Amazing how it can all come together

[msbyrne]

As a long time lurker on this forum but never poster I thought I might share my delight in finally breaking 100. I've been playing for a few years and never managed to put a round together, indeed seeing my initial handicap of 26 creep up to 28 and losing all hope.

Unbelievably however I finally cracked the 100 bug in ridiculous style today. I scored 87 at Hurtmore GC which is admittedly a short course (SSS 67) but I'm over the moon, it was as if everything clicked all at once. I didn't even have my A swing but managed to keep a ball out of trouble most of the time and managed 9 GIRs. I feel I left shots out there as well given I missed 8 birdie putts within ten feet.

As overjoyed as I am I know it'll be hard to get to this point again but I can only feel like this year will be the time I finally drop my HC a little bit. Anyone else have any stories of ridiculous personal bests? I managed to beat my best ever score by 14 strokes.

 

[Slime]

Good shooting mate.
Just keep on going and it'll steadily improve ................ until you reach my age when it all turns to sh1t!
:thup:

 

[xcore]

Hit my pb 18 holes then pb over the front 9 a acouple of weeks apart recently, finally feels like something's clicking as you said.
Played hurtmore acouple of times and have always enjoyed it

 

[msbyrne]

It's funny how it just takes a bit of discipline. I always make an arse of myself on a few holes and ruin a perfectly decent scorecard. As a poor golfer in general it pays to be ultra conservative and never play a shot which will even get you close to danger if you don't have to.

 

[GG26]

As a long time lurker on this forum but never poster I thought I might share my delight in finally breaking 100. I've been playing for a few years and never managed to put a round together, indeed seeing my initial handicap of 26 creep up to 28 and losing all hope.

Unbelievably however I finally cracked the 100 bug in ridiculous style today. I scored 87 at Hurtmore GC which is admittedly a short course (SSS 67) but I'm over the moon, it was as if everything clicked all at once. I didn't even have my A swing but managed to keep a ball out of trouble most of the time and managed 9 GIRs. I feel I left shots out there as well given I missed 8 birdie putts within ten feet.

As overjoyed as I am I know it'll be hard to get to this point again but I can only feel like this year will be the time I finally drop my HC a little bit. Anyone else have any stories of ridiculous personal bests? I managed to beat my best ever score by 14 strokes.

Nice one, beating your best by 14 is some going and I bet you are over the moon. I was when I cracked 90 last week. Hopefully you will now be able to beat 100 again soon and then fairly consistently. Hopefully, your handicap will start to come down a little too. The first pro who gave me lessons said that you don't tend to see a gradual improvement, but occasional jumps forward and maybe you've had the first of those.

 

[Orikoru]

Well done. Now that monkey's off your back, you'll probably find you do it again and again now.

How did you get given a handicap of 26 having never scored less than 100 though?? That seems harsh!

 

[londonlewis]

Nice work. Great scoring. And great inspiration for the rest of your year.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Well played. Now you know it can be done get it done in a competition. Don't chase it but remember how calm and it easy it felt

 

[jpjeffery]

How did you get given a handicap of 26 having never scored less than 100 though?? That seems harsh!

Same here. I played three handicap rounds with my club, never breaking 100, then got given a handicap of 24!

 

[FuzzyDuck]

Same for me, have been getting scores for a few months in the 105-100 range but never seemed to have a good from and back nine. However today playing the Aliss course at Ferndown (and it was a freebie!) I managed to get a respectable 92 (par 68 as I went off the gold tees), which is 6 under par (nett). Hoping it wasn't a one off.

 

[Tashyboy]

Stumbled across the card i have kept with my best score of 86 on it. Chuffed to bits with it I am. Over the next day or so if you felt like me you will realise you have got a few monkeys off your back knowing you can " do things". Sounds like keeping your ball outta trouble without having your A swing was a good course management round. Well do me man.

 

[Orikoru]

Same here. I played three handicap rounds with my club, never breaking 100, then got given a handicap of 24!

That's mad. I got given 24 handicap at my place when I started, but one of the cards I submitted was a 93 round I think, and I even thought that was a tad harsh, haha.

 

[GG26]

Well done. Now that monkey's off your back, you'll probably find you do it again and again now.

How did you get given a handicap of 26 having never scored less than 100 though?? That seems harsh!

My understanding is that any shots above 2 or 3 over par on a hole are ignored for the purposes of setting a handicap. So, say, a 9 on a par 4 is reduced to a 7.

 

[Orikoru]

My understanding is that any shots above 2 or 3 over par on a hole are ignored for the purposes of setting a handicap. So, say, a 9 on a par 4 is reduced to a 7.

I know that but that assumes his card was basically just full of 10s and pars doesn't it?? I mean, it might have been.. haha. Either way I think you're quite unlucky to be given anything below 28 if you've never hit under 100.