What'd You Shoot Today?

[Wannabe Paper Tiger]

FINALLY broke 40 over 9 holes for the first time in like 8 years... 39 front; too bad i shot 47 back for an 86... gross...

[MSDOGS1976]

74 today. Played pretty decent but hot weather wore me down in the end.

[Roody]

Broke 40 for 9 holes for the first time ever, and it feels great. Shot a 39 last night during league play. Makes me wish we could have played all 18 holes, I think I could have gone for that record as well.

[gsu_paintballer]

47 today for my weekday 9

[PianoSteve]

Guys, I'm pumped!! I know this score is still way high for most of you, but for me, this was the best round of my life by far!

9 holes, 11 over for a total of 47. This is 9 strokes better than my last 9-hole round. And I had a couple of really cool things on this round:

4 pars. This is by far the most pars I've ever had in a round (even more than in any 18-hole round for me!)

My first hole was almost a birdie (missed the chip-in by a few inches), but I par'd 1 AND 2 which meant I was standing on the 3rd tee at even par -- something I've never experienced.

The other two pars were 8 and 9, so it made for a nice end to the round as well.

I had two "blowup holes" -- a triple and a (gulp) quadruple. Those were on 6 and 7. Hole 6 was just some bad luck. My drive found the fairway. My second shot (3-wood) was a bit right, and hit a fence post (small wooden fence along the cart path, about a foot high) and shot back and to the right, landing under a bush where I had NO option but to nudge it out into the rough to set up a long-ish approach toward the green for par. I almost made the green, but overestimated my PW on a hillside lie in the rough and should have taken more club. On in 5 and two-putted for triple.

The quad was on a par 3 (I had par'd the earlier par 3) where I simply choked on my tee shot, then hit my PW into the ground without making contact for a wasted second shot. Par pitch ran off into a bunker, on in 4 and three putted (ugh!) for a nasty finish to that hole. But then I par'd 8 (par 5, actually overshot the green on my 3rd stroke, but got up and down for a save) and par'd 9 very easily (barely missing birdie on that as well).

I feel a bit like that guy in the club commercial saying "I can turn pro..." ;) (ha!! Just kidding!)

But seriously, this is one of those rounds that makes you go, "I can actually improve at this game!!" Basically, for once, I played WAY under my handicap, and it felt so amazingly wonderful and relaxing!

And the feeling of being at even par on the 3rd tee, or just being 4 over after 5 holes...I've never had that experience in this game. It felt like I could actually play!

For anyone who cares, the adjustments I made this week are:

1. On almost every shot, I put the ball slightly farther back in my stance from where I used to, allowing me to hit down on it more.
2. In conjunction with #1, I tried to put a tad more weight on my front foot so that I did actually hit down more on the ball.
3. I tried just a bit of a wrist-cock (my father-in-law pointed out last week that I wasn't really cocking my wrists at all), which I think did add some distance to my shots, but I didn't try too hard on that. I was afraid to mess with the swing too much without getting to the driving range first (we were actually going to hit balls before the round, but a bad accident [not involving us] on the way tied up traffic and we got there too close to our tee time).

Sorry for the lengthy post, but I'm EXCITED!!!!!!!! Can you tell??? (Hitting essentially 14 below your handicap in a round has a way of doing that!)

[Undr Par]

shot a 91, but had 6 putts (2-3ft) away for Par's and missed all 6 ....so easily could/should have been an 85...... as someone else stated the heat was killer and the last 3 holes I was wore out/down and actually just wanted the round to end

[Doctorfro]

Played with my son today. I shot 40-37 for a neat little 77. Son shot 39-41. Have to remind him who's boss of the moss in this family! (he's beaten me a couple of times this summer). Actually, it was simply fun spending time with him. Have to remind myself not to take time like this for granted.

[Bourbon and Coke]

106. Finally dropped my handicap under 36.

I was disappointed because I felt like I could've broken 100 today. I got through my warm-up and I just didn't have a tee shot. Then I snapped my 7 iron in half on 11. Got a lot more confidence in my putting and short game and had my first multi-par round, so it wasn't a total wash.

[Doctorfro]

Oh, I meant to post that the statistic lives on: 50% or better greens in regulation translates to 80 or less again (77 today). Only 29 putts too.

[joshtpa]

74 with 2 eagles. I rarely get one in a round never mind 2.

[ERC7.5]

46 on league last night. Not committing to any shot. So bad...

[Eore]

i shot a 94 in a tournement

with 6 THREE PUTTS

and numerous two putts from under 10 feet

[CG031]

83 in a tournament today. Came in 7th place, out of 14...not terrible. 70 was the winning score...I three putt'd 6 TIMES and still shot 83...my ballstriking is finally coming around - been taking lessons the past two weeks and I hadn't started to show improvement until the past few days...I knew I'd get worse before I got better, because I had to undergo a grip change...whatever, 83 I'll surely take it with the way I've been playing the past few weeks.

[ks8829]

1 under with 2 boogies and 3 birdies. My second best score.

12 Fairways hit
10 Greens on regulation
27 Putts
1 Sand save
9 up and downs from around the green.

I can't wait to play tomorrow to see if I can play another good round of golf.

[AlCzervik]

I shot a 53 today on 9 holes, could of been nicer if i didnt lose balls and have to take stroke penalties to drop a provisional. It was a decent day for me i guess.

[Kperkins]

Shot 40 on a Par 33 9 hole with a 31.7/106 Front 9. Slightly better than bogey golf. And my first swings with the new R7 TP irons. Not bad at all. Nothing worse than a double.

[golfkid338]

Testing out some new irons today, shot 40 with a 6 iron,7 iron, sand wedge and putter.

Made the par 5s a lot longer teeing off with a 6 iron.
Gotta get my spin under control, keep sinning it off the green
after that im good to go!

[iacas]

75 at North Hills in a southern point "traveling league" deal. Partner didn't help at all - shot 111 on a 25 handicap. So... yeah.

Still won $40 with two gross skins.