Ever had a round that felt really good, but the score didn't reflect it?

[BugDude]

Me and a golf buddy of mine had been talking about "The elusive bogey free round" for 15 years.  We had both shot some under par rounds and even par rounds and had shot many of those together, but they all had at least 1 bogey.  I had my lowest round, a -3 69 that had ONE stinking bogey on a par 3.  Well, one day I finally did it.  I achieved the elusive bogey free round.  Ironically, it wasn't my lowest round.  It was a -2 70 and I shot it using nothing but irons.  I didn't even have a wood or hybrid in my bag that day.  That is one round in my mind that I felt I hit every shot crisp, made all of the makable putts, and didn't leave anything out there.  The only round of my life I feel I could say that.  My buddy has still never had one.  I live 700+ miles from him now, but we e-mail several times a week.  I have that card under glass in my office along with my two -3 rounds.  All of those rounds were in 2005.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by zipazoid

All. The. Time.

My last two rounds were 72 followed by an 81. I swear I hit the ball better with the 81.

I have this feeling constantly.  Ever wonder whether this is just psychological?  When you're -1 through 13 holes, tugging that 8-iron into the bunker on 14 feels like a terrible shot, when in reality you didn't miss it by much.  When you're +4 through 13, the same shot might not feel as bad.

[bunkerputt]

All the time.  It's just normal.  Sometimes I'll make bogey by hitting a really solid iron shot but picking a less than ideal target, hitting a decent putt, but misjudging the speed just a touch, and then getting unlucky by hitting a spike mark on the next putt.  Sometimes the whole round goes that way and I end up shooting like a 10-12 handicap.  That's just the nature of the game.  Stay patient and focus on the process, not the results.

[dak4n6]

You can be striking the ball well, but all you need is some 'Meh' putting, and a couple 'other' score holes, and presto, you end up shooting 7 over the way you 'feel' you were playing. Happens to me all the time. Conversely, sometimes my swing gets a little to flat and shallow, and I spend the whole day hitting slightly thin irons that feel horrible and hooking drives, but I scramble like hell, chip and putt well, and when I add it up I am surprised I shot an 80 (pretty decent for me).

[allin]

All the time. I suppose it is because I base my feeling on my ball striking. Often my best scores are on days I am hitting it so so but my short game is on. If my drive is in the rough but playable and I get it around the green and get it up and down, doesn't feel like good play. A good drive, GIR, lipped out birdie, feels like good play, but both are pars.

[Undr Par]

Originally Posted by allin

All the time. I suppose it is because I base my feeling on my ball striking. Often my best scores are on days I am hitting it so so but my short game is on.

Bingo..same here..and the reverse...days where I would say my score would be in the high 90's and it was in the high 80's with the way I hit the ball (or lack there of)...there are those days I guess

[Reg5000]

For sure but I had an opposite effect just yesterday.  I ended up shooting a 79 round but I felt like I did terrible.