Finally. i Finally shot 72.

[mirv]

only six years in the making, eh. i was playing from the blues (which are actually the tips, as that course doesn't even have the gold tees anymore). i only really had one straight up bad shot the whole round - i pull-hooked my approach on 14, which brought me that lovely double bogey. last three holes were pretty exciting for me, though - chipped in from 5 feet off the green on 16, sank a 40 foot putt on 17, and reached the green in two and 2-putted for birdie on 18. i'm proud of myself.

[billysandy]

Nice, sound like it all came together at the right time. I am planning on breaking 80 this summer, i already need to play a few competitions to update my handicap.

[alomar123]

  mirv said:

Nice.

I kinda like how you fill out your score card. Much easier to figure out your final score. Mine looks soooo jumboed with too many statistics, but I like to keep track of them.

[Dubya D]

Congratulations!
I was glad to see this wasn't one of those "I shot 72!...for 9 holes " threads

[DavidFehertysBike]

Nice round.

[Fat Slice]

Way to finish strong!!!!!! Congrats!

[Stretch]

Well done sir!

[Woters]

APPLAUSE!!! Very nice end to the round there.

[Deryck Griffith]

That is a fantastic way to finish! Congratulations..

[Shorty]

  alomar123 said:

Nice.

For the record, you don't fill out your own scorecard. And...this is never the way to score. The OP needs to make sure that the guy who marked his card learns how to do it properly. Good round.

[enis750]

great round bro

I keep score similar to that
I put my score, then how many over/under I am for the round under the actual score
so a Par 4 is 0, then if i birdie 3 i am -1 for the round etc...im sure u get it

anyways, congrats on the round dude
Im waiting for my first PAR round of the year - VERY PATIENTLY!!!! ( ^^^^ hear that golf god's....... PATIENTLY.....)

[mirv]

regarding how i keep score, that's just my shorthand method when i'm playing a casual round, either by myself or with a couple of friends. a friend of mine showed me that years ago, and i said "wow, that's a whole lot quicker and easier to tally up at the end of a round." but if i'm playing in a tournament, of course i adhere to the "official" way of keeping score, which as mentioned is the other guy marking your card, and you his, and writing down 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. for the hole.

and thank you for the kind words everyone. hopefully before too long i'll be able to get that elusive under-par round. *fingers crossed*

[mad max]

  enis750 said:

great round bro

I do the same thing but i do it in regards to bogey golf, (it makes me feel better about myself). If I bogey the hole I get to act like I got a par as far as +/- is concerned. I do keep another row for my actual score (3,4,5,6,7,8,9) but at any moment I can tell how I am doing. A good round for me is 89 so it works out because on a par 72 a bogey golf round is 90 so if i finish in the negative's I know I had a good round for me.

[IcemanYVR]

great round... good start, and even better finish... way to finish strong when I'm sure you knew what you were shooting

[KD Epic]

  IcemanYVR said:

great round... good start, and even better finish... way to finish strong when I'm sure you knew what you were shooting

With scorekeeping like that how could he not? Which is why I'd never be tempted to score like that because I'd definitely choke! Which is why I, and it sounds like others too, are all the more impressed!

Congrats!

[ks8829]

my score card

score
fairways
greens
putts
up/down

helps me see what I need to work on after each round

congratulation for shooting par, the next goal is to shoot under par!

[mirv]

meanwhile, almost six months later, i finally shot my first sub-par round today. different course from the one i par'd when i started this thread - today's course was a pretty short one, only about 5300 yards and a par 70, but pretty tight. finished the front nine at three over par, but then shot four under par on the back nine. huzzah!

[Dabbac]

Congrats.......... keep it up......