How "legit" is your best round?

[Jimdangles]

Originally Posted by jshots

My best round is 75 but I was by myself so I left the flag stick in and therefore technically I should have taken a penalty on almost every hole.

Best 93 ever shot.

But seriously I read this rule on here the other day and unless your in a tournament why this would ever be strictly enforced or be an issue. If you are with a group you take out the flag stick once everyone is on the green because you have time. If you are alone and on the front of the green with a back pin you shouldnt have to take it out and walk all the way back.

sorry to thread jack. nvm

[Volchok]

Last week I shot an 85 (+13) on a course I hadn't played before. It was an easy course (70.5 / 123), and the score is fully legit. I even played the entire round with the same ball

[shockingslicer]

I play with a friend , we are in constant competition for the best score on our local track , we are completely staunch on the rules with each other however if my gfs playing then we let her have mulligans , a foot wedge etc , she knows if she was to card a better score than us , we would simply say,  yeah you beat us , except for the three mulligans , one ob and a foot wedge that you took , she would then say it was one mulligan and id say whatever , if its not in competition who cares that your kidding yourself

[sean_miller]

My "best" rounds were shot in the 80s playing 18 holes on a 9-hole course. A 75 and a 76 I believe. I'd also like to believe we played by all the rules, but with no signed card to help jog my memory, I'm not 100% sure. Which means the 77 I shot 2 summers ago (a boat load of 78-80 rounds since) on a longer 18 hole track, and that I know was legit,  is probably my true lowest round.

[Dave2512]

The only time any round I play isn't "legit" is when I am out with my instructor. No scorecard in sight for that. We go out when it's slow and take multiple shots in certain instances where he's showing me something. When I play, even by myself it is what it is. I want to remember when I had a quad and try to figure out why it happened. Was it a penalty, poor shot selection, missed putts or whatever

[Roblar]

My best score is 73. I played by the rules, but it is only about 70% legit.

Why?

Because I play such an easy and forgiving course: short, wide-open, no real 'rough' to speak of.  I only hit three fairways, and several of my drives were so bad that I found the adjacent fairway.  Not only that, but I was playing from the white tees (67.7 / 114: 5790yds), and I'm guessing some of the tees were up a bit.

So... yeah, I shot 73 and followed the rules. But I probably would have been in the high 90s on a course that was even slightly punitive, had real rough, etc.

[Beachcomber]

OP... Integrity.  Your buddy should be counting every stroke.  And you don't get to play the hole again, because you had a bad hole.

Yesterday in the Open Championship... Did Scott get to re-putt on 18 when he missed his 4th shot for par?  No.  It counted.  Did he get to re-tee his ball on 18 when it landed in the trap?  No.  Play it as it lies, and get better.

These kind of threads are ridiculous.