Your Golf Grade?

[Shanks A Million]

Oh, I wasn't offended Nickynoodles, it's all good. BTW I gave myself a D+ (have a long way to go to get to single digits)

Took me about 1 year of daily practice (120 balls on the range + chipping and putting).

[lcfd42]

My putting moved up a grade level today from F to S. It just sucked today. That's an improvement.

[NZGolfer]

Good idea for a thread. Im going to judge myself on how well i think i should be playing and if a get straight A +s then ive fulfilled my potential.

Driver B- Hitting it prety well but too many bad strikes

Irons A- Hitting them really well. Best part of my game at the moment

Short Game C+ Its alright but know i can do better

Putter C Not putting well at the moment, can't drain those 3,4 footers

Overall B-B] Getting reasonable Scores but nowhere near as consistent as i know i can be

[Cody Hancock]

Driver - A
Iron - B+
Short game - A+
Putter - B
Overall - A-

[DavidFehertysBike]

Driver: C+
Fairway Woods: C
Irons/Hybrid: B
Short Game B
Putting: B-
Overall: C+

I was very inconsistent last season. But most amateurs are. I'll do better next season.

[Nickynoodles]

Oh, I wasn't offended Nickynoodles, it's all good. BTW I gave myself a D+ (have a long way to go to get to single digits)

I dont even know why i wrote that. I must have been in a wierd mood or something because now after i read what i wrote it sounds like im some kind of Dou**ebag. I dont know what the heck i was thinking about when i posted it. I also meant to give myself an overall B-. I gave myself a B by mistake. Im at a B- right now because my irons have been inconsistant. Not horrible, just not as good as i would like them to be. I took a lesson with a friend of mine who is a PGA Pro teacher last Saturday on my Irons and feel a little better with my ball striking. Im going to see him on Friday and next Saturday again and im hoping to hit the course and see what improvements i have made. I wish we didnt have such poor weather here where i live. Most of the ranges around here have been closed since Christmas.

[pherg]

Driver - D (Maybe even worse, no consistency whatsoever. Fortunately my 3 Wood play is pretty good. I can hit 13 out of 14 fairways with it so 3W gets an A-)
Iron - C (Not as good as it needs to be, not as bad as it has been)
Short game - C (Chipping, wedges, pitching all good, bunker play not as good as it should be)
Putter - B
Overall - C (Probably a fair grade for my handicap. Had a frustrating golf year. Didn't improve as I would have liked. I had stretches of 10 holes during rounds where I was even or +1 but would then double and bogey the other 8 holes to finish at +10. Didn't have a lot of time to practice this year with the arrival of baby number 2 but I'm back every week now and looking forward to 2010. Single figures here I come).

[Prairie Golfer]

After 15 years off, let's see how I did.

Driver: C+
avg. 202 yards off the tee, 35 % fairways hit, by far the longest I've ever hit a driver and the new tech made my frequent mishits playable

Woods: D
good out the bunkers, mediocre at best from the rough, lousy in the fairway and off the tee where it was as inaccuarate as the driver, looking into hybrids

Long/ mid irons: C
a few mishits and accuracy was a problem, but my best striking of the 4-7i ever

Short irons: C-
distance was good, left/ right accuracy was not

short game: C
sw iffy at best especially the partial ones, bunker play spotty, long bump and runs improved greatly as the year went on, lobs improved too, simple chips were great

putter: C
under 6 feet great, 6-15 foot putts not made often enough, long putts not good especially on the speed side

course management: B+
did a great job avoiding the X, recovery play from the trees was very good, choked a few times late in the round

overall: C+
there may be room for improvement, but 14 is the lowest handicap I've ever had

[Rounders]

Driver - C-
Iron - C+
Short game - C+
Putter - B-
Overall game - C+

[snowsurfer]

Driver B+
Irons B
Short game / wedges C+
Putter A-

Overall---- B to B+
My wedge game really needs work from 30 yards in and bunker play. I took my Index from 12.8 to 7.8 this summer. I throw a lot of shots away with my poor bunker play and pitching.

[bunkerking321]

Driver-D I slice the driver, so i've been teeing off with the 3 wood that 75% of time is straight.
Irons- B- I worked hard on my ball striking this year my first year golfing
Wedges-C
Putter- D This is my focus this year. This and the wedges

Overall C Hopefully i get better in my second year

[clubhousehero]

I don't think i can honestly give myself a grade because of lack of consistency.


Could be anything from an A to an F for any given part of my game.

[The Road Dog]

Hmmm...
Driver C
Irons C
Wedges C
Putting A

Course planning D

[squaddie]

Driver: C- Last round I managed to not duff any balls off the tee, but I lacked distance, pushing the ball most of the time. Some guys in my group with less experience than me were hitting their 3 woods further off the tee (and they had no confidence in their driver swings).
Irons: C+ Half the time I hit a decent shot, the other half I push or top the ball. But when I make contact the ball usually goes straight. My 3 wood contact is pretty good off the turf.
Wedges: C- Same issues with my irons - inconsistent, but I usually make contact. Bunker play still needs a lot of work.
Putting: B- Last round I only 3-putted one green. Managed to make one 15' putt. Still need a lot of work on green reading and swing tempo.

Overall: C

I'm confident enough to play a round with all my clubs, but still have some swing issues to work out.

[anthonykim3]

Driver B i can hit far and hit 65 % of fairways last year average of 272 yards but i cannot shape it on command or hit a low stinger into the wind very well at all wind takes 20 yards of my ball

sorry guys i was grading myself on how good you have to be to go somewhere, bc i am a cocky 14 year old that still thinks he has a chance to at-least play some university golf at a high grade school. and i strongly belive putting in 4 hours of practice and 18 holes everyday in the summer for the next few will get me there p.s. i am guessing from reading my posts your think spoiled little rich kid mommy and daddy pay for everything and all he does is play golf. well i actually have a part time job at Tim Hortons its not much but its something. and i payed for my membership last year although i am very privileged.

[Elvisliveson]

Driver A- Fairly long and mostly in the short grass
Irons C- I can't get mid/short iron shots close to the pin with any consistency
Short game / wedges C Just adequate
Putter B+ Rarely 3-putt, but need to make more from 10 feet and under.

[Yukari]

Driver C on average but it can be anywhere from D to A on any given day (but days of D are getting rarer--thank god!)
Iron B to A (This is what saves my butt most of the time)
Short game B
Putter B on average, but this too can vary a lot from D to A (but mostly around B)
Overall game C+ to B-

For the last couple of weeks, I have been concentrating on my driver on the range...

[KyGolfer1988]

This is a pretty cool thread

Driver- C Usually hit the FW but will get the slice from time to time. Still workin' on that
Irons- B- Straight, about 85% distance, can land around the green somewhere gotta work on getting all of the club into the swing.
Short game B- Most of this time this is my PW(only wedge I have at the moment) I have the roll down need to work on fine tuning the accuracy.
Putting C- Can judge distance fairly well need to tweak my elevation game, get a two putt around every 8 holes or so. Most of the time though it's a 3 putt. Working on that too.
Overall game Hmm..I would say C Not the worst but could definately be better