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Started golf for the first time this summer.
Handicap index according to Golflink.com and 21 rounds so far is 23.0

In my Bag-Boy NXO Revolver cart bag:
Driver: 909D2 9.5, UST Proforce V2 x-stiff
Wood: Burner '09 3-Wood
Hybrid: H585 3-Hybrid, stiff steel shaft
3-PW: : MP-57 4-PW, Rifle Project X 6.0Wedge: Solus 51, 56, 61Putter: White Hot XG Teron 34"Ball: ProV1x "Practice"


Dropped from a 15.0 to an 8.8.

Success!
WITB

Driver - Taylormade r7 Quad 10.5˚ Fujijura E360 Stiff
Woods - Sonartec SS 2.5 13˚ HST Penley Tour Stiff
Hybrid - Sonartec HB-001 19˚ HST Penley Tour StiffIrons - Mizuno MP-67 Forged 4-PW, DGS300Wedges - Callaway Forged 50˚ and 54˚, Walter Hagen 60˚Putter - Nike T130 O/S Mallet Ctr Shaft 33"B...

from 13.5 to 8.5... and it's still going down!

hope to reach under 7.5 for next year.... to pass from 85 to 80... ok, but from 80 to 75, it takes more experience, well for me!

cheers, Julien

In my stand bag:

Driver: R7 460 Stiff
3-Wood: sumo
5-Wood: sumoIrons: R7 4-AWSW: rac LW: racPutter: Rossa Monsa CGB Fontana-7Balls: Pro V-1, NEW nike ONE


I should have been about a 25 handicap beginning of this year. I took up golf in May 2006. Beginning of this year, i was still losing about 10 balls in a round. Today, a solid..well..not-so-solid 15.1. Havent given up on improving this year. I wonder how many still think their best round of golf this year is ahead of them.

In the bag:
905R 9.5* Fujikura Speeder S
X 15* Fujikura R
X 19* Fujikura S
4-P MP-14 TT DGS300 53* 588 Gunmetal MP series 56-14 TT wedge MP-R 60-09 Rifle SpinnerDFX Two ball Pro V1


15 to a 9.6. 3 times a week at the range/short game area really makes a difference

In My Bag:

Driver: 9.5Β° FT-i LCG
3-wood: 15Β° X Tour
Hybrid: 18Β° FT HybridHybrid: 23Β° Baffler ProIrons: X-20 Tour 5-9Wedges: CG 12 Black Pearl 46/50/56/60Putter: 32" X3Ball: TP BlackHome Course: Blackmoor Golf Club (136/71.2)

I've been tracking it at greenskeeper.org since Golf Magazine bailed on their handicap tracker earlier this year.

Technically, I started at 30.4 - but that was the result of two horrendous rounds in April.

Once I got a few rounds in for 'real', I hovered around 19 in June/July and finished up the golf league season at 17.0. So I'm at least heading in the right direction.

In my bag: adams.gif Speedline Fast 10 10.5, Speedline 3W, Ping Zing2 5-SW  vokey.gif 60 deg odyssey.gif 2-ball    330-RXS


My handicap only dropped about 0.5 this year but I am playing my best golf of the year. I spent most of the year building, testing and tweaking clubs so my bag is pretty much set for next year.

I hope to play and practice a lot more in 2008 and hopefully my index will drop at least 2-3 points.

What's in my bag (most of the time)

Exotics 12Β°, Aldila VS Proto 65S
Exotics CB1 4W, 16.5Β°, Fujikura Stiff
3DX DC Ironwood 20Β°, 23Β°, 26ΒΊ Hybrids, Proforce V2 Stiff Acer XP905 Pro 6-PW, Dynalite Gold S300Inazone CNC Spin Satin GW 50Β°/8Β°, SW 54Β°/14Β°, LW 58Β°/4Β°Boccieri...


Started at 15.3 USGA, went down to 12.1, then.... back up to the 13.9 then started playing better at the season end and back down to a 10.8(my lowest ever).

Single digits is the goal next year.

X-460 9.5* tour Driver/Fujikura stiff
X-15* tour 3 wood/Fujikura stiff
3DX 18.5* Hybrid/Aldila stiff
681 3-PW/Project X 6.0 (now in bag)
X-16 Pro Series Irons/Dynamic Gold S300 54* and 58* wedges Anser Sn putter


I started glf in february, and started on 27, went down to 23 after 1 round, and am now 12.4. I am quite happy with my game lately, but am hitting it really bad
Driver Titleist 905R 9.5* (Stiff Prolaunch Blue 65g)
Hybrid: PT 585.H 17 * (Stiff titleist 75g shaft)
Irons: 695.cb 3-9 ( Dynamic Gold S300)
Wedges: 735.CM 47* PW, Vokey 200 series 50.08 Oil Can Vokey Spin Milled 54.10 Tour chrome, Vokey Spin Milled 58.08 Oil canPutter: Wilson Staff Kirk Kurrie #1[CO.....

Start: 20-22 (didn't have an official handicap)
First Official Handicap (June): 14.5
Now: 10.5

What's in my bag:

Driver: R7 CGB Max, regular shaft
4-wood and 7-wood: :: Launcher, regular shafts
4-iron to A-wedge: X-20, regular steel shafts56- and 60-degree wedge: forged, stiff steel shafts, vintage finish, MD groovesPutter: Circa '62, No. 7, steel shaft, 35"Ball: NXT Tour or ProV1(x)...


have only been playing 6 months, first handicap was 25.6 but should be cut to 18 next season cause my last few rounds were in the low 80s but they have not updated it yet.

After my update last Friday, I finished the year with a 0.0 handicap. I've been playing 6 years with the last two being not very active due to college. I really worked hard this summer to lower my scores. Made a couple of swing changes, practiced a ton, and I am still working on changing my mental approach(this is the toughest).

I do not have an official "beginning handicap" as I did not have an official USGA handicap. I kept track of it with the handicap tracker from Golfsmith. According to that, it started as around a 2.5 at the beginning of the year.

Driver: 905R 9.5*
3-wood: 906F 13*
Irons: Forged Blades
Wedges: Black Satin SV Tour 52* , 56*, 60*
Putter: FuturaBall: ProV1x or One Platinum---------------------------------------------------------My 2008 Tournament Qualifiers:Tennessee State Match Play - Qualified - July...


I started at a 17.9 and finished today at 14.8. It was 40 degrees today so I don't see myself playing much the rest of the year. I had an 81 this year - my lowest round ever, and had my highest ever GIR average for the year and the lost average number of putts per round. I can't wait for Florida in February.

I dont have an official handicap but at the start of the year i was shooting high 90's so i'd guess ~25 handicap. Tracked my scores and did the official method of calculating the handicap and at the final round my handicap was a 14.7. Good year for no lessons.

Driver: 9.5* SQ Sumo Stiff
3W: 15* SQ Stiff
Irons: 3-PW R7 Stiff Flex
GW: X Tour Vintage 52 11 bounce
SW: X Tour Vintage 56 13 bounceLW: X Tour Vintage 60 8 BouncePutter: Monza CorzaBall: HX Tour 56


I started with 20.6 and ended with 14.1.

This is the first time I have even been able to get out regularly, so I'm hoping I can continue to improve. Unfortunately, it is going to have to wait until next year because the weather has changed sufficiently that getting out is going to be rare events.

As luck would have it, my 5th round of the year (which I believe is the earliest you can actually establish a handicap) was one of my best: 80 at a really tough, first-time course. 7.5 differential, so a 7.1. Currently at an 8.2 (I hope to get another round or two in before the year is out). I use my own spreadsheet to track my data so my index is real-time, if not actually "official."

Nothing in the swing is done at the expense of balance.


I started the year at a handicap of 11.6 AGU

My handicap now is 6.6 but I have got it as low as 6.2 AGU

Summer is just about to start here in Australia and so during the school holidays I am hoping that I can shave at least another shot from my handicap.

In the bag:

driver Big Ben CS3 9.5ΒΊ
3-wood 906F4 15.5ΒΊ
hybrid rescue mid 19ΒΊirons: MP-60 3-PWwedges vokey spin-milled 54ΒΊ and 60ΒΊputter tracy IIball Pro V1


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