Let’s see some 2021 Accomplishments/2022 Goals

[Ben_Howell34 687]

I had a few written down: 

 

- hit 60% FIR (got to 52% for the year, but last few have been in the 70s)

- hit 50% GIR (27%)

- 1.7 putts per hole (avg 1.8)

- single digit handicap by year end (first year keeping one and am now at 10.5) 

2022 I would alter these slightly and add a couple: 

 

- keep hitting at least 60% of fairways and beyond as I have lately

- get to the 50% GIR which is my weakness as you can see

- continue to improve on chipping/pitching

- 1.6 putts per hole

- would love to get to 8 or below on handicap

- beat my PR of 77

- would love to upgrade clubs as well

[PMookie 17,632]

6 hours ago, cnosil said:

Getting up and down is kind of the next phase.  I am now avoiding the big miss (chunks and thins) so I am dialing in distance control   

 

With your handicap I am surprised you haven't shot par.  

87, then the last 6 rounds ranging from 74-79. 80s drop-off, so now the majority of scores are in the 70s. GHIN is what can potentially shoot, so not an average, which you know already. I’m shocked I’m at 3.4… Seems like it should be 6.

[edingc 12,834]

Had to dig back through some posts but found the 2021 goal list:

1. End the season as a solid single digit handicap - goal met
   1. Although I did not break 80 the majority of the time at my home course (my original goal, and I got pretty close), I played well enough away from my home course on tougher ratings to end the season at 9.1, unofficially. I dipped into the low 7s at one point before hitting a rough patch in August. I shot even par once and went under par (including -2 on the front) on both sides of my home course, just unfortunately not at the same time.
2.  Translate EXPUTT and long game practice to the course - goal sort of met
   1. My putting improved by just less than two strokes per round. I had periods of really good driving and ball striking, but I still cost myself way too many strokes with penalties from the tee.
3. "Figure out" golf schedule in a "normal" summer - goal met
   1. Got a schedule worked out that allowed me to play more golf than ever while also keeping the wife and employer happy.
4. Play with the wife and relatives - goal met
   1. Played a handful of practice rounds with the wife (she can only do five or six holes at max, so we go out early and just pick and choose). Also played a few rounds with the in-laws, my brother-in-law and two with @ncwoz

2022 goals:

1. Fewer strokes lost off the tee, mostly through elimination of penalties.
2. If I complete goal No. 1, I should be able to drop my handicap to 7 or below.
3. Enjoy the moment. I'm not playing to earn a tour card or to pay bills. I'm playing for fun and need to remember that sometimes.
4. (for fun) Exceed my previous long drive recorded on Arccos, which currently stands at a wind-aided 320 yards.

[DiscipleofPenick 4,208]

8 hours ago, PMookie said:

87, then the last 6 rounds ranging from 74-79. 80s drop-off, so now the majority of scores are in the 70s. GHIN is what can potentially shoot, so not an average, which you know already. I’m shocked I’m at 3.4… Seems like it should be 6.

I'm in the same place you are. I also have a 3.4, and I pulled up my GHIN stat tracker and over the last 20 rounds my average score is a 78. So in a way, we are 6s.

[PMookie 17,632]

19 minutes ago, DiscipleofPenick said:

I'm in the same place you are. I also have a 3.4, and I pulled up my GHIN stat tracker and over the last 20 rounds my average score is a 78. So in a way, we are 6s.

Wow! Yep. So odd to have such a low “handicap”, makes no sense, other than GHIN’s “potential to shoot” basis. 

[fixyurdivot 18,290]

Here goes:

• Completed my full bag fitting which yielded the new KBS TD driver shaft and ZX5's w/MMT80 shafts, replacing the G410's.
• Tested and now bagging the ER5v which moved the PING B61 to the bench.
• Switched to LHL putting grip
• Lowered my index from 12 to 10.3
• Matched my second best ever round (74) at Mesa Del Sol a few weeks ago with bookend 37's 
• Shot the most rounds in the 70's (high 70's) that I can remember.
• Completed the 3rd annual PNW Spy Meet-up with @Kenny B, his wife Martha, and @Thin2win

As for 2022, 

• Complete the 4th annual PNW Spy Meet-up and double the attendance.
• Lower my index to single digits (which was a goal this year )
• Further improve FIR percentage (have found that to be key to my low scores)
• Post more "close encounters" in the Still Aceless thread than @Tom the Golf Nut

[Tom the Golf Nut 8,787]

58 minutes ago, DiscipleofPenick said:

I'm in the same place you are. I also have a 3.4, and I pulled up my GHIN stat tracker and over the last 20 rounds my average score is a 78. So in a way, we are 6s.

 

37 minutes ago, PMookie said:

Wow! Yep. So odd to have such a low “handicap”, makes no sense, other than GHIN’s “potential to shoot” basis. 

I was trying to figure it out myself. I'm seeing the opposite. Out of my 20 rounds used in GHIN my average score is 70. So if my average is under par why does my handicap come out to be .6? Dave replied to my query a few weeks ago and said it uses the course rating. My course is 68 for my tees so that made more sense. 

[vandyland 513]

2022 Golf Goals

Primary Goal: Birdie all 27 holes at my main muni (only birdied 23/27 last year)
Secondary Goal: Under par on a golf course rated at least 70.0 or better (for a par 72), or 69.0 or better (par 71)

How will I get there? I'm not sure. I made great improvements in the last year by continuing to work with my coach and take a lesson every month. While my HDCP hasn't moved tremendously (went from a 6.7 to a 4.7), I know I am a much better player now than I was back then. As always, HDCP doesn't really capture consistency as much as it captures your "ceiling." I am committed to spending another year taking lessons with my coach every month. I have always been a very cautious player and, with my improved skill, I am slowly starting to take more risks and being rewarded for it (most of the time). 

Also, as always, with the start of the new year I have to earn my way back at my local muni. That means starting at the forward tees (4700 yds par 70) and having to shoot +2 or better from there to then move to the senior tees (5100 yds par 70) and having to shoot +4 or better and then the white tees (5900 yds par 70) and having to shoot +6 or better to move back. The goal, as always, is to get through each these first try. Good luck to everyone in their pursuits next year!

[Mtbryant01 1,523]

1 hour ago, vandyland said:

Also, as always, with the start of the new year I have to earn my way back at my local muni. That means starting at the forward tees (4700 yds par 70) and having to shoot +2 or better from there to then move to the senior tees (5100 yds par 70) and having to shoot +4 or better and then the white tees (5900 yds par 70) and having to shoot +6 or better to move back. The goal, as always, is to get through each these first try. Good luck to everyone in their pursuits next year!

I like that challenge of playing at every tee. Playing from the closer tees doesn’t always translate to lower scores. It makes you play shots you haven’t played or are not necessarily comfortable with. George Bryan does this on his YouTube channel. Might start that at my local course.

[sirchunksalot 16,998]

1 hour ago, vandyland said:

2022 Golf Goals

Primary Goal: Birdie all 27 holes at my main muni (only birdied 23/27 last year)
Secondary Goal: Under par on a golf course rated at least 70.0 or better (for a par 72), or 69.0 or better (par 71)

How will I get there? I'm not sure. I made great improvements in the last year by continuing to work with my coach and take a lesson every month. While my HDCP hasn't moved tremendously (went from a 6.7 to a 4.7), I know I am a much better player now than I was back then. As always, HDCP doesn't really capture consistency as much as it captures your "ceiling." I am committed to spending another year taking lessons with my coach every month. I have always been a very cautious player and, with my improved skill, I am slowly starting to take more risks and being rewarded for it (most of the time). 

Also, as always, with the start of the new year I have to earn my way back at my local muni. That means starting at the forward tees (4700 yds par 70) and having to shoot +2 or better from there to then move to the senior tees (5100 yds par 70) and having to shoot +4 or better and then the white tees (5900 yds par 70) and having to shoot +6 or better to move back. The goal, as always, is to get through each these first try. Good luck to everyone in their pursuits next year!

 

6 minutes ago, Mtbryant01 said:

I like that challenge of playing at every tee. Playing from the closer tees doesn’t always translate to lower scores. It makes you play shots you haven’t played or are necessarily comfortable with. George Bryan does this on his YouTube channel. Might start that at my local course.

I like the idea of moving up, I'm currently playing the green tees at my local course and after hearing y'all talk about it, might play a couple of rounds from the silver. 

The whites where I traditionally play from are rated 70.1/124 and 6250 yards.

Green: 67.8/118 5815

Silver: 70.4/114 5330

I moved up to the greens a couple of months ago to rebuild my confidence and they play pretty close to the and length as the other course in town where I've shot 5 rounds in the 80's. I think buy moving up another set, I might be able to score close to that. I'll probably play them until I can at least post a score in the low 90's a couple of times before moving back.

[Kenny B 34,365]

2 hours ago, Mtbryant01 said:

I like that challenge of playing at every tee. Playing from the closer tees doesn’t always translate to lower scores. It makes you play shots you haven’t played or are not necessarily comfortable with. George Bryan does this on his YouTube channel. Might start that at my local course.

I played a few times this year from the Forward tees with my wife and a couple of other ladies.  Once I played with just irons, and the other times I played driver on every non-par 3 hole.  It is certainly a test for sure; lines off the tee are different, hazards are reachable where from my usual tees they aren't.  The main difference for me is I get to hit much shorter irons into greens which is fun so GIR is up, but scores are really not that much better because I get into more trouble off the tee.  If I played from there more, I believe I could break 70.

[pakman92 470]

2021 Accomplishments

• Practiced regularly.  At least twice a week
• Maintain single digit handicap.  I was able to do that for about 6 weeks.
• Break personal best.   Shot 75.

2022 Goals

• Practice 3 times a week
• Complete Super Speed Training
• Incorporate concepts from the lessons.  (1 lesson took place last week)

 

[DiscipleofPenick 4,208]

4 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

 

I was trying to figure it out myself. I'm seeing the opposite. Out of my 20 rounds used in GHIN my average score is 70. So if my average is under par why does my handicap come out to be .6? Dave replied to my query a few weeks ago and said it uses the course rating. My course is 68 for my tees so that made more sense. 

Sounds like it makes sense. My home course is 72.1/126. Next year I'm not going to have a home course, but I usually play the tips at any course. There's less than a dozen Northern Ohio courses that touch 7000, so most course ratings should be right around par.

[PMookie 17,632]

7 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

 

I was trying to figure it out myself. I'm seeing the opposite. Out of my 20 rounds used in GHIN my average score is 70. So if my average is under par why does my handicap come out to be .6? Dave replied to my query a few weeks ago and said it uses the course rating. My course is 68 for my tees so that made more sense. 

I bet that’s why for me as well. The course I play isn’t that tough, and when I travel I tend to shoot high 70s to low 80s, often 82-84. The course rating from the Blue is 71.3, and slope is 119. Not a very hard track… Yeah, definitely why I’m so low. Thanks!!!

[blackngold_blood 7,053]

This was last years goals

 

 

•Get handicap down to 5 (stuck between 7-11 right now) Forgot to keep track but it definitely went down

•Play more golf (hopefully joining a league this year) CHECK

•A front or back 9 score of under par CHECK

•A full 18 hole round at Par Missed this one by a couple strokes. 
 

2022 Goals

•A full 18 hole round at Par or better(gonna keep this goal til it happens)

•I have a Golden Ticket so goal number 2 is to due the MGS community proud with a quality/helpful review

•Play more golf with my Father. Only got 3 rounds in last year and it isn’t nearly enough. 

[bens197 13,001]

Today was a lot of reflection for me…this year was a lot, emotionally.  I had some small goals to accomplish that were derailed early in the summer.  So instead, I just went out and played.  I played when I could and made the most of it.

Which leads me into 2022…

Bring my daughter on the course with me to walk around and play as much or as little as she wishes.

More rounds with my dad.

More scrambles.

That’s about it.

 

[Haro 532]

For 2022

Driver.  Feel confident in 2021 Bomb it but I have a handsy hook that I will try to manage in 2022. I want to eliminate  the two way misses. The high fade working to perfection but I will get that snap hook when my sequencing too fast with my hips my hands “snap” too save the drive. I may try double overlap grip if I get to flippy with the driver 

Putting/chipping   Making strides in 2021  i develop 38 inch putter for arm lock  I hold it at 32 inches where my hands are I want to add variety to my short game  Want to hole out bump and run well as spiny LW from off the green 

Irons/pitching    This is strong part of my game  I aim for the pins and get close with my wedges   I retired my 2/3/4 iron gradually over the year  My 4iron head broke off and I used a hybrid in 2021 and worked really well  My swing must have changed cause I used prefer 3 iron over a hybrid (hooksville)

 

[Tom the Golf Nut 8,787]

11 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

Post more "close encounters" in the Still Aceless thread than @Tom the Golf Nut

Challenge accepted.

[dalejbrass 147]

Started 2021 with a 5.4 index and ending it with 2.4. My 22’ goal is scratch and a few destination courses.

[yungkory 11,243]

Was going to start a thread for this but I'm glad to see it already exists

 

2021 brought me my first ace, I tied my PB (75) twice, and my HDCP went to 7.5 which is the lowest I've ever been.

 

Haven't played much since October now that I got a little one so I'm going to keep my expectations low and my only goal this year is to have fun and enjoy the rounds that I get to squeeze in. Played in the rain on Thursday and it was a soggy mess, I had mud all over me, I only kept track of how few pars and the 1 birdie I made, but I had fun!