What are Your 2017 Golf Goals?

[GolfLug]

1) Establish consistency in my swing routine DURING actual play.

2) Find my chipping and 20-30 yard pitching shots again.

3) Qualify for Newport Cup and play really well this time if actually selected. Have been playing better in CC tourneys.

4) Play at least 40 rounds. I am at 31 for the year and will get in appx 2 rounds before 12/31.. I think.

 

[Vinny Cap]

Got a big list for this year!

Golf more this year.

Join a Monday night league.

Break 90 all the time and maybe get into the breaking 80 club.

Beat my friend multiple times in a row.

Find a decent practice place near me.

[Raging Beard]

Consistency and confidence are my goals, I believe the go together. I am still new and plan on some more lessons, my only goal right now is to be able to address the ball and feel confident that when I swing, I will hit the ball and send it up and forward. That's all I am looking for right now. Not fussed too much on distance or absolute accuracy... Just to able to hit the ball with each try on the course.

[Divotmaker77]

- Have always been athletic.  Healthy, fit, injury free, etc.  As I have gotten older the injuries have started to pop up, weight has gone up, etc.  My biggest goal is to get passed these injuries and get my body into the kind of shape it needs to be in to do the rest of my goals.

- Main golf goal would be to finally get into the 5-7 HC range.  Have gotten as low as an 8 but have lost it as the injuries have occurred.   

- Biggest weakness is GIR.  My biggest playing goal is to become a much better ball striker and to really start understanding how to play better golf and not just hope it happens.

 

[NCGolfer]

1. Break 70 multiple times.  I didn’t break 70 at all this year.  Never had all my game going at the same time during any stretch.  The pieces are there but I need to put them together.

2. Improve the driver.  It’s been the weakest club in my bag for the past few years.  Inconsistent and manifests in hooks when it starts going bad.  I’m planning on getting fitted for a driver early next year to make sure I find the right combination of shaft and head/loft.
3. Play more.  In the past few years I’ve relegated myself to hitting more balls than playing.  I believe this is a big reason why #1 is happening.  My consistency is not where it needs to be and not being on the course more is part of it.  I have a great range swing most days but fail to bring it to the course.  I’m planning on joining a club not far from the house and playing nine when I use to go hit balls for 60-90 minutes.  The hope is that I can have a swing/routine that transitions easily from the range to the course.

4. Re-read LSW and work it into my game.  I often find myself, post-round, analyzing things and realizing how I could have bettered the score incorporating some very simple LSW tenants into my pre-shot routine.  Golf is already hard enough and even more maddening when you realize you could have saved shots before you even swang the club.

5. Have fun.  Honestly, 2016 wasn't a fun year of golf.  There were moments of good, not great experiences.  I never felt like I had a stretch of rounds, even holes, where everything was clicking and enjoyable. I was always fighting myself and very negative/frustrated with my game.  If I can execute on a couple of the above goals I think #5 will take care of itself.

[jsgolfer]

My Main Goal - Is to be a little more consistent.  

1.To do this I need to putt better - I just miss too many make-able putts (Probably will take a putting lesson this year)

2. And I need to get rid of the bad holes (Double Bogeys) - Still shoot in the 70's but can't seem to get rid of the one or two doubles per round.

And finally I want to try and play in more tournaments away from my home course this year, I played 165 rounds but most tournaments were at my club.

 

[Onetee]

My main goal is to get my swing consistent enough to get fit for a set of  irons.

also would like to be able to just be able to play boogie golf by the end of the year.

[3puttssuck]

2017 Goals

 

	2016	2017
Score	103	93
Drive Accuracy	58%	65%
GIR	19%	33%
Putts/Round	1.9	1.5
Penalties/Round	2.3	1
Bunkers/Round	3.6	2.5
Sand Saves/Round	6.9%	10%
Scrambling	10.5%	15%

Edited December 15, 2016 by 3puttssuck

[Wanzo]

I'm looking forward to 2017.  I have had quite a few years in a row of playing just a handful of times and I'm finally to the point where I can use 2017 as a baseline to move forward, so my goals are more about creating that baseline as opposed to improving stats. 

1. Play 30 rounds.  This might be pushing it for me with 4 young girls at home, but I think I can make it, and hopefully get the older 2 on the course this year to start learning.

2. Track all rounds with game golf.  I bought the system last year but never got used to using it.  This should help point me in the right direction with my practice long term

3. Play 3-4 tournaments where I play my own ball and post a score

4. Focused practice sessions 3-4 times per week.  I just signed back up for evolvr.  I want to stay away from all other golf tips and concentrate on my priority

5. Visit @iacas at golf evolution for an in person lesson

 

 

 

[tristanhilton85]

I'd previously posted that the goal was just to play more; having played a few times in the last week, I definitely have the bug again to play and practice. I think that I should be able to twice a month and get in some decent practice, even if it is just drills at home.

[No Mulligans]

My goal,sSame as last year... continue to work on my swing path to get a more consistent straight or baby draw ball flight.  I'll do this by hitting balls at least 5 times a week, and at the beginning of each session I'll remind myself of this priority.  It's proven to be a long process.

28 minutes ago, Wanzo said:

I'm looking forward to 2017.  I have had quite a few years in a row of playing just a handful of times and I'm finally to the point where I can use 2017 as a baseline to move forward, so my goals are more about creating that baseline as opposed to improving stats. 

1. Play 30 rounds.  This might be pushing it for me with 4 young girls at home, but I think I can make it, and hopefully get the older 2 on the course this year to start learning.

2. Track all rounds with game golf.  I bought the system last year but never got used to using it.  This should help point me in the right direction with my practice long term

3. Play 3-4 tournaments where I play my own ball and post a score

4. Focused practice sessions 3-4 times per week.  I just signed back up for evolvr.  I want to stay away from all other golf tips and concentrate on my priority

5. Visit @iacas at golf evolution for an in person lesson

 

 

 

That's great in my opinion.  All those goals are completely in your control.  That's the way I like  to set goals.

I consider something like, "to lower my handicap to a 10" to be an aspiration not a goal because it's not completely in ones control.  Whereas, "Play 30 rounds", that is something you can control.

[sjduffers]

5 hours ago, 3puttssuck said:

Putts/Round

1.9

1.5

I would not normally comment on one's goals, but this is highly unrealistic: that means an average of 27 putts per round. Even Tour professionals don't average 28 putts per round. I consider myself a decent putter and am currently at 30.3 putts per round (1.68 putts per hole). And, in order to achieve that, I need (a lot) better than 15% scrambling. Just sayin'.

Good luck with your 2017 goals. I hope you achieve them all and more!

Edited December 15, 2016 by sjduffers

[iacas]

12 minutes ago, sjduffers said:

I would not normally comment on one's goals, but this is highly unrealistic: that means an average of 27 putts per round. Even Tour professionals don't average 28 putts per round. I consider myself a decent putter and am currently at 30.3 putts per round (1.68 putts per hole). And, in order to achieve that, I need (a lot) better than 15% scrambling. Just sayin'.

Good luck with your 2017 goals. I hope you achieve them all and more!

Actually he said 1.5 putts per round.

FWIW, I average 1.7 putts/hole. And compared to a scratch golfer, my putting is… 2.12 strokes per round gained.

I'm with @sjduffers, @3puttssuck: your goal is unrealistic.

[bostonboy9416]

1. Stop casting the club on my downswing; compact everything into one piece.

2. Make my high school team again and actually contribute

3. Become more consistent on the greens

 

[JonMA1]

Improve on my weaknesses...

1. Putting

Target:  Average 2 putts per hole for the last half of the season

How: Identify why starting line is off so much. Devote higher percentage of practice time to <6' putts.

2. Short Game

Target: Improve scrambling from 7% to 10%.

How: Work on feel, a bit more practice. Learn to hit from green side bunkers

3. Full Swing

Target: Average <2 penalties per 18 holes, maintain GIR average from 2016.

How: Slightly more practice devoted to woods and driver specifically keys 3 and 4. Continue priority work with irons - key 2.

[Jmdmbike]

2 things - hit more greens in regulation and limit my 3 putts. I usually hit 5 or maybe 6 GIR on a good day, and it would make a huge difference if I could get that up to 7 or 8 a round consistently. 

[Jbrook]

My 2017 Goals Are:

1) Break 80 for the first time.

2) Hit more GIR and Improve Putts Per Hole Avgs.

3) Improve Consistency and average below 85 by the end of 2017.

To achieve these goals, I'm going to be more consistent with my practice. I'm going to commit to having a practice session each week and focus more on improving my short game than I did last year.

[CptShankapotamus]

Really aiming for landing in the single digit handicap performance. At my best I was a 10 and averaged an 11 handicap performance. Last year I saw so much improvement from just grinding a few hours a day at the range, green, spontaneous rounds, putting in the basement, and chipping in the backyard. I didn't take any lessons, just purely learning from myself and feedback from what I see from my shots.

Specifically for next year, I will definitely head to the range as often (about 2 times a week) but engage in more quality time there and paying attention to each shot instead of feeling and seeing good contact and being happy with the rest. 

Specific Objectives

Driver: Consistency over distance 

Irons: Dialing in distances to reach greens in two (often club down and end up about 10 yards shy)

Wedges: Better play out of the sand. Don't end up there too often. But if I do, it's game over.

Putter: Improved lag putting