Post your current handicap

[ole gray]

Still @ 15. I have my real good days then offset it by the bad ones. The great part keeps me otta the house 4 days a week

 

 

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yea last year I was at the same handicap you are.  14.6 which rounds out to a 15.   Let's  have a good year and take that sucker down a few notches. 

[tony@CIC]

This topic would make for a great distribution graph I tried to figure out how to do a poll (like the one on member age) maybe someone else can?

 

 

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[ole gray]

This topic would make for a great distribution graph I tried to figure out how to do a poll (like the one on member age) maybe someone else can?

 

 

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PJ would have had to put a poll in this thread when he kicked it off. 

[Golfspy_CG2]

I believe ours starts in two weeks March 15. I ended 2017 at 17.8 i believe.

 

 

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[Rickp]

yea last year I was at the same handicap you are. 14.6 which rounds out to a 15. Let's have a good year and take that sucker down a few notches.

Let's shoot for 12?

 

 

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[ole gray]

Let's shoot for 12?

 

 

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Let's do it partner! 

[HardcoreLooper]

Still holding at 5.9 from the end of last year. But I have yet to play this year, so that should be going up ^^^

[Charli]

Wahoo can you elaborate a little more? Also, I'm an 11 I'll be a single digit soon enough though

[garethw]

I ended last years golf in October due to a broken leg, my handicap was 13.3. I want to get that down to 9 or less this year. 

[PMookie]

Pretty cool to see I’ve improved my handicap by 3 strokes in the last year! My goal is to be 3.9 or below when winter rolls around... 

 

[THEZIPR23]

2 minutes ago, PMookie said:

Pretty cool to see I’ve improved my handicap by 3 strokes in the last year! My goal is to be 3.9 or below when winter rolls around... 

 

This thread is from 2018....Newbie

[PMookie]

4 minutes ago, THEZIPR23 said:

This thread is from 2018....Newbie

Yep, but there is a thread for “post your handicap”... I’m the good MGS member, I search for a thread before starting a repeat one!

I honestly wonder what the most repeated thread topic is!!!!

[tony@CIC]

1 minute ago, PMookie said:

Yep, but there is a thread for “post your handicap”... I’m the good MGS member, I search for a thread before starting a repeat one!

I honestly wonder what the most repeated thread topic is!!!!

2018 or 2021 - - it's still a good thread. 

[THEZIPR23]

3 minutes ago, PMookie said:

Yep, but there is a thread for “post your handicap”... I’m the good MGS member, I search for a thread before starting a repeat one!

I honestly wonder what the most repeated thread topic is!!!!

Probably anything to do with an odyssy putter...

12 minutes ago, PMookie said:

Pretty cool to see I’ve improved my handicap by 3 strokes in the last year! My goal is to be 3.9 or below when winter rolls around... 

 

Well done on the improvement. It is not easy finding strokes. 

[sirchunksalot]

Just now, THEZIPR23 said:

Probably anything to do with an odyssy putter...

Has the winner been announced? Fingers crossed!

[null]

3.9 right now for me. It’s my first official handicap and I only have 7 scores so I expect it to fluctuate a bit until a I get some more rounds in. 

[THEZIPR23]

Currently an embarrassed 3.1

[TR1PTIK]

11.2 and trending up at the moment    

[CarlH]

My handicap went up from the close of last year to today, but is turning back down again.

[BKordon]

22 minutes ago, THEZIPR23 said:

Currently an embarrassed 3.1

Let me work my way back up to a 6, and then let's find a tournament. Haha! 

I only comment as I think we all live and die to some point about this silly game we love.

 

 

[BKordon]

55 minutes ago, BKordon said:

Let me work my way back up to a 6, and then let's find a tournament. Haha! 

I only comment as I think we all live and die to some point about this silly game we love.

 

 

I also joke a little about this because I've worked really hard on my game for the last year. My index is the lowest it has ever been, and so I thought, since I'm playing fairly well, I'd enter the US Amateur this year. The qualifier is played at my former home track and it would be a good chance to really punish myself. Then I see that a college freshman that plays out of that course made it through local qualifying for the US Open. What am I thinking? I see some humble pie in my future.

[THEZIPR23]

15 hours ago, BKordon said:

I also joke a little about this because I've worked really hard on my game for the last year. My index is the lowest it has ever been, and so I thought, since I'm playing fairly well, I'd enter the US Amateur this year. The qualifier is played at my former home track and it would be a good chance to really punish myself. Then I see that a college freshman that plays out of that course made it through local qualifying for the US Open. What am I thinking? I see some humble pie in my future.

Yeah, they are very tough to compete with. I haven't done US Open, but the majority of the tournaments that I play in I am a 1 percenter! In the 1 percent of age in the field. 

[HeathS16]

 

Down from 8.1 this time last year!! 

 

19 hours ago, PMookie said:

Pretty cool to see I’ve improved my handicap by 3 strokes in the last year! My goal is to be 3.9 or below when winter rolls around... 

 

Do you mind me picking your brain and asking what you focused on to improve this much? (Not that it might be the same for me but I'm nosy )  I've been stuck around a 7 since Dec. 2020. 

[PMookie]

1 minute ago, HeathS16 said:

 

Down from 8.1 this time last year!! 

 

Do you mind me picking your brain and asking what you focused on to improve this much? (Not that it might be the same for me but I'm nosy )  I've been stuck around a 7 since Dec. 2020. 

I’ve been taking lessons consistently, first and foremost. Secondly, I’ve been playing more rounds, and spending less time just going to the range. Covid has helped up my rounds over the last year to a point that once-a-week is almost a guarantee if it hasn’t been raining. Third, switching irons and driver. I was all over the place with my previous set of irons, and I had a driver that spun WAY too low, so changing both of those has helped. Lastly, moving back into a fitted putter! I went through a fitting for my SeeMore, but when I did another Edel fitting, my aim with the SeeMore showed to be WAY off, so I’ve reduced my putts per round.

Lessons have had the most significant effect.

[HeathS16]

Just now, PMookie said:

I’ve been taking lessons consistently, first and foremost. Secondly, I’ve been playing more rounds, and spending less time just going to the range. Covid has helped up my rounds over the last year to a point that once-a-week is almost a guarantee if it hasn’t been raining. Third, switching irons and driver. I was all over the place with my previous set of irons, and I had a driver that spun WAY too low, so changing both of those has helped. Lastly, moving back into a fitted putter! I went through a fitting for my SeeMore, but when I did another Edel fitting, my aim with the SeeMore showed to be WAY off, so I’ve reduced my putts per round.

Lessons have had the most significant effect.

TY. I just kind of got into a consistent rhythm with lessons and found a good instructor (which I feel is half the battle) but I always like to hear how other people improve! After your reply I am now very interested in a putter fitting. I average 33...would love for that to hover around 30. 

[DiscipleofPenick]

5.5 right now, lowest was like 2.7 in 2018. Need to trend back that direction with lessons and more that one round a week this year.

[Paul Hedrick]

Mine is updated the next business day after I post it.  I try to keep it updated here, but sometimes I forget.  On the subject of handicap, it seems to me that you can work and work, posting your scores, and your handicap will SLOWLY improve.  However you post ONE bad round and your handicap skyrockets!  LOL

[CarlH]

1 hour ago, Paul Hedrick said:

Mine is updated the next business day after I post it.  I try to keep it updated here, but sometimes I forget.  On the subject of handicap, it seems to me that you can work and work, posting your scores, and your handicap will SLOWLY improve.  However you post ONE bad round and your handicap skyrockets!  LOL

Actually, with the current system, it's just the opposite.  Since only 8 of the most recent scores are used, the only time a bad round would cause your handicap to rise is if one of the low 8 rounds gets replaced.  On the flip side, a great round will become one of the 8, kicking off the highest of the 8 used, thus lowering your handicap.

I recently hit a new low of 6.8 index.  The next round that I played, I shoot a 79 and my index went up to 7.4.  After looking at my scoring history, a 74 had fallen off and replaced by the 79.

 

[GolfSpy TCB]

On 5/12/2021 at 1:09 PM, DiscipleofPenick said:

5.5 right now, lowest was like 2.7 in 2018. Need to trend back that direction with lessons and more that one round a week this year.

Looks like you are accomplishing your goal... what do you work on to shave those strokes down to the "scratch" zone.  

Getting back into playing regularly this year... I have been working on ball striking with the irons... need to make sure I'm giving quality time to my putting and chips/pitches.  I have a tendency to play or work on mid irons at the range.  Hoping to make a step change in my handicap back to my low of a 5... then re-assess... but it is a process.

[DiscipleofPenick]

24 minutes ago, Tiftaaft said:

Looks like you are accomplishing your goal... what do you work on to shave those strokes down to the "scratch" zone.  

Getting back into playing regularly this year... I have been working on ball striking with the irons... need to make sure I'm giving quality time to my putting and chips/pitches.  I have a tendency to play or work on mid irons at the range.  Hoping to make a step change in my handicap back to my low of a 5... then re-assess... but it is a process.

I had a two part plan (2 1/2) to get my game back in the right direction this year. The first part was easy just play more. I've been playing twice a week, with sometimes getting that third round or just 9 holes in.

The "B: part of this was to also track stats to see if there was a visible weakness. So far that's shown me I need to hit more greens, only 46% on the year. Putting is ok, but not great (31), driver is fine, and short game is the strongest part and a lifesaver. I've even tracked where my bad shots are in recent rounds, but that is one of two things, and neither causes me to worry. It's either been stuff without a pattern in a round, say a bad chip or two, then a half topped 3W, then a blocked 8i. Other days it's just been like one day I hooked my driver a bunch, but that problem didn't carry over into the next round, so it's nothing to worry about, it was one poor round with the driver, it happens.

The other part was to actually take lessons. I asked my course pro to give me more consistent lessons, as I'd taken a few from him over the years. He said once the college workers got there in May he would be able, well May came and went, and we got almost to the end of June before I looked for another pro. I don't want to spend $100+ per lesson, and I was already a 5 or 6 to start the year so I didn't want to rebuild the whole swing.  So I found a more affordable pro at a local driving range to work some things out. 

I've only taken two lessons, probably get at least a third before end of season, and go from there. In the first lesson he watched me hit balls, then we went to the high speed camera. After putting me on the camera, we identified a few things right away. I was bringing the club back way inside, my backswing was far too long with irons, and my left arm needed to be over my chest more at address. The left arm squared up my upper body so it wasn't pointed to the left of the target, and he gave me some drills to work on at home to my take away back on plane. Shortening up the swing was easy enough fix on my own. I think the swing getting too long is a common issue for lots of golfers. He also bent my 50* to 50* as it was 52 and I had no idea.

He also noticed something else, and I attached the pic. I don't know who the pro is in blue, but he is extended far better than I am in the shot. So the next lesson we worked on extension through the ball and getting my body finishing at my target. We developed a good feel and he gave me a few more drills. FWIW Me & My Golf just posted a great video to YouTube with Nick Faldo on this same topic, getting your body to face the target. He also taught me a pitch shot (Stricker style for the 30-60 yard range), but I'm still getting comfortable with it. I either pull it or the ball releases more than I want. I've had a couple 74s and some of my best GIR days of the year since, so I'm going to keep working and go for more lessons if I need a tune up. 

For the winter I need to practice putting a lot, I have a BirdieBall mat in the basement, find some way to play a little bit, and maybe/hopefully go for at least an iron fitting once the season gets into full swing.