Goals for 2008

[Bourbon and Coke]

My goals for the year (Starting in May) were:

1. Break 100. Did this on Monday.

2. Improve my putting. I want every round under 35 putts by the end of 2008.

3. Hit every club in my bag. Right now I can't use a 4 or 5 iron, or my driver, 3W, or 5W with any reliability.

4 (new goal). Break 95 by the end of October.

5 (new goal). Break 90 by the end of 2008.

[GranvilleGolf]

I want to make the middle school golf team, i think ive got it down pat, playing some good golf lately
and, i want to get my drives to around 225 and my 3 wood over 200 consistently, this may be unrealistic, but, hey?

[Stacey_E]

Single digit is my goal. Even if it is 9.9. I don't care about anything but score!

[Smallville]

Simple, break 85 on a par 70-72 course (5,500-6,300 yards, 110-125 slope); and break 70 on the executive course (par 60) that we play. I've already shot 85 once this year, now I gotta go lower! Still quite a ways away from the 70 score.

[kafka01]

I´m not a big favorite for setting goals in golf with timeframes - thats just not working out well and the worst things happen in golf if you push too hard.

I started with 14 this year and i wanted to get single hcp - which i achieved 2 weeks ago.

But what i really want is a Par round (on a challening course that is). That always has been the biggest motivator for me when i picked up this game 2 years ago. Today i came closest ever with some really errand shots with 76. I feel i have a fair chance - maybe end of this year - but probably not later than beginning/mid next year...

[Aetsh]

1. Hit more consistently with my driver

2. Improve hitting out of the sand, ALOT.

3. Break 100 by the end of the year

[Billiam]

Break 100 by the end of the year. I wasn't that far off earlier but then I tinkered my swing and now I suck ... badly, I'd happy just to get back to my playing level of a month ago by the end of the year.

[leftypro]

Drain more 10 foot putts
Hit my 3 wood better
Drive the ball 300+

[misty_mountainhop]

Hmmm...

Drop handicap a shot to 3.
Get a bit fitter.
Practice more, particularly with a view to a more consistent long game.
Play smarter i.e. THINK!
Focus on every shot; easy getting distracted on a nice summer's day .

[N.V.M.]

for me , getting down to single digit handicap. then i can play in local tourneys offering decent prizes.(5-10k). course, this won't happen in '08.

[ajereza]

Goals

- improve up and downs, chipping with a 9 iron instead of SW has helped alot!

- improve pitching - from 40 yards and 30 yards.. its a shot that I ignore practicing often

- driving accuracy

[yeis20]

Stretch goal: single digit HC index (probably mid 09 goal)

By end of year: 4 sub 40 9 hole rounds (1 out of 4 so far)
beat dad on 18 holes (even if it takes getting the old man drunk and hung over for the round the next morning)
Improve my game from 70 yds and in, including putting (continuous improvement)

Short term:
Get fitted, have a bag analysis done and upgrade irons

[polodinks]

Goals For 2008

- Get My Drive Down

- Make My First Birdie...... i know kinda lame never made a birdie

- lower my handicap..... of course

- oh yeah work hard and have fun.....

[drtbk933]

My Goals:
1. Fix my slice (almost done)
2. Improve my play from the sand traps
3. Get my handicap lower (19-21 maybe?)
4. Get new irons and get them fitted
5. Lose 15 pounds
6. Make the golf team (done)

[Johnny79]

1. Improve my wedge game from within 100 yards. I'm just guessing at distances with my sw and pw right now. This goal includes reducing my usual 2-4 duffs per round.
2. Gain consistency with my new driver.
3. Drop my handicap below 15.

[traviswise]

Consistenty be under 100.

[Jonah523]

Get my average score down to the low 90's or high 80's, consistently.

[hamletsdead]

-- Drop 10 shots off my handicap (i.e., go from 20 down to 10)

-- Play 18 holes twice a week on average, and convince my wife that I'll live longer, be happier, treat her better, and be better looking if I play three times a week

-- Try to remember that golf is supposed to be fun. If I wanted to work, I could stay at work.

-- Take my kids putting every weekend (my oldest girl is 9 and she just drains them all goofy-footed and misaligned, probably because she's having fun and doesn't know it's supposed to be hard; my youngest girl is 6 and she has yet to discover the joy in hitting the ball in the hole -- she tries to knock down the sparrows with her cut-down putter)

-- Learn more about the history of the game

-- Remember that men in their 40s should not wear white belts