Predict Your Handicap One Year From Now

[David in FL]

Mine is the highest it's been in a long time, so I'm expecting it to naturally swing back. Call it 5.7....

[pumaAttack]

Should this thread be merged with the "Are you conning yourself?" thread?

[onkey]

Worse.  It's down 5 strokes from last year, but I don't feel I am any better than I was.  I'm sure I'll come back to reality at some point.

[rkim291968]

Should this thread be merged with the "Are you conning yourself?" thread?

Makes perfect sense to me .   Proof?  "Lower" is leading with 80%!

[No Mulligans]

I voted the same (which means about the same, right?).  Reasons?

I'm getting older.  At 57, it seems the rate that one ages has accelerated a bit.

I've made a lot of recent improvement going from horrible to... well... not as horrible.

I've gotten good instruction.

I feel I peaked and it feels like my HI is currently lower than my playing.  And, my HI will be going up on the next revision.

I think going from a 27 to a 17 will prove to have been easier than trying to go from a 17 to, say, a 14.

I seem to need to continue to work on my game to even stay where I'm at.

As I get older I seem to lower my expectations.  It seems easier to live with oneself that way.

And, this:

[NJpatbee]

Right now I am at 17.7 but my season has all but ended due to prostate cancer surgery.  If I stay healthy I am hoping to drop a full point on my HI in 2016.

[mdg74]

I don't have an official handicap, but it's around 19. My scores have been declining quickly since I've joined the forums here and started swinging daily on my optishot. Next year at this time I think I will be around a 10 if I continue with my current routine.

[DaveP043]

My best estimate, I'll be around the same.  My handicap will go up a little through the winter and early spring, then come back down through the summer.  Last year I got as low as 3.7, this year I got to 4.4, I'm hoping to stay around the same level as I pass 60 years old.  I know that if I take a series of lessons and work on changes, I should expect to go lower, but I honestly don't believe I have either the motivation or the time to make that improvement.

On the other hand, I'll be with a new bunch of friends in a couple of weeks, competing for the Newport Cup.  Its quite possible that I'll be inspired to work hard to improve.  Only time will tell.

[Psyber]

I don't keep one currently but I plan to start next year and hope to get it somewhere in the teens.

[rkim291968]

I voted the same (which means about the same, right?).  Reasons?

I'm getting older.  At 57, it seems the rate that one ages has accelerated a bit.

I've made a lot of recent improvement going from horrible to... well... not as horrible.

I've gotten good instruction.

I feel I peaked and it feels like my HI is currently lower than my playing.  And, my HI will be going up on the next revision.

I think going from a 27 to a 17 will prove to have been easier than trying to go from a 17 to, say, a 14.

I seem to need to continue to work on my game to even stay where I'm at.

As I get older I seem to lower my expectations.  It seems easier to live with oneself that way.

And, this:

You, sir, are doing a premature sandbagging, setting your expectation low only to beat it by a comfy margin. I will predict your 2016 end GHIN instead.   I see 13 ... 18 ... oh, wait, 14.  It will be 14, give or take 1 point.  I said it here first.

[tefunk]

I selected higher. I'm currently at 7.2 and don't really think I'll have the practice time necessary bring it down any further. But who knows, I didn't think I'd be at a 7.2 this year either...

[Scotsclaff]

I've been hovering between 20 and 23 for the last 2 years.My goal is to get down to 18 this time next year.

We'll see.

[Mr. Desmond]

By end of October 2016, would like it in the range of 5.5.

[DrvFrShow]

I think I'll be back to playing at 22 again this time next year. Maybe lower. Maybe not. Time will tell.

[Jeremie Boop]

I'm hoping to get down to about 14 or 13 by this time next year. I feel like if I can ever break through this flip problem that should be definitely doable.

[Gator Hazard]

Right now I am at 17.7 but my season has all but ended due to prostate cancer surgery.  If I stay healthy I am hoping to drop a full point on my HI in 2016.

My father went through that a few years ago at the age of 71 and he did just fine, treatment has gotten much better for it.  Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[Sassafrass]

I believe if I start practicing right I'll be able to get into the teens.

[DeadMan]

I think mine will be lower but that I'll be worse at golf. The reason is that I have about 6 terrible differentials about to come off my handicap before the end of the year. And my wife is currently pregnant, so I won't get to play much next year. So my handicap will likely go down the rest of the year and then be static all next year.