Popular Post GolfSpy AFG Posted March 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2021 I may live to regret this (hope not) but with the season in Nebraska likely to begin in a matter of weeks, I've been inspired to try to identify some goals for the season. "Big Rock" Goals - Lower handicap from current 6 to 3 or better - Break par for 18 holes - Win my Saturday morning "league" championship. (This is unlikely, at my handicap it would take a very low round...usually a 13ish handicap shoots an 80 or something like that and that's all she wrote.) Sub Goals - Drive the par 4 2nd hole at my home course. It's 330 but a bit downhill, and if the tees and the wind are right it's possible for me...I've been hole high before but right. Same goal for the 310 yard par 4 17th...it's a dogleg but requires a pretty high ball flight to carry a large tree. - 25 putts or less in a round I know the big rock goals are lofty, but I don't see the point in setting goals that aren't really aspirational. Anyone else care to share? Fallingwithstyle23, Larryd3, cnosil and 8 others 11 Quote Driver: TSR2, Ventus Blue 6 S, 65g Stiff FW: TSR2 3w, 15, Ventus Blue 7 S, 70g Stiff Hybrids: Apex Pro 3H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Stealth DHY 4H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Irons: SMS 5-6, SMS Pro 7-PW, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Wedges: SM9 48 F Grind, 52 F Grind, 56 M Grind, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Putter: Sri-Hot 5K Triple Wide, Stroke Lab shaft Ball: Pro V1 Click here for my HONMA TR20 Official Review! Click here for my Arccos Caddie Bundle Official Review! Click here for my Edel SMS & SMS Pro Irons Official Review! Link to comment
cnosil Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I like you goals but the sub 25 putts sounds really tough unless you miss every green. How does that tie into your playing better golf? RickyBobby_PR, Micah T, THEZIPR23 and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment
GolfSpy AFG Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, cnosil said: I like you goals but the sub 25 putts sounds really tough unless you miss every green. How does that tie into your playing better golf? Yeah, fair. I suppose I could meet that goal simply by having a really good day chipping and not actually putting all that well. Really the goal is to putt better overall. I don't have Arccos, but I may have access to a putting average via the Grint. Bottom line is I'd like to putt better but maybe need a better metric. cnosil, tony@CIC, Curtis Atkinson and 2 others 5 Quote Driver: TSR2, Ventus Blue 6 S, 65g Stiff FW: TSR2 3w, 15, Ventus Blue 7 S, 70g Stiff Hybrids: Apex Pro 3H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Stealth DHY 4H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Irons: SMS 5-6, SMS Pro 7-PW, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Wedges: SM9 48 F Grind, 52 F Grind, 56 M Grind, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Putter: Sri-Hot 5K Triple Wide, Stroke Lab shaft Ball: Pro V1 Click here for my HONMA TR20 Official Review! Click here for my Arccos Caddie Bundle Official Review! Click here for my Edel SMS & SMS Pro Irons Official Review! Link to comment
Nateyeight Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Mine this year is to get my handicap from 24 to 18 and to possible break 90 for the first time. tony@CIC, Curtis Atkinson, GolfSpy AFG and 4 others 7 Quote Driver: G425 Max 10.5* 5 Wood: G425 Max 7 Wood: G425 Max Hybrid: TS2 23* Irons: 6 to GW, T300 Wedges: Vokey SM8 50F, 54S, 58K Putter: 1998 Tei3 Newport Long Neck Ball: Yellow Titleist VG3 Bag: Nike Air Hybrid Golf Bag I Love the Art of Putting! Link to comment
Popular Post dlow206 Posted March 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2021 Going to break my goals into achievable goals and stretch goals. Achievable Reduce handicap to under 20 Break 90 for the first time Stretch Decrease handicap to 17 or less Break 90 consistently (not every time, but at least occasionally) HardcoreLooper, Curtis Atkinson, Micah T and 7 others 10 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment
GolfSpy AFG Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Just now, dlow206 said: Going to break my goals into achievable goals and stretch goals. Achievable Reduce handicap to under 20 Break 90 for the first time Stretch Decrease handicap to 17 or less Break 90 consistently (not every time, but at least occasionally) Based on your work ethic I am thinking your "stretch" goals might not be quite as lofty as you think. Looking forward to hearing how your season goes. Keep at it! Curtis Atkinson, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, tony@CIC and 3 others 6 Quote Driver: TSR2, Ventus Blue 6 S, 65g Stiff FW: TSR2 3w, 15, Ventus Blue 7 S, 70g Stiff Hybrids: Apex Pro 3H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Stealth DHY 4H, Ventus Blue 8 S, 80g Stiff Irons: SMS 5-6, SMS Pro 7-PW, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Wedges: SM9 48 F Grind, 52 F Grind, 56 M Grind, Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff Putter: Sri-Hot 5K Triple Wide, Stroke Lab shaft Ball: Pro V1 Click here for my HONMA TR20 Official Review! Click here for my Arccos Caddie Bundle Official Review! Click here for my Edel SMS & SMS Pro Irons Official Review! Link to comment
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, dlow206 said: Going to break my goals into achievable goals and stretch goals. Achievable Reduce handicap to under 20 Break 90 for the first time Stretch Decrease handicap to 17 or less Break 90 consistently (not every time, but at least occasionally) Remember, we will do this for sure in our PNW meet up! dlow206, sirchunksalot and tony@CIC 3 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment
dlow206 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Getoffmylawn said: Based on your work ethic I am thinking your "stretch" goals might not be quite as lofty as you think. Looking forward to hearing how your season goes. Keep at it! Thanks man, appreciate it GolfSpy AFG, sirchunksalot and tony@CIC 3 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment
dlow206 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 33 minutes ago, rbsiedsc said: Remember, we will do this for sure in our PNW meet up! Just need to find an easier course than my home course and i think i have a chance at breaking 90 lol GolfSpy AFG, Micah T, tony@CIC and 3 others 2 4 Quote Follow my golf journey to break into the 80s Tester for the Titleist TSi Driver Spring 2020 MGS Tester for the Fujikura Motore X Shaft Updated 07/15/2022 Driver: Rogue St Max LS - Autoflex Fairway Woods: Rogue Max St 3HL and 7 Wood Irons: JPX 921 Hot Metal 5 to AW - Aerotech Steelfiber i95 Stiff parallel tip Wedges: Glide 4.0 54 and 58 Putter: PLD Custom Kushin 4 Link to comment
Shank Aaron Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Increase my FIR% to 60+ while maintaining my average distance Increase my GIR% to at lease 65% Decrease my putts per round average by at least 5/round Qualify in my flight for the national championship being played at Baltusrol for the amateur tour I play in. Win my State and Region in the same tour. Win my League. Micah T, Vegan_Golfer_PNW and sirchunksalot 3 Quote Shank's Tentative 2024 WITB O.B. Finder- Paradym Smoke Ai TD 9*/Ventus TR Blue 6X +1/D FW- Callaway UW 17*/VA Composites Nemesys 7X 4H- Paradym Super Hybrid/Ventus Velo Blue 8X 5-AW- Apex 21 $-Taper 120S Blackout- (almost time for a new set of something....) Spoons- Vokey Jet Black SM9 50.08 F/54.10 S/58.08 M Jet Black/Accra iWedge Tour (Until the SM10's drop) Flat One- Bettinardi Hive Poison Kool-Aid Innovai 6.0 Left Dash ALL DAY/14-way Vessel Players 4 (Thank GOD they finally fully enclosed each club pocket) Link to comment
TR1PTIK Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Pretty simple for me this year as 2020 setbacks caused my golf game to decline in dramatic fashion. I just want to make a few simple swing improvements and build some consistency again. I still hit the ball well and can shape shots, but my misses have gotten worse and poor course management often compounds the issue. First three rounds of 2020 were 104, 100, and 99. Also, while I love my new putter, I am still very much adjusting. Over those same rounds, I went 42, 34, & 43 putts... My previous best with my old putter was either 26 or 27 putts and average was 31. GolfSpy AFG, sirchunksalot and cnosil 3 Quote Driver: ST190 9.5* Fujikura Atmos Blue 5S Fairway Wood: ST190 15* Fujikura Atmos Blue 6S Hybrid: CLK 17* Fujikura Speeder EVO HB Irons: J40 CB (3-PW) Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Wedges: Milled Grind 2 54* & 58* Dynamic Gold S200 Putter: Tri-Hot 5k Two 34" Bag: Players 5 Stand Bag Ball: Maxfli Tour Link to comment
PMookie Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 My goal was to get into the 3s for GHIN this year, and my recent 74 has me very close just before the year starts. That one score took me down a 1/2 a point! Crazy. yungkory, tony@CIC, GolfSpy AFG and 6 others 9 Quote Driver: Ping G430 Max 9*, Ping Tour 70X Fairway: Ping G425 15*, Ping Tour 70X Hybrid: Ping G425 22*, Ping Tour 80X Irons: Ping i230 4-GW, TT DG X100 Wedges: SMS 50D/54V/58DModus 130 stiff, +1” Putter: EAS 1.0 Ball: Titleist 2023 AVX Link to comment
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 i posted this in another thread a while back. Goal is to break 100, hell, why not 90! get my cap at 20 or below Play in a couple tournaments Play with some spies try at least 5 new courses (i hit up 13 total courses last year and got the back 9 of one new one in this year already) GolfSpy AFG, PMookie, sirchunksalot and 1 other 4 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment
ZenGolfer Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Getoffmylawn said: I may live to regret this (hope not) but with the season in Nebraska likely to begin in a matter of weeks, I've been inspired to try to identify some goals for the season. "Big Rock" Goals - Lower handicap from current 6 to 3 or better - Break par for 18 holes - Win my Saturday morning "league" championship. (This is unlikely, at my handicap it would take a very low round...usually a 13ish handicap shoots an 80 or something like that and that's all she wrote.) Sub Goals - Drive the par 4 2nd hole at my home course. It's 330 but a bit downhill, and if the tees and the wind are right it's possible for me...I've been hole high before but right. Same goal for the 310 yard par 4 17th...it's a dogleg but requires a pretty high ball flight to carry a large tree. - 25 putts or less in a round I know the big rock goals are lofty, but I don't see the point in setting goals that aren't really aspirational. Anyone else care to share? Those are some good goals, very detailed too. Mine are pretty simple, I just want to play more golf, hit more fairways, hit more greens, sink more putts and have more fun. sirchunksalot, tony@CIC, GolfSpy AFG and 4 others 7 Quote "I suppose its better to be a master of 7 than to be vaguely familiar with 14." - Chick Evans Whats in my Sun Mountain 2.5+ stand bag? Woods: Tommy Armour Atomic 10.5* Hybrid: Mizuno MP Fli-Hi 3H Irons: Mizuno T-Zoid True 5, 7 and 9-irons Wedge: Mizuno S18 54* and Top Flite chipper Putter: Mizuno Bettinardi A-02 Ball: Maxfli Tour X Link to comment
TBT Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I would love to say I want to get back to single digits but I just don’t see that in the cards, if I can get back to playing consistently in the low 80s I would be happySent from my iPad using MyGolfSpy tony@CIC, sirchunksalot, PMookie and 1 other 4 Quote XR Driver Matrix Ozik 8m3 Black Tie Shaft King F7 3W UST Mamiya Chrome Elements 7F4 Shaft King F7 5W UST Mamiya Chrome Elements 7F4 Shaft King F7 4 Hybrid Graphite Designs Tour AD-HY 95 Shaft PXG 0211 DC 5-PW Mitsubishi MMT 80 Shafts RTX ZIPCORE 50*,54*,58* UST Mamiya Recoil 95 Shafts Metal X Milled #7 with SuperStroke 2.0 grip MTB Twitter: @timldotson Instagram: timldotson Facebook: TimDotson Link to comment
Bossfan Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I’ll just be happy if I make it through the whole year without medical problems cutting into golf. I’d really like to improve my putting. I had too many 3 putts when I had a GIR. GolfSpy AFG, Vegan_Golfer_PNW, tony@CIC and 4 others 7 Quote D- Tour Edge EXS 220 4W- Sub 70 949X Hybrid- Sub 70 949X Utility- Sub 70 699 U 21 degree Irons- Sub 70 749 5-PW Wedges- Sub 70 286 50+54, Tour Edge 1 out 58 degree Putter- Cleveland Huntington Beach soft # 11 Ball- Titleist Tour Soft Link to comment
pozzit Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 My goals are try to improve Driving accuracy and reduce putts On the plus side I will be running with Arccos this year so that should help me dial in exactly where i need to focus on. On the flip side a baby due in June will likely decrease my practice time. Goals 32 putts average 60% Fairways accuracy Break par for 18 holes. tony@CIC and Micah T 2 Quote Driver: Ben Hogan GS53 4W: Maltby KE4 2i: Maltby KE4 FDI 4-PW: Maltby TS-1 - C-Taper 120g 50,54,58: Maltby TSW Putter: L.A.B. DF2.1 Accra Shaft 2023 Forum Testers - L.A.B. Putters Ball: Mixed prefer ProV1 or Snell Handicap: 9.2 - Best Score: 72 (E) Springdale CC, Canton NC -2022 2020 Forum Tester - Ben Hogan GS53 Driver Link to comment
silver & black Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Goals.... same as always: have fun and try to get better. I doubt I will ever get better. I'm a solid 9 - 10 HC. I'm fine with it. When I stop having fun playing... it's time to take up something equally as frustrating...lol. cnosil and tony@CIC 2 Quote Link to comment
pulledabill Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 My current golf goal is to just hit a club. Hurt my wrist at work Dec 22 2020 and spent two months locked in a wrist brace sitting at home. Just went back to work on light duty 8 days ago. Short term. Being able to play. After that I will be working on a grip change and work on being less steep. tony@CIC 1 Quote DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5 Tensei AV Blue 65g 3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff 5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana Redboard w/band Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees, SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider Ball-ProV1 and AVX Link to comment
MNUte Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 General goals: - get into better golf shape (improving flexibility and core strength, losing 5 to 10 pounds of bad weight). - string together a complete round of sub bogey golf. More often than not I can have 9 holes of +5 to +8. But I mentally and physically struggle consistently playing 18 holes. cnosil 1 Quote Rag tag bag, but it does the job. Taylormade R1 driver. Ping G400 3 wood. Cleveland Halo Launcher 3 hybrid. Cleveland CBX launcher irons (5-PW). Assorted wedges (48, 52, 58). Odyssey White Hot Pro 2.0 putter. Link to comment
cciciora13 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'd love to shoot between +3 and even for a round of 18 this year. That would really be a step in the right direction. Another goal would be to have an eagle or 4 birdies in a round. Putter needs to be better. Vegan_Golfer_PNW and tony@CIC 2 Quote In my bag: Driver: Ben Hogan GS53 10.5* Stiff Mitsubishi tensei blue Stiff 3 Wood: 939 x 15 deg. UST Proforce Black V2 7F4 stiff Hybrid: 939x Hybrid UST 680 recoil shaft stiff Irons: 699 irons 4-PW KBS tour 90 v Stiff 50 Deg: TAIII Satin 54 deg: TAIII Satin 58 Deg: TAIII Satin Putter: 004 Single Bend Masters Edition Rangefinder: Caddytek V2 Check out my MyGolfSpy 2020 Forum Official Tester: Ben Hogan GS53 Driver Link to comment
Letthebigdogshunt Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 To continue to work on my ball striking. This has been an ongoing project and I am getting closer each and every time out. tony@CIC 1 Quote Link to comment
Snakster Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 My goal is to join a club for the first time and actually play more than 3 times a year. (I’m 54 and have been playing off and on since I was a teenager. Not sure if I’ve ever played more than half a dozen rounds in any given year.) I have no formal handicap, so getting that is a goal. Finding a regular group of guys to play with. This should go hand in hand with joining a club. Improve short game (I have no metrics to measure this yet, but it’s like the Supreme Court definition of pornography, I’ll know it when I see it) revkev, MattF and tony@CIC 3 Quote Link to comment
tony@CIC Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Lots of great goals in these posts and like the rest of you I want to get better. Early last year I broke 90 for the first time and inconsistently card a high 80's round, this year I want to be consistently in the mid 80's. The question I ask myself is how am I going to accomplish this and other golfing goals. To that I need to understand what's holding me back. For instance one of them is to hit more GIR. Currently what I know is the avg. GIR per round. What I don't know in reflection of playing a round is why did I miss the GIR on a particular hole. So the analytical side of my brain now commands a notebook so that I can log the misses. That info, I hope, will lead to a more specific practice plan. MattF, Kenny B and GolfSpy AFG 3 Quote Left Hand orientation SIM 2 D Max with Fujikura Air Speeder Shaft Cobra Radspeed 3W/RIptide Shaft 410 Hybrids 22*, 26* Cobra Speed Zone 6-GP/Recoil ESX 460 F3 Shafts SM7 54* Wedge Glide 3.0 60* Wedge O Works putter V3 NX9-HD - 4 Wheel EZGO TXT 48v cart - too many shoes to list and so many to buy And BAG Boy Golf Balls: Vice Pro Plus 2020 Official Tester Beginning Driver Speed - 78 2019 Official Tester 410 Driver 2018 Official Tester C300 Link to comment
DiscipleofPenick Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Main goals:-Get handicap to all time low, 5.4 currently best ever was 2.7 in 2018-Better golf shape. Keep losing weight. Got up to 270 when baby came, down to 235-240 now. Goal is 200. Get back to yoga for flexibility.-Focus. I can feel rushed out there. Everything needs to slow down. Playing without fear, stay within myself and 100% on every shot. -Place in a tournamentBig goals:-Scratch or better handicap-Win a tournament Take Dead Aim MattF, tony@CIC, Micah T and 2 others 5 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment
DiscipleofPenick Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Lots of great goals in these posts and like the rest of you I want to get better. Early last year I broke 90 for the first time and inconsistently card a high 80's round, this year I want to be consistently in the mid 80's. The question I ask myself is how am I going to accomplish this and other golfing goals. To that I need to understand what's holding me back. For instance one of them is to hit more GIR. Currently what I know is the avg. GIR per round. What I don't know in reflection of playing a round is why did I miss the GIR on a particular hole. So the analytical side of my brain now commands a notebook so that I can log the misses. That info, I hope, will lead to a more specific practice plan. The few lessons I took this is something the pro helped me understand. The where you miss can be just as important for score as why you miss the green. Take Dead Aim tony@CIC and MattF 2 Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment
cnosil Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Lots of great goals in these posts and like the rest of you I want to get better. Early last year I broke 90 for the first time and inconsistently card a high 80's round, this year I want to be consistently in the mid 80's. The question I ask myself is how am I going to accomplish this and other golfing goals. To that I need to understand what's holding me back. For instance one of them is to hit more GIR. Currently what I know is the avg. GIR per round. What I don't know in reflection of playing a round is why did I miss the GIR on a particular hole. So the analytical side of my brain now commands a notebook so that I can log the misses. That info, I hope, will lead to a more specific practice plan. Hitting greens is a great goal. Look at proximity to the hole from various distances when making your notes. That applies to greens but as well. MattF, Kenny B, GolfSpy AFG and 1 other 4 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment
revkev Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 So I will turn 65 this year which means that I move from towards the oldest in my age category of Senior 55-64 to the youngest. That should make me competitive again in some stuff coming up this fall plus I get to move up a set of tees for those competitive events. So goal number one is to play as close to weekly in my league and then to enter in the county and city championship that come up in October weeks after my 65th birthday, make the championship flight in both and the top 5 in the city championship. That's where I was at when I was 55-57 before I had my heart issues and struggled with a variety of other health issues. In order to accomplish those goals I will need to significantly improvement my trap play and proximity to the hole on shots under 150 - moving up a set of tees will mean far fewer shots longer than that on the courses that I will be playing regularly. It goes without saying that I will have to play and practice more this summer towards those steps and goals. That in and of itself will be great. cnosil, Micah T, TR1PTIK and 5 others 8 Quote Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment
Kenny B Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, tony@CIC said: Lots of great goals in these posts and like the rest of you I want to get better. Early last year I broke 90 for the first time and inconsistently card a high 80's round, this year I want to be consistently in the mid 80's. The question I ask myself is how am I going to accomplish this and other golfing goals. To that I need to understand what's holding me back. For instance one of them is to hit more GIR. Currently what I know is the avg. GIR per round. What I don't know in reflection of playing a round is why did I miss the GIR on a particular hole. So the analytical side of my brain now commands a notebook so that I can log the misses. That info, I hope, will lead to a more specific practice plan. More GIR is great and will certainly get you into the mid-80's. But for a frame of reference, last weekend I shot 80 on Saturday with a triple bogey and only hit 5 GIR. and on Sunday I shot 87 in the wind with 3 doubles and ZERO GIR. The difference for me is "up and down" shots. To quote Sergio: "Everyone likes a good up and down." MattF and tony@CIC 2 Quote “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment
MNUte Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 After playing yesterday, I want to add three more goals that i noticed impacted my game. 1. Work on getting more consistent off the tee. I had one perfect 270 yard drive, but I didn't pull our the driver otherwise yesterday cause I have no confidence or consistency with it. 2. Get better at adapting to the conditions. It was a very windy day yesterday. But while I remembered to take that into account sometimes, other times I completely forgot to. 3. Get a round in with my dad. We're in different states, but I just lost a loved one to covid over the weekend. So some way, somehow, I want to get a round in with my dad while I still have the opportunities available. Micah T, MattF and tony@CIC 3 Quote Rag tag bag, but it does the job. Taylormade R1 driver. Ping G400 3 wood. Cleveland Halo Launcher 3 hybrid. Cleveland CBX launcher irons (5-PW). Assorted wedges (48, 52, 58). Odyssey White Hot Pro 2.0 putter. Link to comment
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