Would you rather be More or Less Consistent?

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by imtomtomim

Worst round this year for me was an 84(+12), best being 69(-3).  I feel like I go high 70's too often,but hey, whatever the math comes out to.

I see a lot of people here looking for consistency, but hey, I'd much rather shoot half my scores under 75 and the other half over 95, then shooting 80-85 with little chance of going under.  I'd rather have greatness and failures than live with mediocrity.

Then again, if my scores are that far apart, something is seriously wrong.

If I ever get all facets on track on the same day, there's still the putting. Get that at least to average (i.e. to The Sandtrap Forum average which I think is about 27 putts per round) and my scores will surely fluctuate more. When I take 32 putts (last round) that means I took 4 more 1-putts than 3-putts. That's stellar for me.  Looking forward to some erratic rounds in the future!!

[Stewie007]

Originally Posted by Pope33

I've just never seen a 1 handicap shoot a 87 before! I am a 3 and my high round of the year was an 83. So I guess I am more consistent than most. But to say someone who shoots all there scores between 5 strokes is not counting all there strokes is just plain ignorant.

I think it more stems from the fact that when speaking of scoring people don't generally go back into memory further than their past several rounds, which may have all be in that sort of range.

My last 5 rounds were within 5-6 shots, and yes I counted every stroke. That said, all of my rounds are not so closely placed.

Its just a bit of ego reinforcement that they're displaying; whatever makes ya feel better. Trust me, its not ignorant, they definitely have the knowledge of all of their scores. They just picked the 5 best. No skin of my nose; its their game, not mine. ;)

[noefi13b]

I picked inconsistent because for any given handicap it would mean I'd win a few tournaments (and lose a few by a lot!) If I was consistent I'd always lose to someone having the round of their life....

Seriously though, I picked inconsistent as I see your best rounds as your true potential....... and the lower the better!

[poser]

Originally Posted by Pope33

I've just never seen a 1 handicap shoot a 87 before! I am a 3 and my high round of the year was an 83. So I guess I am more consistent than most. But to say someone who shoots all there scores between 5 strokes is not counting all there strokes is just plain ignorant.

Yea well it happens.  I guess you are just better than me.  What is bad is I was -1 through 7 then hit a shot right down the middle in a tournament couldn't find my ball and had to go re tee.  After that I was so pissed that I just slapped the ball around and drank heavily.   My mental game is real strong right now.

[BuckeyeNut]

Originally Posted by mrchi

I don't know if one would call this consistent or not, but I'll take these scores over mine any day!!!

Consistent doesn't exist......not over the long haul.  Maybe for a week/2/3 at most..................

[DoGolf Brian]

If I were able to get out on the course more often, I'd definitely prefer more consistency. That said, I don't golf enough to expect a solid round each and every time I go out. I don't even expect to shoot a poor round each time I go out! For me, half the fun is not knowing what I'm gong to put up that day. 80 or 100...I still love to play!

[NM Golf]

I am pretty consistent I have 1 score this year over 80 and the wind had to be blowing 50+ mph. In my last 20 rounds I go from a high of 76 to a low of 65. 10 of my last 20 scores are between 69 and 72. This year I have become very consistent even when I play away from my home course which was one of my goals.