Dropped my Handicap 2 strokes in 9 days

[kpaulhus]

Well last Friday, I was sitting at a 17.5 handicap, then went out and shot a new record low 85. Felt great and encouraged me to talk a lot of crap to my 7 handicap buddy in our skins match the day after Thanksgiving. Well the skins match was 2 days ago, Friday, and I shot a 91 and only lost by 3 skins. $5 loss isn't too bad when we played straight up shot for shot. Well my girlfriend and her mom went shopping today and I decided to go play. I was pissed when I got to the course because they raised their prices by $20. They also dont have a break in the morning price until 2pm....so basically u couldnt finish the round. I took lots of pictures of all the gators that were sunbathing in the nice Tampa weather. Well I totaled my front 9 at a 45 and just kinda shrugged it off. Then I drove the green on 10, 270yrd short cut over the lake instead of taking the dogleg. 2 putted for birdie....then got an 8 on the next par 4. Finished out 17 and 18 with birdies and totaled the card. Came out with a 39 on the back. First time under 40. So 84, new low round. Went from a 17.5 to a 17.1, to a 16.4, and today it says with the next revision Ill be at a 15.5...super pumped.


Cliff notes:
Shot a new low 85
Only lost $5 in a skins match to much better player
Shot new low again 84

[Vance87]

Nice job, do anything different or just the same?

[Bastid]

Good job man, keep it up.

[doof_dizzler]

When your handicap is mid-teens, it sure is fun to shoot a couple good rounds to knock some strokes off. I was at that point early this summer and really enjoyed it.

Have fun with your new success and good luck!

[groovezilla79]

So, by my calculations, you'll be a single digit handicap in 27 days. Nice! :-p

J/K man, keep up the good work!

[kpaulhus]

  Vance87 said:

Nice job, do anything different or just the same?

Nothing too different. Just worked on my putting a ton lately. Went from 34-35 putts a round to 28 and 30. Also really tried to not swing out of my shoes on my drives and sacrifice the extra 30 yards for a straight drive.

  groovezilla79 said:

So, by my calculations, you'll be a single digit handicap in 27 days. Nice! :-p

I WISH!!!

[kleraudio]

Nice man, where did you play?

[kpaulhus]

Shot my 85 in Jacksonville, then the 91 at Lexington Oaks, and finally the 84 at Diamond Hill

[DaSportsGuy]

  kpaulhus said:

Well last Friday, I was sitting at a 17.5 handicap, then went out and shot a new record low 85. Felt great and encouraged me to talk a lot of crap to my 7 handicap buddy in our skins match the day after Thanksgiving. Well the skins match was 2 days ago, Friday, and I shot a 91 and only lost by 3 skins. $5 loss isn't too bad when we played straight up shot for shot. Well my girlfriend and her mom went shopping today and I decided to go play. I was pissed when I got to the course because they raised their prices by $20. They also dont have a break in the morning price until 2pm....so basically u couldnt finish the round. I took lots of pictures of all the gators that were sunbathing in the nice Tampa weather. Well I totaled my front 9 at a 45 and just kinda shrugged it off. Then I drove the green on 10, 270yrd short cut over the lake instead of taking the dogleg. 2 putted for birdie....then got an 8 on the next par 4. Finished out 17 and 18 with birdies and totaled the card. Came out with a 39 on the back. First time under 40. So 84, new low round. Went from a 17.5 to a 17.1, to a 16.4, and today it says with the next revision Ill be at a 15.5...super pumped.

I played yesterday and shot almost the exact same thing. I shot a 45 on the front nine and a 40 on the back nine to set my low at 85.

[kpaulhus]

Congrats man! I figured my front 9 score on the 12th hole and my reaction was kinda, blah same ole. "gonna shoot another 90" Then I just went off. Hit 3 290+ drives with some wind and that made 2 puttin for par much easier.

[2bGood]

Nice work. If you can shoot 39 you can shoot 79! Time to break 80!

[Lars]

So, with the better scoring showing up for a few games, what can you say that has gotten better for your game, where are you striking better or actually hitting what your visualizing? Is your putting better, or are you hitting better chips giving your whole game a better putt count?

---> There are a few things that I notice in my game

1st > How many of the greens am I reaching with a shot at Birdie?

2nd > At the end of my round, am I putting more or less than 36 puts?

3rd >How good was my chipping

4th > Finally did I drive in the Fairway and How did I strike my drives?

I'm around where you were and sometimes I really don't get upset about a shot if I knew I struck that ball well, direction can be fixed if i'm striking the ball well and hitting it where I was setup for (actually aimed wrong) Happens alot with my game... Its those great shots every couple holes that keep me coming back...

[Chefoz]

Congrats,
I can kinda relate...I was up in the bay area on turkey day and played at the Half Moon Bay Links. Played the Ocean Course 2 days in a row.
Shot a 97 and a 96 with 3 brides. Well coming from San Diego wind isn't something I can deal with too well.