Today, I walked off the 14th hole 2 over par...

[Hook DeLoft]

And went 6 over on the last 4 holes.

[MattF]

10 hours ago, Hook DeLoft said:

And went 6 over on the last 4 holes.

And that's why we pay to play and not the other way around...

[tony@CIC]

Golf is a 4 letter word for this reason 

[russtopherb]

That's golf.

[Hook DeLoft]

In my defense...aw hell, there’s no defense. 

[Shapotomous]

21 minutes ago, Hook DeLoft said:

In my defense...aw hell, there’s no defense. 

There is really no way a post like this should ever need to be written!!!   I think we need a 'best excuses' thread that will be a resource for us to use when our mind is understandably blank after such a golfing experience.  In time you can just reference the excuse number you prefer for that day and we'll all know what you're talking about.  

[DaveP043]

40 minutes ago, Hook DeLoft said:

In my defense...aw hell, there’s no defense. 

No need to defend yourself, it happens to every single one of us.  We all have bad shots, bad holes, bad rounds.  What seems funny to me is if I start with 3 doubles and a triple and shoot 83 or something, I'm happy at my recovery.  If I start with 12 pars and 2 bogeys, and finish with those same 3 doubles and a triple, I'm mad because I collapsed.  But really, our "failures" are kind of random, both of those rounds I described had 14 pretty dang good holes, and 4 bad ones.  So remember the 14 good holes, and next time out try to have 15 or 16.

Edited March 30, 2021 by DaveP043

[JDHolmes]

Last month, I was playing a tournament, in the group with the guy that eventually won ( I was 2nd). He was two up on the 17th tee. He pulled his drive into trouble. I can see the win. I topped my drive, something I seldom do, about 100yards off the tee box. I mishit my fairway, short and pushed. He finally emerges to land on the green on his 4th. I chunk my pitch, chip up and one putt. He 2 putts. Im one down.

18, he hits an average drive. I pull jerk my drive into trees with no recovery option. Long story short, I double and he bogeys. I lose by two on a hole I almost always par.

GOLF!

We still have to hit the shots.

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[Hook DeLoft]

1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

No need to defend yourself, it happens to every single one of us.  We all have bad shots, bad holes, bad rounds.  What seems funny to me is if I start with 3 doubles and a triple and shoot 83 or something, I'm happy at my recovery.  If I start with 12 pars and 2 bogeys, and finish with those same 3 doubles and a triple, I'm mad because I collapsed.  But really, our "failures" are kind of random, both of those rounds I described had 14 pretty dang good holes, and 4 bad ones.  So remember the 14 good holes, and next time out try to have 15 or 16.

It's funny how much my attitude can change from day to day.  Some days I shoot 5 over my average and have a great time and some days I shoot 5 under my average and think about the shots I would like to have back.  When the bad play occurs also makes a difference.  One time I 4 putted the first green for a double, got really angry and shot even par the rest of the way and was proud and happy.  If I had been even par going into 18 and made double, I probably would have been pretty irritated even though it would have still been a great round.

[Paul Hedrick]

On 3/30/2021 at 11:11 AM, DaveP043 said:

No need to defend yourself, it happens to every single one of us.  We all have bad shots, bad holes, bad rounds.  What seems funny to me is if I start with 3 doubles and a triple and shoot 83 or something, I'm happy at my recovery.  If I start with 12 pars and 2 bogeys, and finish with those same 3 doubles and a triple, I'm mad because I collapsed.  But really, our "failures" are kind of random, both of those rounds I described had 14 pretty dang good holes, and 4 bad ones.  So remember the 14 good holes, and next time out try to have 15 or 16.

Well said.