I Finally Did It.

[montru]

I finally broke 80
I have soo close so many times you wouldn't believe it, last Monday I neede just a par on the eighteenth for a 79, I was perfect in the faiirway with my drive and choked and ended up with a double bogey, but today I went out with a 40 and jokingly said to my playing partner I just need to shoot 39 on the back and I've cracked it.
I got to the eighteenth and I have this terrible habit of counting up the card on the eighteenth tee, I realized I had to birdie the eightenth (a 337yd dogleg left) for a 79, I slightly pulled my drive left but it still went about 200yds, I now had to play a draw/hook around a tree to get to the green, I pulled an 8 iron and hit it exactly as I had pictured it, landed on the green and sank a ten footer for the birdie.

I had a 79 about 18 months ago but it wasn't true in my book because two of the guys were talking during my tee shot and I basically shanked it, they imediately appologized and insisted that I replay my shot, I re-took my tee shot and continued on to shoot the 79 but I knew in my mind that it wasn't true, but now I have done it legit.

[holeinon3]

Congrats man! Doesn't it feel great?

[montru]

I sure does, seven of my last twenty scores have been 80/81, each time choking on the last couple of hole but now I have the monkey off my back..............

[JaredSS]

Congrats. I consistently shoot in the 70's and feel better about a sloppy 79 than a well played 80, it's just one stroke but sounds like a world of difference, keep it up!

[brgolf]

Congratulations.

I've shot in the 70s a few times but I can't remember the exact scores as it was a few years ago. So if I was to shoot a 78 tomorrow could I say it was my best score ever. I'm not sure. Kind of annoying! Plus the achievement is more/less impressive depending on the par of the course if its 70/72.

[montru]

Thanks guys.

It is a par 72 with a slope rating of 68.6/119

[Tow3l]

Congratulations, I think that's something to be very proud about. I can only hope to shoot a similar score sometime in the near future.

[c. lassiter]

Congrats!

The first time I broke 80, I only needed a double on the par 5 18th hole and ended up making a mess of it, chunking two chips and finally sinking about a 10-footer for 7 and 79.

[senorchipotle]

  montru said:

I sure does, seven of my last twenty scores have been 80/81, each time choking on the last couple of hole but now I have the monkey off my back..............

congrats man! now you just gotta break 70.

[hipcheck4u]

Great job! I like that you consider the legit score the real milestone, and not the one with the insisted-upon mulligan. Good on you! That is just good golf karma, man. Don't cheat the game, and it won't cheat you. I'm hoping like hell that I can break 90 sometime soon.

[chef35ca]

Congratulations!

  hipcheck4u said:

Great job! I like that you consider the legit score the real milestone, and not the one with the insisted-upon mulligan. Good on you! That is just good golf karma, man. Don't cheat the game, and it won't cheat you. I'm hoping like hell that I can break 90 sometime soon.

I hope it takes you less time than me. I got into the low 90s, & started ripping off 90 & 91 every round, for SIX MONTHES! I just kept choking. Even when i wasn't adding it up as i went. I can only imagine what it takes for someone to focus long enough to break 80 or par.

[montru]

  Tow3l said:

Congratulations, I think that's something to be very proud about. I can only hope to shoot a similar score sometime in the near future.

Well, I went out today at the same course, same tees and did it again

I shot 41, 38 again with two double bogies (on the front) and two birdies. I really didn't feel like I was striking the ball well, I used the trial version of the GolfLogix GPS on my iPhone and got the stats, I only hit 50% of the fairways and 50% of the GIR with 32 putts which gives me an average of 1.78 putts per hole. I had eight putts for birdie and only made two of them, all the ones I missed were either 4-5 inches short or just lipped out. I can't play at all next week, so I will be going crazy untill I can get out on another one of our courses and have another go.

[CarlSpackler]

Awesome. Still trying to get there myself. Hope to join you soon.

[kpaulhus]

Those two 79's so really chip away at your handicap on the next revision.

[montru]

  kpaulhus said:

Those two 79's so really chip away at your handicap on the next revision.

OH man I hope so, I set myself a goal to be a single digit by Jan 1st, I started on Jan 1st this year at 17.8.

On the next revision I have my last three rounds at 79,79 and 81, the 81 was at our toughest course.

[BC24]

Congrats! It's always fun to see the practice that you put in to show up on your scorecard. Keep at it and you'll expect to break 80 more often.

[The Recreational Golfer]

Welcome to the club! We've been waiting for you.