Scratch..................

[NuclearMike]

Nice work!  Hope that you can keep it there or improve on it.

[granitegolf]

Sweeeeeeet! I was there once but now I'm back up to a 2 and was losing hope but now I'm inspired again. Off to the putting green!

[BuckeyeNut]

  Chris Stewart said:

Originally Posted by Chris Stewart

How did the update treat you?

It was FANTASTIC!   A new personal best...........  Exactly 0.0, what are the odds of that?   I think a +0.1 would have looked much better!   Hahahaha

13 rounds posted  through the first 14 days of July....not bad!

I want to thank everyone for their kind words.  It's really been a fun journey and I don't want it to end!  I know it's inevitable the index will shoot up probably sooner than later, but I will enjoy the ride while it lasts.   Now that I am so close, my goal is to crack into the plus category

[Chris Stewart]

Awesome! I'm just hoping to find myself in the teens before the year is out. :-)

[mikelegacy]

I just saw in another thread that you updated your H.I. on here from 0.4 to 0.0, and I was going to say congrats on hitting that milestone, but I guess this is a better place!

[LovinItAll]

  BuckeyeNut said:

It was FANTASTIC!   A new personal best...........  Exactly 0.0, what are the odds of that?   I think a +0.1 would have looked much better!   Hahahaha 13 rounds posted  through the first 14 days of July....not bad! [URL=http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/0/07/07e4f167_00HCIndex0.jpeg][IMG]http://cdn.thesandtrap.com/0/07/640x469px-LL-07e4f167_00HCIndex0.jpeg[/IMG][/URL] I want to thank everyone for their kind words.  It's really been a fun journey and I don't want it to end!  I know it's inevitable the index will shoot up probably sooner than later, but I will enjoy the ride while it lasts.   Now that I am so close, my goal is to crack into the plus category;-)

I've already congratulated you - it's an awesome accomplishment! Out of curiosity, I wanted to ask a couple of questions (if you don't mind): Scratch golfers obviously do everything pretty well. Almost everyone, though, has a part of their game that they consider their strength or that is better than other parts. If you have a thing, what is it - driving, chipping/pitching, putting, etc.? If there is one part of your game that you think is a weakness and might say 'if I could do this more consistently, I'd pick up a shot for sure', what might it be? Is there a thing that, in your journey to scratch, you consider a turning point? Some people might say, 'My temperament improved', or 'I changed x in my swing/putting'. You get to play a lot, much to the envy of a lot of folks here, I'm sure..:-) Do you practice much, if ever, after your rounds? Your home track looks pretty tough. How well does your game travel? I hope none of these things comes across as negative. They aren't intended to be. They're things I'd probably talk about if we were playing together and knew each other. Again, congrats on getting to scratch. Such a small percentage of players ever get there.....well done!

[BuckeyeNut]

  LovinItAll said:

Originally Posted by LovinItAll

I've already congratulated you - it's an awesome accomplishment! Out of curiosity, I wanted to ask a couple of questions (if you don't mind):

Scratch golfers obviously do everything pretty well. Almost everyone, though, has a part of their game that they consider their strength or that is better than other parts. If you have a thing, what is it - driving, chipping/pitching, putting, etc.?

If there is one part of your game that you think is a weakness and might say 'if I could do this more consistently, I'd pick up a shot for sure', what might it be?

Is there a thing that, in your journey to scratch, you consider a turning point? Some people might say, 'My temperament improved', or 'I changed x in my swing/putting'.

You get to play a lot, much to the envy of a lot of folks here, I'm sure.. Do you practice much, if ever, after your rounds?

Your home track looks pretty tough. How well does your game travel?

I hope none of these things comes across as negative. They aren't intended to be. They're things I'd probably talk about if we were playing together and knew each other.

Again, congrats on getting to scratch. Such a small percentage of players ever get there.....well done!

I most definitely don't do everything well.....  I have my demons. My weakness is the shank........I don't hit my long irons well, and I am Jekyl and Hyde from bunkers.  My wedges, chipping and putting are my strengths.  I never practice ....I just play a lot.  I play a lot of courses well, but I need a few rounds to get comfortable if it's a long and difficult course.  If it's what I consider an easy course...not so much.  I probably have a 1-2 stroke advantage on my home course because I know it so well.....so yea, I'll take a bit of a hit on the road.