Do you keep track of your score while playing?

[TheWahoo]

While it is probably not a good idea, but I can't help myself from keeping track of how I am doing.  My current goal at the start of any round is to break 90.  So I keep track by assigning 5 to each hole.  So if I score a 6 on a hole, it means I will need at least 2 fours to break 90 with all the others being 5.   That's why I like Par 3's, because if I par it, it gives me some breathing room to score a 6 and perhaps offset some Par 5 holes.   

 

The good news is that if I get several 4s and perhaps par a 3 early in the round, I relax a bit and it seems to help me continue to play better.   But its the opposite if I score some 6s early, I start to press and things continue down hill.  

 

I know that golf should be like poker-count em when the playing is done-, but I just can't stop keeping an eye on how I am doing in the effort to break 90.   

[Rusty1885]

Not anymore. I'm using game golf live tagging. Like you said sometime you can't help yourself and started to keep track or add up not how you've been doing but more of how you'd finish.

 

I used to go nuts on my scorecard noting fairway hits, gir and number of putts. First round I broke 90 I've done it without keeping any score. I shot 87, I remember every shot after the round.

 

Now it's easy with tagging, I get all kinds of stars and more importantly, I can forget the bad shots faster and not be reminded again for the rest of the round.

[MDGolfHacker]

I do just because I'm trying to shoot a certain score. Might work against me though as I start to press on later holes. Yesterday, I blew up on the first hole so I definitely was keeping track to get to my target score... Didn't hit it

 

MDGolfHacker

[PlaidJacket]

I usually keep my score in one form or another. I always know how many over, under, etc. Mostly over as I rarely play under par for more than a hole... or two it seems.

[DaveP043]

I almost always know about where I stand to par, without really thinking about it.  I can remember a few fourball matches where I had no idea, but on those I knew exactly where the match stood at all times.  

[Golfspy_CG2]

I've done better of late not making a conscious decision to add them up.

 

Often it seems I'm the official scorer of the group so since I'm writing them down I do have some idea of where I am.

 

Like you use 5 as my personal par. So when I double Or even triple a hole, it does seem to add some pressure to make up those 3 strokes

 

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[Reesedw]

As i play i keep tabs on how i'm doing.. I always keep my own score even if someone else is for the round.. I do not consciously add up my score, but I do know how i'm playing.. 

 

Yet at the turn i add up and know from that point and if i have a great round going i'll be more aware.. 

[TSauer]

I used to never keep score, never really thought about it. But, as my game progressed I started to. I now use Arccos and track everything that way so I can go back and analyze everything later.

[Big money]

How else can you judge if your improving?Its like any other sport really.

[mrsmith123]

I keep score pretty much every time. Only time I don't is in a game where individual total score doesn't matter, like skins or wolf.

 

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[Rickp]

I keep a scorecard usually for the cart 2 or 4some. I also keep a running score relative to par in my head. I have tried not to do that but my brain is just wired that way.

 

 

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[josmi15]

I use multiple. I track on my GolfLogix app, but I also use scorecard, I write down score, fairway hit, GIR and putts, and make sure I enter that in the grint.

 

Gives me something to do while I'm at the kids' dance practice and competitions!

 

 

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[tony@CIC]

My target score is 90 so I just add or subtract from 5 as I'm going along.

 

 

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[bullldog]

How else can you judge if your improving?Its like any other sport really.

I believe he means keeping a mental total while playing. Not just writing scores down then add em up after 9 or 18

[deejaid]

I keep a running count as I play as Ive stopped using a scorecard, just count how many I'm over par in my head.

 

I like knowing what I'm shooting as I play. It doesn't affect my play or make me nervous at all.

 

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[Sluggo42]

I can recall every shot after a round...

[Sluggo42]

so keeping score hole by hole isn't a big deal, so I usually don't worry about it...

[Canucklehead]

I just add it up at the end of a round. Otherwise you feel a little extra pressure to get that certain score

 

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[Will_Mac]

I'll mark the scorecard and although I try not to focus on my score, I'm always aware about where I'm at.

[ridgewalker]

I tend to play better when I'm not tracking things too much.

At one point last year I was writing down lots of notes on the scorecard (clubs used etc) but as soon as I stopped my scores went down.

 

 

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[MDGolfHacker]

I've done better of late not making a conscious decision to add them up.

 

Often it seems I'm the official scorer of the group so since I'm writing them down I do have some idea of where I am.

 

Like you use 5 as my personal par. So when I double Or even triple a hole, it does seem to add some pressure to make up those 3 strokes

 

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Never thought about it that you do keep score for our group all the time.  Let's switch up and I'll keep the score the next few rounds then Don can do a few rounds.  

 

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[BrookseyNZ]

No, too busy playing golf.

Very easy to scribble it down afterwards.

If you can't remember your scores your round is probably not worth submitting...

 

 

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[MattF]

At the moment I'm using Gol Pad and it's too easy to take a peek at what it is...gets frustrating when you see all the 6's.

[Kenny B]

Never thought about it that you do keep score for our group all the time.  Let's switch up and I'll keep the score the next few rounds then Don can do a few rounds.  

 

MDGolfHacker

Sharpest pencil in town!  

[Kenny B]

I can recall every shot after a round...

 

 

so keeping score hole by hole isn't a big deal, so I usually don't worry about it...

 

 

I can to, which is probably why I don't get over bad shots very well and move on.  

 

When I play with the guys during the week, I know where I stand in relation to par after every hole.  When my wife and I play, she keeps score for both of us, and I don't pay attention to what she puts down for me.  After the round I look at it when we post scores and I will tell her if  she made a mistake on a particular hole.  

[Street11]

I always keep score with GIR, putts , and fairways hit after each hole. Helps me stay focused and not let my mind wander.

 

 

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[revkev]

I think the question isn't so much do you write your scores down or keep stats but rather do you keep a running total in your head. Most of the time I do because if it's a competitive round there's going to be an accounting at the end and I need to know what number I made on each hole if I'm not the score keeper.

 

I don't dwell on what the total means though. I've played enough golf to know that you never know how the other people on the course are doing or what may happen next. I played like crap last week and my opponent was rolling until he made an 8 when he was right in front of the green in two on a par 5. A skull, a chunk and four putts.

 

You never know in golf so I try the best that I can with the shot at hand.

 

That's funny I was reviewing this thread and saw that I typed the wrong word. Context makes it obvious that I intended shot but then again occasionally the shot turns out like.... well you know.

 

 

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[Rphall003]

I do keep track of what I need on the last couple holes to shoot a certain score per 9. Tends to play a little harder on those last few holes!! I played the last couple days and I wasn't keeping my score...and I wound up winning our game. May be something to that!! Hmmm....

 

 

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[DiscipleofPenick]

I write my score down after each 9. My pro wants me to track all my stats so I've downloaded an app, but I enter everything street the hole and turn it off until after the next. Out of sight out of mind.

 

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[Miboy62]

Yes I keep track as I play, plus.

GIR, Fairways, Putts.