Is this typical consistency?

[jrm1493]

I keep a handicap using a spreadsheet and these are my last 20 rounds. Is this "normal" type consistency? I feel like I have some pretty wild swings in my scores. High to low is a 23 stroke difference, and they were only 2 rounds apart! My current index is 18.1. I won't bore yall with the course ratings but average is probably a 70.5/122 or something like that.

104
93
94
102
88
94
100
92
98
104
91
91
98
106
89
83
100
97
95
91

I also chart the data and it shows a steady improvement over the last 1.5 years that I have data for, from an average score of 105 to a 93, using a linear fit. I feel like I'm getting better and I think that is good progress in 18 months. But there is so much "noise" in the data and I just am wondering if that is pretty normal for other folks around my handicap level.

And, yes, I am an engineer.

[RocketSauce]

looks pretty normal to me, lol. i can shoot a 72 one day and a 90 the next. thats just the way golf is

[Fredguay642]

I think that is pretty normal. Not that it makes you feel better. I love that you are an engineer. I am in my senior year and yes I have a spreadsheet too. My scores were all over the place. At least you have a negetive slope on you graph (meaning you are improving). My last year spread sheet ended with a positive slope. At the end of the year I start trying to hard.

To give you a comparison. My R value on my linear fit is R^2 = 0.0442. So I was all over. Just for kicks my line is y = 0.0749x + 13.952. This year I am wrote a MATLAB program to do my data analysis.

[ApocG10]

Looks pretty consistent with my scores actually.

I shot a 92 first round of the year. Shot a 108 a few rounds later, and a 91 today.

[cougar978]

My scoring range this year is 66 to 85 - although the 85 was before I mdde a change in my weight distribution at address that has really worked out well - last 5 have been 74, 81, 75, 66, 74.

[mad max]

I know I am more inconsistent than almost anyone I play with. I one had cosecutive rounds a week apart at the same course where I shot an 83 followed by a 110. My last 20 are:
104
110
86
94
94
99
83
88
95
86
98
97
122
85
86
96
93
81
87

So while you may be inconsistent, there are people more inconstant than you. I am looking forward to seeing other people response to this.

[buttuh]

your average swing band is about 2-3 rounds. You seem to shoot pretty low immediately following a bad round so you might want to analyze that. Perhaps it has something to do with your mental game. What it means exactly is anybody's guesses. You might want to revisit those rounds and try to remember what you were thinking/feeling back then and see if there's any correlation.

[jrm1493]

your average swing band is about 2-3 rounds. You seem to shoot pretty low immediately following a bad round so you might want to analyze that. Perhaps it has something to do with your mental game. What it means exactly is anybody's guesses. You might want to revisit those rounds and try to remember what you were thinking/feeling back then and see if there's any correlation.

I noticed the same thing, I think what happens is I get mad that I played so bad and hit the range 2 or 3 times before I play again... so I guess I know how I got those good scores (practice a lot).

[jrm1493]

I think that is pretty normal. Not that it makes you feel better. I love that you are an engineer. I am in my senior year and yes I have a spreadsheet too. My scores were all over the place. At least you have a negetive slope on you graph (meaning you are improving). My last year spread sheet ended with a positive slope. At the end of the year I start trying to hard.

My equation is y = -0.0192x + 861.6. Mine plots total score (not including ESC) against date. I use ESC in the handicap calculation but when I plot stuff I want to see how I actually played. We don't have an off season here so I've just been using the same sheet since the first entry, which was 8/1/2007. I've played 59 times since then; would have like to have played more but just don't have the time.

Good to hear that you wrote a Matlab script to do this - those skills will come in useful when you graduate and get a job - my first job I used it all the time doing inertial navigation stuff. If you are a Matlab guru there will always be work for you.

[goblue107501]

You guys are lucky. I don't think that I have played 20 rounds total in the last 2-3 years.

To the OP, your scores look to be fine. There is some improvement there. Like others have said, everyone has the good and bad days. You just have to shake it off and do better next time. Practice the short game. You will see your scores go down quickly if you can get up-and-down more and eliminate the three putts.

[trumps4]

It seems like I am between 90 and 94 every time I play. Probably not accurate, but it seems that way....

[Leftygolfer]

That seems very typical. I know mine is the same way. I am right now a 9.3 and was an 8 two revisions ago.

My low score of my last 20 is a 78 and my high is a 92.

I am really lost right now. I think some instruction is needed.

[Dr_Fu_Manchu]

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who feels like you do. These scores are from many different courses with slopes ranging from 120 - 135:


93*May 2009
91May 2009
42May 2009 - 9 holes
93*Apr 2009
96Apr 2009
94*Apr 2009
97Apr 2009
87*Mar 2009
102Mar 2009
91*Mar 2009
88*Mar 2009
101Mar 2009
100Mar 2009
96Feb 2009
99*Feb 2009
107Feb 2009
104Feb 2009
83*Jan 2009
91*Jan 2009
98Jan 2009
93*Dec 2008