A Tale of Two Nines

[Dad-2-3]

41/52.......2/14 FW, 9 GIR, 39 putts. 7 pars, 5 bogies, and 2 doubles and 4 triples. I was obviously not getting off the tee well, but on the back nine I REALLY started spraying it off the tee and hit 4 tee balls OB. The stroke and distance penalty is a round killer for sure. I also had three 3 putt bogies, and it's not like I'm leaving a 6-8 foot second putt either, more like 3-5. Altogether a forgettable day. Tomorrow will be better.....at least that what I keep telling myself.

[boil3rmak3r]

Bumping this from an old time ago…

40/36…. Golf is weird.  On Sunday I shot +5 on the front (par 35) and -1 on the back (par 37) for a +4 76 round.

I’m sure we all have those rounds where one side is dramatically different from the other. 
 

Why in the heck does this happen?  I have no clue if it was just luck, or I “checked out” starting the back and stopped thinking too much, or what.  I’ve obviously done the opposite, where my front nine was great and I’ve blown up on the back.

I don’t care if your scores are 56/42 or 32/38.  But I would love to here others share their “tale of two nines” and whether you have any clue why that happened.

[boil3rmak3r]

40/36…... Golf is weird. On Sunday I shot +5 on the front (par 35) and -1 on the back (par 37) for a +4 76 round.

I'm sure we all have those rounds where one side is dramatically different from the other.

Why in the heck does this happen? I have no clue if it was just luck, or I "checked out" starting the back and stopped thinking too much, or what. I've obviously done the opposite, where my front nine was great and l've blown up on the back.

I don't care if your scores are 56/42 or 32/38. But I would love to here others share their "tale of two nines" and whether you have any clue why that happened.

I hope this is not a duplicate thread.  I couldn’t find an existing one.

[bkuehn1952]

I think inconsistency is the answer. Typically one nine is much better than our expected result and the other is not as good. The average of the two is closer to what our long term results would predict.

I had a round recently where I was something like 45/35. Did nothing special on the first nine and lights out, for me, on the back. 80 is fairly close to my average score.

[NeilV]

I get this fairly regularly if I play after work. Pretty good focus for 10 or 12 holes before the wheels come off.

Had a 42/53 recently. I think my best front 9 round this course is 41 and my best score is 87. Managed to keep a 7 off my card but was less successful with higher numbers 😞

[TourSpoon]

It happens, I had 46-36 the other day for a ho-hum 82. 

[billchao]

I shot a 50-42 the other day. An 11 was involved…

[The Flush]

My last 2 18 hole rounds were 49-40 and 50-42. I wish I could combine those second nines.

[boogielicious]

  On 7/13/2023 at 1:23 AM, billchao said:

I shot a 50-42 the other day. An 11 was involved…

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[p1n9183]

Even PGA tour players from time to time scores better or worst by 5 or more shots on the back. It's just variance. You are going to shoot a couple under or above your average and when you do to the extremes is going to show up like you were god in one side and a sucker on the other. 

[CarlSpackler]

I’ve used the phrase, Tale of Two Nines many times over the years. There’s usually 1-2 bad holes on the bad 9. I also note that things often come apart when I run into slow groups where I have to wait around between shots. 
At the end of the day, I’ll take a 41-52 round over 50-50 round. 

[Yukari]

Shot even par (36) on the front, and ... well, let's just say there was a couple of doubles and a triple on the back for (46) on the back.  Ugh!!!