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Filbert, Those are pretty big swings from front/back nines as well. I doubt it, but it would be interesting to find out if there's any statistical data on how rare it is shoot x # of strokes on the front nine vs y # of strokes on the back nine. My difference was 15 stroke difference which I thought was a ridiculously high variance.

I get really frustrated because I have inconsistent entire rounds. I'll shoot 77 one day, then 91 the next, and then back to like 81. However, I don't really ever have that crazy inconsistency during the same round. I've played golf a long time and I play at least once a week and I guess it just never seems to amaze me by how strange golf is. It just gives you a couple of peeks at greatness and gives you the sense that you could become an amazing golfer, but then just a couple holes later, it brings you right back to reality and shows that you are not even close to that level.

I had a very statistically unusual round this past Thursday that has had be thinking about it over and over again. 3 of my buddies and I played at Hidden Valley Golf Course in Norco,CA on July 4th and played from the white tees (68.5 rating, 125 slope). It was an early morning round and I was playing rather badly, 4 putting a hole, double bogeying twice, and ended up shooting an 11 over 47 on the front nine. Well I thought my round was shot, all of a sudden I just came alive and ended up having 5 birdies in a row and ended up -4 on the back for a total of 7 over 79. I ended up shooting a 15 shot difference between my 2 nines and I've never had 5 birdies in a row. I guess what i'm asking is if others have had strange days such as this. This is by far the weirdest statistical day I've ever had.

I agree, it is so effin hilarious.

WTF? That was the dumbest fake story i've read on here. I can't believe you wasted time thinking that up.

I have two quick stories. I took the risk and actually decided to teach my girlfriend golf. After a couple weeks of helping her at a range we tried a local 9 hole par 3 course. Lo and behold she knocks it on the green from her tee shot and is left with about a 35 footer with strong right to left break. She asks me "how hard should i hit it", and i was like "um firm, but not too hard". She looked at me with a frustrated look, "what the hell does that mean". At that point, she just went for it and made it for a birdie. First hole ever and she birdies it. She thought golf was so easy, until the very next hole and got a triple bogey. That's when she realized how hard golf really is. A couple months later we were playing at a full 18 hole par 72 course. We were on a long par 5 and she had an approach shot about 150 yds out. She skulled her iron and the line drive flew no more than 2 ft in the air and hit one of the little cart signs (which was made of rock) about a 100 yds down the fairway. The ball hits the sign and ricochets straight back at us and went right by us about 10 yards behind us. It was the funniest thing and had all of us laughing uncontrollably.

My mother was born and raised in La Crosse, WI. Her and my dad eventually moved to Southern California and raised me and my brother. When I was 13, my dad had a job opportunity out in the twin cities, so we moved just across the border in Wisconsin. That's when I started getting into football and became a fan of the Packers. We eventually moved back out here 3 years later and I've just been a fan ever since.

I definitely would, but I will be out of town Sunday. I'm headed down to the Stone Brewery in Escondido for their Oakquinox beer festival. I would be interested another time. Btw, what course you guys playing?

I would like to: 1. Lower my handicap to under 5 2. Increase my driver distance avg from 260 to around 280. 3. To consistently hit my 4 and 5 irons more solidly.

Thank you, and btw i'm a huge Packer fan!

I'd have to say it's a little too late for Michael to ever go pro. I don't want to sound to callous, but not only is he relatively too old, he's also too unskilled at golf at this stage anyway. In addition, he has given up almost all of his young life to be dedicated to swimming. I bet you he's going to live these next ten years without so much organization and a regimented lifestyle. Those are the exact things needed to train for professional golf. I just don't see him ever getting close to even scratch. Although, this is just my honest opinion.

Hello Everyone, I've been lurking on this website for several months and decided it's time to take it a step further and join. I think i'll be in good company as it seems like most people here have the same obsession with golf that I now have. I live in Lake Forest, CA and i'm 31 years old. My dad taught me to play this wonderful game when i was about 9-10 years old. I just played casually, maybe 1 round/month, my whole life in between full seasons of baseball, soccer, and tennis. However, now that i've gotten older and competitive soccer and baseball are well behind me, i've taken on a whole new focus with golf. About 2 years ago when i started getting serious i was shooting in the mid 90's with occasional rounds creeping close to 90 and some much higher. I was playing with an old set of Cobra Oversize Tour irons from I think 1994, with graphite shafts. It wasn't until I got serious 2 years ago and started getting deeper into golf knowledge that I realized that those clubs were definitely not helping my game. At that point I did some research, and some testing at my local Golfsmith, and fell in love with the Mizuno JPX 800's with the DGS 300 Stiff shafts. Since then, along with 4 lessons from a local PGA professional, my handicap has dropped from around 18-19 ( Wasn't actually keeping track officially) to 8.5 (Actually keeping official track on scga.org). So i'm pretty stoked now and a lot more involved with golf now. It's sort of all consuming and i'm sure like most of you, always on your mind. That's pretty much why I decided to join the ranks, to talk with other serious golfers and expand my limited knowledge. Cheers, Scott