2024 Season Goals - What Say You?

[brogies]

My main goal is to lower my handicap to the 5-7 range!

[HPIGOLF]

Goal is less focused on results and more towards the process.

Target line off tee, at the widest landing spot. 

Approach shot target line to center line of fairway/green

Center of green, let the miss be on the green.

Result, GHIN 13 to single digits 

 

[Padavich09]

Goals for 2024:

Lower my hadicapp. Sitting at a 26.8 got about 30 rounds in since I picked the game back up in mid 2022.  

Limit my 3+ putts

Learn to hit a draw

Break 100 consistently 

met new golfing buddies while playing in the Heart of A Lion Am Tour

[Rob Person]

Well, I achieved one of my goals today. 

Had an awesome day of golf! It is absolutely, 100% definitely a fluke,  but I finally broke 90!!! 

 

[GolfSpy AFG]

33 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Well, I achieved one of my goals today. 

Had an awesome day of golf! It is absolutely, 100% definitely a fluke,  but I finally broke 90!!! 

 

Congrats!

[William P]

44 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Well, I achieved one of my goals today. 

Had an awesome day of golf! It is absolutely, 100% definitely a fluke,  but I finally broke 90!!! 

 

Congrats on the accomplishment!

[Samuel09152]

1 hour ago, Rob Person said:

Well, I achieved one of my goals today. 

Had an awesome day of golf! It is absolutely, 100% definitely a fluke,  but I finally broke 90!!! 

 

My guy!!! Congratulations!!! 

[Wu1f]

Finally break 80.  Shot an even 80 last year, tying my previous best round on the same course - and it wasn't a par 3 course!

[WyattTroxell]

2023 was my first year back playing golf full-time (outside of work scrambles).  I hadn't played regular rounds of golf in probably 15 years.  I was able to get back to an 8.7.  I was fitted (although I'm not convinced it was a proper fitting) for PXG clubs.

Goals for 2024:

 Reduce handicap from 8.7 to 5.9 or lower.

Gain clubhead speed to a playing speed of 110+ (currently ~105)

Get properly fitted by former club pro at my current club (he fits for Titleist and I am scheduled for March)

Win a tournament at the club 

 

I think that is it for now.  I really want to continue working on the mental aspect of the game.  I use Arccos to track data and love seeing how my SG changes over time.  It has really helped me be confident in my short game, which I usually play much better than my handicap.  

[DiscipleofPenick]

Keep that handicap going lower - at 5.4 lowest ever was 2.7

Break 80/finish in the money in a tournament

Play more for fun

[Guest-0]

Well this isn't exactly goals but found it hilarious and let this be a lesson fellas DO NOT FORGET YOUR WIFE ON VALENTINES DAY!!! Tony Finau apparently did and this is his wife's post!!! I

[Micah T]

2024 Goals

1. Get down to Scratch (ended at 1.7 last year)

2) Break 70 (lowest ever is -2 70)

3) Keep up with my flight in men’s league  (seriously, these guys are sticks)

 

[OdinSnipes414]

On 11/20/2023 at 8:45 AM, JRDuck40 said:

My 2023 goals were to

Qualify for WI State Amateur

Sub 5 handicap 

Did not hit either... But I did take 34th overall, missed cut by 4 and was down to a 5.9 at one point this year. Onward and upward. 

“Lame joke incoming “ onward and upward your from Wisconsin man so t you mean FORWARD! That’s all this is year two for me being part of the WAGA and I hope to make it to some matches and see ya play!

[LinksgolfFever]

My goals for 2024 are: 

Handicap at or below 5 by EOY.  Last year started as a 15 got down to 8.  Working on all aspects of my game to make this a real possibility

Better course management: less hero shots, more accepting bad shots and not compounding them with bad follow-up shots.

Make it to match play semi-finals or finals in NCGA tournament.  Single elimination tournament last years field was 256, I got as far as round of 16, played terrible that day and my opponent was lights out!!!

120 rounds played, and get in some new courses.  I have a trip planned this summer to Jamaica, and am planning to get in 3 or 4 rounds there. 

 

[Guest-0]

Well first off I would like to see 2025 God willing, beyond that I want to get back to at least an 8 hdcp and I want to make a difference in this world whether it be via donation or time given towards helping someone!!! America is great and God is everything!!!

[BreakfastBall15]

My 2024 goals:

Get to a single digit handicap. Been sitting between 11 and 12 for a while. 
 

Spend more time practicing putting. As much fun as it is to get to the range and send balls flying, putting is the weakest part of my game by far. 
 

Spend more time chipping. After putting, my wedge game is the 2nd worst part of my game. 

Improve accuracy off the tee. I’ve improved my driving substantially but find myself in the trees or other fairways too often. 
 

Finally, just have fun. I’m not entering tournaments so I can live with bad shots and bad rounds every so often. 

[Pyecraft]

Great thread all.  My local, beautiful par3 9hole course, 5minutes away opens on March23rd! I could hug myself, but enough about me, there's only time until early November to achieve:

Plan A     to fly a 185yard shot over the front bunker; hold up on the 1st hole green for a chance at par.  For just once.  That'll soften the impulse to drain my hipflask too early.  

Plan B      to play one steady, simple round under 30.  No mulligans, kicking out or dropping balls from a secret pocket in more favorable lies.  That sort of stuff.

Plan C      to limit rounds of over 40 to 3.  Alright, I'll go with 5. 

Plan D     to earn a realistic handicap from a Par3 that'll transfer to the 18hole tracks. A full understanding of the moon-shot calculations discussed in another thread, could easily be Plan E but it fits well here.  Also, answering 28 to handicap enquiries seems more honest than "haven't a clue, mate'.  Looks fishy; shark-like. 

Plan E      finally, will depend on success of the above.  Come September it'd be nice to feel at least competent playing a famed 18hole course here on Vancouver Island.

Good luck everyone, I hope we each get to re-read our posts favorably come season's end.

 

 

 

Edited February 29 by Pyecraft
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[Guest-0]

14 hours ago, Pyecraft said:

Great thread all.  My local, beautiful par3 9hole course, 5minutes away opens on March23rd! I could hug myself, but enough about me, there's only time until early November to achieve:

Plan A     to fly a 185yard shot over the front bunker; hold up on the 1st hole green for a chance at par.  For just once.  That'll soften the impulse to drain my hipflask too early.  

Plan B      to play one steady, simple round under 30.  No mulligans, kicking out or dropping balls from a secret pocket in more favorable lies.  That sort of stuff.

Plan C      to limit rounds of over 40 to 3.  Alright, I'll go with 5. 

Plan D     to earn a realistic handicap from a Par3 that'll transfer to the 18hole tracks. A full understanding of the moon-shot calculations discussed in another thread, could easily be Plan E but it fits well here.  Also, answering 28 to handicap enquiries seems more honest than "haven't a clue, mate'.  Looks fishy; shark-like. 

Plan E      finally, will depend on success of the above.  Come September it'd be nice to feel at least competent playing a famed 18hole course here on Vancouver Island.

Good luck everyone, I hope we each get to re-read our posts favorably come season's end.

 

 

 

Is there a realistic way to establish a Hdcp from a par 3??? I would think the variables of going from par 4s and 5s would make it impossible but I suck at math and am no golf pro so I have no clue?????

[Pyecraft]

1 hour ago, Marlin Dave said:

Is there a realistic way to establish a Hdcp from a par 3??? I would think the variables of going from par 4s and 5s would make it impossible but I suck at math and am no golf pro so I have no clue?????

You nailed it Marlin, so many more ways for poor mid-iron play to ruin a scorecard.  Yet, doing the math .... multiplying a par72 times a par27 gives a factor of 2.6 which translates a 35 stroke into 91, a 40 into104 strokes, etc.  Surprisingly, those numbers seem to reflect the extra difficulty of 18 hole length pretty accurately - 2.6 times more opportunity for a course to defend itself.  While far from an official handicap, it does offer a 'lay-man appeal' for simple tracking of a personal improvement.     

Apologies for the dry response; no humor in mathematics, only irony I'm afraid.

[ole gray]

I made my 2024 goal yesterday shooting my age (73). I’ll now go with a new one of shooting even par!


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[Guest-0]

1 hour ago, Pyecraft said:

You nailed it Marlin, so many more ways for poor mid-iron play to ruin a scorecard.  Yet, doing the math .... multiplying a par72 times a par27 gives a factor of 2.6 which translates a 35 stroke into 91, a 40 into104 strokes, etc.  Surprisingly, those numbers seem to reflect the extra difficulty of 18 hole length pretty accurately - 2.6 times more opportunity for a course to defend itself.  While far from an official handicap, it does offer a 'lay-man appeal' for simple tracking of a personal improvement.     

Apologies for the dry response; no humor in mathematics, only irony I'm afraid.

Brother that was exactly what I was looking for and if you are not somehow involved in analytics you should be!!! Well explained and I love it!!! Gold star for that one

[Guest-0]

So for 2024 my goals first and foremost are for my family and friends to be healthy and happy throughout the year and for my body to hold up for another year without any sidelining injuries. Now I also hope to get through one more "work trip" so I can hang it up and golf and fish everyday. This is not a goal but rather a fact!!! I will get back into the single digit hdcp and am nearly there so no excuses!! Another goal is continuing to try to help someone everyday by whatever means necessary with simple acts of humanity that are effortless for me in the big picture but can be life changing for others!!! Lastly I hope to contribute to this crew of like minded golf junkies and learn a bunch along the way!! If we stop learning we stop living!!

[Josh Parker]

24 minutes ago, Marlin Dave said:

So for 2024 my goals first and foremost are for my family and friends to be healthy and happy throughout the year and for my body to hold up for another year without any sidelining injuries. Now I also hope to get through one more "work trip" so I can hang it up and golf and fish everyday. This is not a goal but rather a fact!!! I will get back into the single digit hdcp and am nearly there so no excuses!! Another goal is continuing to try to help someone everyday by whatever means necessary with simple acts of humanity that are effortless for me in the big picture but can be life changing for others!!! Lastly I hope to contribute to this crew of like minded golf junkies and learn a bunch along the way!! If we stop learning we stop living!!

Love the goals and helping someone every day!

[Erin B]

32 minutes ago, Marlin Dave said:

So for 2024 my goals first and foremost are for my family and friends to be healthy and happy throughout the year and for my body to hold up for another year without any sidelining injuries. Now I also hope to get through one more "work trip" so I can hang it up and golf and fish everyday. This is not a goal but rather a fact!!! I will get back into the single digit hdcp and am nearly there so no excuses!! Another goal is continuing to try to help someone everyday by whatever means necessary with simple acts of humanity that are effortless for me in the big picture but can be life changing for others!!! Lastly I hope to contribute to this crew of like minded golf junkies and learn a bunch along the way!! If we stop learning we stop living!!

Nice! Similar goals except I have ten more years of work.

[Guest-0]

1 hour ago, Josh Parker said:

Love the goals and helping someone every day!

Josh, That began a few years back actually more like 20 years ago as I caught myself whining and complaining about some totally menial issue and as I was whining about said "issue" I watched a guy with a newly amputated leg struggle to cross the road and set up with his sign that said "down on my luck and need dogfood!! Dogfood is all this guy was worried about I went out there and had to almost beg the guy to let me buy him some food. Anyway I quickly realized what I thought was a bad deal wasn't even close to the bad deal this guy was dealing with and you would have never known it talking to him. Turns out he was a vet that wound up trying to drink the night terror away and he was a diabetic and lost his leg! I over the next few years would grab him a hotel room once a week or whatever and we would grab dinner but he taught me as bad as we may think we have it there are folks who have it so bad it's inconceivable. I found that by helping when I could it kept me from facing off with my own demons in the night. Helping other human beings whether by monetary or just a little chat can bring you wealth not measured in money and remind the person that they are not being ignored or left behind. 

[Josh Parker]

5 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

Josh, That began a few years back actually more like 20 years ago as I caught myself whining and complaining about some totally menial issue and as I was whining about said "issue" I watched a guy with a newly amputated leg struggle to cross the road and set up with his sign that said "down on my luck and need dogfood!! Dogfood is all this guy was worried about I went out there and had to almost beg the guy to let me buy him some food. Anyway I quickly realized what I thought was a bad deal wasn't even close to the bad deal this guy was dealing with and you would have never known it talking to him. Turns out he was a vet that wound up trying to drink the night terror away and he was a diabetic and lost his leg! I over the next few years would grab him a hotel room once a week or whatever and we would grab dinner but he taught me as bad as we may think we have it there are folks who have it so bad it's inconceivable. I found that by helping when I could it kept me from facing off with my own demons in the night. Helping other human beings whether by monetary or just a little chat can bring you wealth not measured in money and remind the person that they are not being ignored or left behind. 

I 110% agree!  

[Rob Person]

9 hours ago, Marlin Dave said:

Josh, That began a few years back actually more like 20 years ago as I caught myself whining and complaining about some totally menial issue and as I was whining about said "issue" I watched a guy with a newly amputated leg struggle to cross the road and set up with his sign that said "down on my luck and need dogfood!! Dogfood is all this guy was worried about I went out there and had to almost beg the guy to let me buy him some food. Anyway I quickly realized what I thought was a bad deal wasn't even close to the bad deal this guy was dealing with and you would have never known it talking to him. Turns out he was a vet that wound up trying to drink the night terror away and he was a diabetic and lost his leg! I over the next few years would grab him a hotel room once a week or whatever and we would grab dinner but he taught me as bad as we may think we have it there are folks who have it so bad it's inconceivable. I found that by helping when I could it kept me from facing off with my own demons in the night. Helping other human beings whether by monetary or just a little chat can bring you wealth not measured in money and remind the person that they are not being ignored or left behind. 

Life is too short!  And while you and I are NOT in the same fields of work, it is important at the end of the day to let things go and move past them.  I applaud your nature to be a better person when you can.

[Guest-0]

1 hour ago, Rob Person said:

Life is too short!  And while you and I are NOT in the same fields of work, it is important at the end of the day to let things go and move past them.  I applaud your nature to be a better person when you can.

That's been a work in progress Rob and it gets better by the day my friend!! Appreciate that and you are 100% correct

[Tina B]

My season goals are to stay focused, and work more at the practice facility. 

[quod erat]

I'm not a great golfer. My goals for this year are to get to a point where I think less about my swing and more about the course: where to aim, where to miss, how to outsmart the course architect.