleing every hole could take like 40+ years and still not get it...
I have gone 18 holes without bogey (2times)
I have gone 3 rounds underpar in a row
maybe try to beat those ?!

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Originally Posted by David in FL

What kind of tournament schedule do you play?  Can you beef that up?  If you're not already, it may be time to step up to some bigger state/province or even national level tournaments/qualifying.

Along the same lines, I'd recommend playing as many different courses as possible.  Make sure that +1 travels well.  We've all known "scratch" golfers that can't break 80 outside of their home track......

I played in 11 tourneys last season, club, provincial and national level

2 were team format, 9 were individual stroke play

won the 2 team ones, won 1 individual, 4 top 10 amd MC at nationals


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Hit 100% of fairways... Note score Hit 100% of greens... Note score Shows yourself the relation to score when either of these two accomplishments are achieved. I know one of my lowest rounds in 2012 was when I went 100/83 FW/GIR%. What is your current GIR? Try to improve it by one additional GIR per rd. Track how many consecutive holes you can go without a 3putt. Try and break that record.

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Originally Posted by Borf

I played in 11 tourneys last season, club, provincial and national level

2 were team format, 9 were individual stroke play

won the 2 team ones, won 1 individual, 4 top 10 amd MC at nationals

Outstanding!  There's your answer.  You've got the game.  I'd really set my goals around tournament results and small, quantifiable improvements in the few areas of your game that you feel aren't quite at the level of the rest.  One thing I always set as a goal is to not make any bad decisions on the course.  I struggle with that one a lot......all I need is for one bad decision to end up with a good result and it sets me back a long way!

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
Ball: ProV1

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Originally Posted by David in FL

Outstanding!  There's your answer.  You've got the game.  I'd really set my goals around tournament results and small, quantifiable improvements in the few areas of your game that you feel aren't quite at the level of the rest.  One thing I always set as a goal is to not make any bad decisions on the course.  I struggle with that one a lot......all I need is for one bad decision to end up with a good result and it sets me back a long way!

I have some tourney goals already set, based on course rating and my handicap goals. I also need to devote more practice time to short game.


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