Even Par

[AP2]

Today I shot my all time low score 71 even par. 1 under 35 on the front and 1 over 36 on the back.

Fairways - 8/13
Greens - 11/18
Putts - 31
Par Saves - 3/7

Overall I feel that my short game was getting it done. I had no double bogeys for the round but threatened a couple of times and my putting got it done. Average day driving the ball. This is my lowest total score ever in fact a have on been in the 70's one other which was two weekends ago with a 78. Thats one part of the story, the other part is that round determined where I will be flighted for a tournament tommorrow, which will most likely put me in the A flight ( I usally play in the B flight). I am happy and ready for the challenge of the new flight and look forward to playing with some really good golfers tommorrow.

[Lefty22]

Congratulations!

[lobsterzilla]

agreed high five

[HSip]

Great round. Good luck tomorrow and just remember to just play your game and don't get caught up in "playing" with better golfers and trying to play their game.

[TN94z]

  AP2 said:

Today I shot my all time low score 71 even par. 1 under 35 on the front and 1 over 36 on the back.

Congrats man!! Well, you know what you can do now so just play your game like already mentioned. Most of the time I end up playing better when I play with better players so that may be a plus for you. Good luck!!

[ApocG10]

awesome round, good luck tomorrow!

[bogeyhitter25]

And your a 14 handicap? What was the rating and slope of the course?

Either way, awesome job.

[buddycris75]

nice job man. dont worry about the other guys you play with. they dont control what you do.

[CG031]

  bogeyhitter25 said:

And your a 14 handicap? What was the rating and slope of the course?

Was wondering the same thing...

Regardless, it's still a great round. Whenever you shoot even no matter what course/tees, I got to give you credit. Congrats!

[AP2]

My handicap is a 9 now I just havent changed it yet. when I joined the site I was guess at it. The slope and rating of the course is 70.2/118. Its not that tough of a course unless you are spraying your driver all over the place. There are alot of tight holes on the course. Well today's round didnt go too well as I got back to my old ways and shot an 83. I just couldnt get anything going, but I learned a lot just by playing with the better guys. The biggest thing I noticed wasn't the distance they were hitting the ball as I could keep up with them there, but their shots were pretty much on target the whole day. Another thing I notcied was when they did miss the green they were getting up and down aleast 65% of the time it is probalbly a better percentage. I enjoyed the expierence though and now its back to work. One question I have and this is off topic but i took a lesson 2 weeks ago and now I struggle with hooking the ball with the driver any ideas on whats going on? My driver is a Nike sasquatch 5900 if that helps. Thanks for all the encouraging comments.

[CG031]

It's always tough going back out after shooting a great round. You almost feel like you have to match each shot you hit yesterday, or each hole...You feel more pressure. At least that's how I felt after I shot a 35 a few times at my local nine hole course last summer...

[AP2]

That's exactly how I felt today, I felt that if I didn't shoot 71 or better the round was a waste, but now that I think about the round and what I learned about my game I don't feel that way about today's round anymore.

[freakybayar]

Congratz on your first ever under par,

i'm guessing 3-4 birdies?

[AP2]

The course is only par 71 I was even on the round.

[Kingfisher]

Nice going.

Hope you remembered to submit your scorecard after the round, because you should be lower than a 9 hcap, regardless of how easy the course was!

[NotAStick]

Good round. I remember my first even par round, because I was playing my dad for money!


But really, that's a pretty killer round. I feel like it would be quite a show to shoot even with only 11 GIR and less than 50% scambling. That means you made a lot of birdies.

Usually, when I het 11 GIR, I don't get that many birdies, because it means my iron play is not working. When I get 4+ birdies, my irons must be pretty on and then I usually hit 13-16 GIR. Then again, my scrambling is often over 60%.. ok now I'm talking about myself too much.

I'll just say... Congrats!

[TN94z]

  AP2 said:

My handicap is a 9 now I just havent changed it yet. when I joined the site I was guess at it. The slope and rating of the course is 70.2/118. Its not that tough of a course unless you are spraying your driver all over the place. There are alot of tight holes on the course. Well today's round didnt go too well as I got back to my old ways and shot an 83. I just couldnt get anything going, but I learned a lot just by playing with the better guys. The biggest thing I noticed wasn't the distance they were hitting the ball as I could keep up with them there, but their shots were pretty much on target the whole day. Another thing I notcied was when they did miss the green they were getting up and down aleast 65% of the time it is probalbly a better percentage. I enjoyed the expierence though and now its back to work. One question I have and this is off topic but i took a lesson 2 weeks ago and now I struggle with hooking the ball with the driver any ideas on whats going on? My driver is a Nike sasquatch 5900 if that helps. Thanks for all the encouraging comments.

What did you start working on after your lesson? A mostly arms swing can cause a hook or an early release might cause it too. It just depends on what exactly you started working on in your lesson.

[AP2]

During the lesson really only setup changes were made. The pro told me to setup with my hands higher. Then he said I was getting too far on my right side on the backswing so he made me turn my feet out and feel my knees almost turning to the inside. He also told me to finish my swing as I was basically abbreveating the follow through, he said my arms should be really loose and let the club feel like it is going to hit me in the back. On the 71 round I had 5 birdies and 5 bogeys. The score card I signed and turned in to the tournament director, and don't know what happened to it after that. What should I do about this because I feel that both the 71 and the 83 should be on the handicap. Do tournament scores even count torwards your handicap? Sorry I'm new to the handicap system, this is my first year having one.