How bad are your bad days?

[jkelley9]

There is another thread on here that has talks about "anti-handicap." It was a very interesting read. But this is a little different and my searching didn't yield anything.

After my round yesterday, I'm wondering from some of y'all just HOW bad are you "bad days?"

I have been shooting mid-eighties pretty consistently with a 90 or 91 peeking through every now and then. But yesterday was another animal. I went:

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +3(ESC...) +2 +3 +2 (+15 total on 9 holes) on  VERY easy course (113). And the conditions were BEAUTIFUL. Sunny, warm, low humidity. Good grass mostly. Receptive greens (but very slow).

I'm attributing some (but not sure how much) of this to it being the first day I actually carried my golf bag. I forgot to put my cart in the car that morning. So I was a little more tired, especially on 7-9.

I missed 3 putts within 3 ft. Unacceptable, I know. I think I got a little cocky with them and tried to tap them in. Big mistake. Putting is usually a stronger part of my game compared to players of equal scoring (I don't keep a HCI).

So how bad has a bad day been for you? I think this is my worst.

[Harp stein]

I'm pretty much in line with your "normal," mid 80s with the occasional low 90s. The worst I've shot in the last couple years is a 97, back in early May. It was a weekend golf outing, I was hungover and it was 40 degrees and misting all morning. And I forgot to pack long pants! miserable round, for the most part.

[Jeremie Boop]

Typically my bad days are similar to what you posted score wise. I struggle just to make bogey and then a couple of doubles happen and finally I'll end up with a triple at some point because I'll three putt. These are the days where I just feel like no part of my game is working outside of an occasional good shot here and there.

[xcott]

i'll let you know when I have a good day.

[Groucho Valentine]

14 minutes ago, xcott said:

i'll let you know when I have a good day.

[mcanadiens]

Given my temper, bad days can get real bad.

Depending on the course, average for me runs in the 90s. If it's an average (68-70 CR) course, I can flame out to a 105 real easy. If its a harder course (especially one with lots of OB) chances are pretty good that scorecard is getting ripped up. One particularly horrific outing last year, where the scorecard murder wasn't an option, saw a 112.

 

[Patch]

Bad days? Assuming the weather, and othe playing conditions are decent, just about anything over 87 I would consider a poor round. Over 90, and I am scratching my head a lot during the round. 

A 90 in a 2, or 3 club wind, I don' t consider a poor round. 

A poor round for me usully involves a bunch of short game (chip/pitch) mis-hits. I am probably not putting well too. 

Best thing about my poor rounds,  is that I don't worry about them. It's golf. They happen. 

[Dave2512]

If you shot video of it swing for swing it would look just like the best days. One or two holes would have me out of position but the scores on 80% or so would be just like the good days. Bad days are usually the result of not converting pars in easy stretches of the course where I should and usually do. 

[bkuehn1952]

I am a "8 to 10".  I recently played a tournament with a "2".  He had a bad day and shot "80".  It was not a difficult track and his differential was 10.3  He wasn't missing by much.  Listening to him, you'd have thought he was shooting 100.

My bad days are a bit more severe.  Typically I will be in the mid to low 90's score-wise with a differential between 16-20.  I will have a couple penalties, a few topped fairway woods, fat irons, 3-putts,  I have several of "those days" every year. 2015 was a very good year and I only had two scores go over 90.  This year I have already had two 90+ days.

I tend to grind on bad days and can keep the score from getting too ridiculous.

[DeadMan]

My bad days aren't that bad, honestly. It's normally one or two bad drives that drive up my scores. I generally shoot in the low 80s, but a bad day is high 80s. Maybe an extra three putt here or there.

It seems like about once a year or so I have a really bad day, where I'm going over 90 significantly. That happens when I have one really bad miss going. Last year, I had a round in the 100s when I caught a case of the shanks. This year, I spent a week topping my drives, and that resulted in a 94. Hopefully that's out of my system this year.

[Groucho Valentine]

A bad round for me is in the high 70's. My really bad days tend to be in the low 80s. 

[Mop Bucket]

I had one last night. Stopped keeping score but in my head I know it was around 84.

My range from good to bad is a little to big for my liking. On my hot days I shoot around par, but on my off days I have no problem breaking into the 80's.

[NJpatbee]

When playing well I am usually in the low 90's and sometimes mid-high 80's.  When I am completely off, I can wind up with a 105 on a difficult course.

[GangGreen]

It used to be when I was off I was REALLY off.  So far this year my bad days haven't been as far off of my good days score-wise, although they "feel" a lot worse then maybe the final score indicates (at least to me).  My typical scores so far have ranged in the high 80's, if I'm in the mid 90's I feel like it's been a bad day and if I'm in the mid 80's I feel like its been a good day.  Funny though, it hasn't been that long since a score in the mid 90's would have been a cause for celebration. 

[DaveP043]

So I'm about a 5 or 6 handicap, and my worst scores are in the high 80's.  I just checked the Ghin records, and the two highest differentials I posted over the last year were at Terra Lago in Palm Springs, CA, and MidPines in Southern Pines, NC.  Its really tough to call those "bad days", it was just bad golf on an otherwise great day.

[Patch]

I think we can all agree that even when shoot a higher than normal score, it's still been a good day. 

[rehmwa]

4 hours ago, jkelley9 said:

 

So how bad has a bad day been for you?

 

Things that wreck my game.

1. playing with others
2. betting
3. being around 'tightly wound' golfers
4. playing with people that shoot MUCH worse than me

So I'm playing 36 holes in a friendly small tournament format tomorrow with friends

So I'll let you know afterwards - ok?  (I normally shoot around 79/80 or so - I fully expect at least one round to be in the low 90's

[billchao]

My bad rounds creep up into the triple digits. It gets hard to have fun after you lose your 5th or 6th golf ball.