What Should A Typical "Bad" Score Be For A Given Handicap?

[mirv]

90 is the "bad score" line for me.  if i shoot 85-89, i'll gripe that i had an off day, but if i cross 90, i just go silent and don't even want to talk about it, haha.  fortunately those 90s don't show up very often anymore... i can only recall three rounds that were higher than 89 this year.

[cougar978]

I think the worst number I put up this year was 83.  I had an 87 in November '11 (and I received a text message from a guy in my league with a picture of custom MyJoys on them - one shoe said '87' and the other said 'I SUCK' - tough crowd).

[walk18]

Shot a 97 in a tournament a few weeks ago. Worst in many years. I'd been around 80 most of the year but on this day it was like I had forgotten how to hit my irons.

[Golf'nBiker]

Hummmm. I generally am 'happy' w/a score below an 85.  A week or so ago I shot a 78, par'd holes, 1, 2, 4, 7, and 17 w/1 putt.  Drives were just ugly, so the round wasn't as much fun, so to speak, as an 83 w/good quality shot making and poor putts...like the 2 birdie wash w/a double on a par 3!  Funny game we're hooked on...for me the score is good, but I would much rather hit quality shots tee to green.  In my avatar I hit 14 GIR's that day and finished w/a 90 on the card....W. Palm has some wild greens!!  I was very happy that day.

[jpalermo]

i shot an 81 with a double and a triple the other day but it was a solid round except for those 2 holes. anything over 80 I complain. anything over 85 and I want to cut my clubs in half with an angle grinder. anything over 90 I give up the game (for about 36 hours and then I come back to reality and hit the range) I swear golf makes you bi-polar

[kevin.chan]

5 to 10 above handicap for a really bad day ! Shot 37/40/38/39 last week but today started with 46 then 38/39 . Driving and putting were really bad on the 1st nine today.