Personal Stats

[lamebums]

After throwing a handful of recent rounds into Digital Divot, it crunched these numbers for me:

Handicap Index (8/13/2007): 10.9 (This must be a fluke? I only have 4 18 hole rounds in there so far, and it's recording my lowest only.)

Eagles (-2): 1 (0.74%)
Birdies (-1): 5 (3.7%)
Pars (Even): 40 (29.63%)
Bogies (+1): 62 (45.93%)
Double Bogies (+2): 25 (18.52%)
Triple Bogies (+3): 2 (1.48%)
Other (+4 or more): 0 (0%)

Score Par 3: 4.3
Score Par 4: 4.68
Score Par 5: 5.53

Fairways Hit: 6.09 (44.3%)
Greens in Reg: 3.82 (21.21%)
Up & Downs: 2.27 (12.63%)
Putts: 22.73
Penalties: 1.09

I'm not sure about the fairways hit, GIR's, and up and down's being accurate - I think it's also recording my fairways for 9 hole rounds, driving down my total average (eh?). I think it's closer to 8-9 fairways (60%), 5-6 greens (30%), and 3 up and down's (15%). And I definitely know it's averaging in my 9 hole rounds when I have 22.73 putts per round. It's closer to 35 for 18 holes.

With that said and done, where do you guys think I should work on improving my game? I'd just like to get other people's opinions. So far I have approach shots, hitting GIR's, chipping it closer and one-putting when I miss. So what else?

[Erlend]

Hitting the fairway about 75-90% of the time will really help you a lot. And how do you play par 5`s? Do you think "I really need to drive this one looong", and end up in the rough, or do you concentrate on hitting straight?
I attack par 5`s with a more conservative tactic from the tee, and I find it way more easy pulling of a birdie at par 5`s than at par 4`s.
Other than that, it`s the chipping and pitching. The key to be a decent golfer, is to master the shots from 150 yards and in.

Also, how is your style? Are you one of those convenient with your old swing, or are you always looking for improvement, and exploring?

[iacas]

10.9 (This must be a fluke? I only have 4 18 hole rounds in there so far, and it's recording my lowest only.)

That's how it works. Your lowest 1 of the first 5.

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[lamebums]

Hitting the fairway about 75-90% of the time will really help you a lot. And how do you play par 5`s? Do you think "I really need to drive this one looong", and end up in the rough, or do you concentrate on hitting straight?

Unless it's an absurdly long par 5 (over 550) I am always trying to get home in two. Unless it's really tight, in which case I'll take a 3 iron (but I define tight as "20 yards wide, sloping severely to the right, with dense woods on both sides"). I am thinking birdie and eagle all the way to lower my score (I do considerably better on par 5's than other holes). I'm not trying to kill the ball, though - I've found that making sure you get the ball to the club in the middle of the sweet spot will give you more distance with less effort.

And I'm always looking for improvement - I couldn't shift my weight without some serious problems (sprayed shots, hanging back on my right side, etc.), so I looked at stack and tilt recently and it's done wonders for my driving. (But it killed my iron play - I need to hit the range to figure that out at some point). If you've got a bright idea to help me save strokes, I'm all ears.

That's how it works. Your lowest 1 of the first 5.

Yeah, that would make sense, then. I just don't get many 18 hole rounds in.