1/14 FIR, 2/18 GIR, what did I shoot...

[Rukus43]

...a 91 (my best score, I have played 1yr). I shot a 50 back (where I started), and 41 (best 9) on the front. I had a stretch of parring 5 of 6 holes on the front including the 2 GIRs on two par 3s. I had 15 putts on each side for a total of 30. My driving is obviously terrible so I think I am going to take a lesson and try to get it figured out. My GIR is terrible, but I don't think that correctly portrays my ball striking ability because most of my second shots were coming from the trees which line every fairway where I play. I was just curious as to whether my score is odd considering I had some bad stats or if that sounds about right for someone who shoots in the 90s? Either way I walked away really excited about my game and what it can be if I start hitting some fairways.

[cirem22]

sounds like the short game is on point and perhaps your driving is off but little to no penalty strokes. I shot 100 last weekend and a difficult course with heavy wind and took 7 penatly strokes (thanks to some nasty tall grass) only 2 or 3 GIR like you. sounds like you may not be hitting fairways but you must not be too far off of them.

[Rukus43]

I had 2 penalty strokes, and the back 9 I was in the trees a lot. The front 9 I was not too far off the fairway, but I was still hitting out of the rough with bad angles at the green. My chipping and putting was the best it has ever been. At one point I got up and down for par 3 times in a row, which is new for me.

[Prairie Golfer]

A week ago I had 1/13 fairways, 3 GIRs and shot 85. That is my low round of the year.

Only needing 24 putts was a key. I kept chipping it next to the hole so that kept the putt total low. I also had no penalty strokes.

[Smw]

It's just proof that short game is the important aspect of the sport.

[pittpanther]

It's just proof that short game is the important aspect of the sport.

Please. This is proof of no such thing. He played bogey golf, which is what you would expect, given that he hit no fairways and no GIRs.

If anything, this "proves" that the course he played on is very forgiving for missed fairways. No OBs and no lost balls - either he didn't miss the fairways by much, or this course has no ditches, no water, no piles of leaves, no woods, etc.

[ks8829]

your putting is great, what is your up and down percentage from off the green. any shot that you take and if you one putt it counts and if you 2+ putt it does not count but is considered an attemp to get up and down. then you can add the attempts and how many you got up and down with one putt to figure your percentage,

This is the part of the game that you should focus on and not so much your fairways and green hit.

you can miss the fairway and still save par or no worse than boogie if you can get up and down from anywhere around the green.

but if you hit the fairway and miss the green and it takes you 3 or 4 to get up and down it does not matter that you hit the fairway.

Think from the hole backwards to improve you score, lower your handicap and become more consistent.

practicing pitching will help your overall golf swing, believe it or not. This took me 20 years to finally figure this out, hope it works for you too.

[TakeDeadAim]

You are lucky to have discovered the TRUE SECRET of golf... Putting and chipping.

If you are good in these two areas, you will be a SD.

I am a 6 handicap. I shot a 72 a month ago, with 5/14 FIR and only 8/18 GIR... but, 24 putts and two chip-ins...

People can talk all day long about how long they drive the ball and how well they can get their 3-iron up in the air... but... all nonsense...

Chip and putt...

[Saig55]

Drive for show and putt for dough..........

I'm finding out it's still about the short game.

[jmontgo3]

Please. This is proof of no such thing. He played bogey golf, which is what you would expect, given that he hit no fairways and no GIRs.

If you miss all those GIR's in order to play bogey golf your short game has to be completely on point though....

[pjsnyc]

Good stuff man.

As for hitting fairways - are you hitting driver too much? When I started leaving my ego at home and teeing off with 3w (sometimes even 5w or my hybrid) I hit much more fairways and consequently had a better chance at hitting the green.

[sirshanksalot]

good job! keep it up and you'll be in the 80's consistently in no time.

[Rukus43]

I had 7 one-putts, but not all for par, and only hit 2 GIR so I had 16 attempts. I had 3 pars that i missed the green on, are those the only up and downs that I count or everything that I one-putted? I know I missed several opportunities where putts just barely missed. I hit driver on every thing but par 3s, which I know I could immediately score better if I hit my hybrid or an iron, but I want to be able to hit my driver well in order to not limit myself down the road. I just think that the ability to hit your driver consistently well like a lot of low handicappers do opens up lots of scoring opportunities.

5pars - this is where my GIRs occured

7 one-putts, 16 attempts 7/16=44% ?

16 greens missed- 3 pars on these 3/16= 19% ?

which is correct to calculate up and down %?

[ks8829]

To become a consistent golfer and shoot lower scores
1) putts per round (under 30)
2) chipping and pitching so that you are up and down a high percentage of the time from off the green to within 50 yards (50% - 70%)

[shankapotamus]

Please. This is proof of no such thing. He played bogey golf, which is what you would expect, given that he hit no fairways and no GIRs.

He hit one fairway, and two greens. Wait, until you're handicap is lower, then you'll realize how important the short game is.