Which would you rather do first if you haven't done any.. Hole in one or shoot even par?

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by Fourputt

Well, I'm glad I don't see it that way then, because I'd have to just go pitch my clubs in the trash and take up basket weaving.  My personal best and both of my aces came playing the middle tees, but I guess that no longer matters either.  The longest I've ever averaged with driver was no more than 250 yards (and I'm no where near that now), so playing a 7000 yard course for me would be just plain stupid, and that's about the only way I'll ever find a 72 rating on a par 72 course.  I use slope and rating to apply my handicap, but for me par still is, and always will be par.

Yeah, I totally agree with you.  "59" (that number that Tiger flirted with today ;)) is the magic number for elite golfers ... not -13.

That said, I do have my own personal little qualifiers that make certain rounds better or worse though.  My 74 from last summer was on a fairly legitimately rated course (6,431, 70.8, 128) but I don't think that is nearly as good as my 78 this year at Old Works (7,211, 73.4, 131).  Simply because of what it means in relation to my style of game.  Courses that have lots of parallel fairways and little trouble in between them favor my spraying style, so I recognize that when I play well at those types of courses, even if the course rating/slope does not.

However, if I ever shoot even or under par on that first course I will proudly save and frame that scorecard ... cuz like you said, par is par!  (Not counting the par 29 course I play Friday mornings with my co-workers ... I shoot par there all the time and that means nothing ;))

[Warren Zevon]

For me, most definitely an even par round.

Enjoy every sandwich.

[iggyz]

I haven't done either.

Shoot even par.

Hole-in-one would just be icing on the cake.

[Slice of Life]

In all reality, I'd probably need 4 hole in ones in a round to shoot even par, so it would all even out anyway.

[tomvk77]

Well i've done both but even par is defo the best! It just means you had a great round of golf , instead of a great shot

[dfreuter415]

Shooting even par shows that you have a consistently good golf game.  This is something unattainable by 99% of the golfing public.

Almost everyone has the potential to make a hole in one. Example: a good friend has been playing golf regularly for 40+ years, shoots in the 80's, and never has had a hole in one.  His wife, playing infrequently and less than 10 years, never having broken 100, hits her tee shot into the hole.

As for me, I've shot one over par and a number of two and three over's.  I would love to get to even par at some point, but this is something that does not consume me, and as I get older I know that there is less chance that this will happen.

However, every time I tee it up on a par 3 and see the ball get airborne, I always have hope.  After I got my hole in one in 2006, I told my golfing partner, "Now I can die a happy man."

I guess what I am saying is that even though I never shot par, I would rather have another hole in one.  I love this game.