Are you aware of your score during a round.

I try to ignore it as best I can but doesn't always work (play a lot of stableford so its easier to have a rough idea anyway)

Usually review at the turn though so I'd at least know good/bad/indifferent & the better it is the more I look at it through back 9 as I try to plot a PB (on a poor day I may take on shots on the back 9 that I wouldn't go for if I'm building a score)
 
I find it hard not to be aware of my score when I'm playing well & only dropping the odd shot. When I'm playing badly it becomes less relavent. Being a recent convert to New Golf Thinking it's not important as long as I concentrate 100% on the next shot.
 
Perhaps I shouldn't be allowed to play golf as I have more than one shot a hole and never keep track of my score going round:rolleyes:
 
Never keep track of my score.

Belt it then find it, Belt it then find it, hole out, write it down.

Rinse & repeat.

I feel that keeping score can affect your focus on the shots ahead.
 
My approach is a little more nuanced. If I'm not doing so well, I'm setting a target to get back to nett level par, or into buffer if playing worse than not well. If I feel there's a half decent round in the making, I try to put the score out of my mind and just concentrate on the hole in play.
 
Birchy said:
Never keep track of my score.

Belt it then find it, Belt it then find it, hole out, write it down.

Rinse & repeat.

I feel that keeping score can affect your focus on the shots ahead.
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There's a few similar to this but if I can use yours as the most recent, I take it you mean keeping track can affect in a negative way (the other way wouldn't make sense I guess)

I was wondering though if knowing the score should instead focus the mind in a positive way in terms of course management and club/shot selection

After all 12 bad holes followed by 6 pars has to be a better feeling than 18 bad holes or do you mean if you have 12 good holes going then check score it affects you so that you then suffer the bad holes?

And for all, what changes do you think take place to a player if you see you have a good score going then after checking, the wheels somehow come off?
 
And as a separate point is there any other sport in which competitors may choose not to know their score until its complete?
 
I don't keep track of my score, I can't really see the point. I know if I'm playing well and also know if I'm playing bad. I play every shot as best I can and knowing I need x on the last 2 holes is not going to help me shoot x, I'll be trying to shoot as low as I can on every hole without added pressure.
 
Slab said:
There's a few similar to this but if I can use yours as the most recent, I take it you mean keeping track can affect in a negative way (the other way wouldn't make sense I guess)

I was wondering though if knowing the score should instead focus the mind in a positive way in terms of course management and club/shot selection

After all 12 bad holes followed by 6 pars has to be a better feeling than 18 bad holes or do you mean if you have 12 good holes going then check score it affects you so that you then suffer the bad holes?

And for all, what changes do you think take place to a player if you see you have a good score going then after checking, the wheels somehow come off?
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If you have got your score in your mind then that often promotes thoughts like "if I par that then that, bogey there or something like if I can bogey in from here"

That is not good for focussing on the shot at hand imo.

You can also be protective of a good score. We all know when we are playing well but when you know the exact score you can start using up them shots you have got to be safe when you don't really need to.

Staying in the moment is key for golf imo.
 
Birchy said:
If you have got your score in your mind then that often promotes thoughts like "if I par that then that, bogey there or something like if I can bogey in from here"

That is not good for focussing on the shot at hand imo.

You can also be protective of a good score. We all know when we are playing well but when you know the exact score you can start using up them shots you have got to be safe when you don't really need to.

Staying in the moment is key for golf imo.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. THIS exactly^^^^^^^^^^^
 
Birchy said:
If you have got your score in your mind then that often promotes thoughts like "if I par that then that, bogey there or something like if I can bogey in from here"

That is not good for focussing on the shot at hand imo.

You can also be protective of a good score. We all know when we are playing well but when you know the exact score you can start using up them shots you have got to be safe when you don't really need to.

Staying in the moment is key for golf imo.
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Knowing your score and playing one shot at a time are not mutually exclusive. Knowing your score is fine as long as you don't let it overwhelm you or dictate the way you play. "Playing safe" because you are on a good score is just daft. If you're playing well and have been hitting your driver well all day, hit it again, why wouldn't you if it is the right club?

I know my score but it doesn't affect my shot selection and it isn't the reason I might hit a bad shot, bad shots happen, it's how you react to them that can be the problem.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, whether they know their exact score or not, has messed up the last few holes of a good round on more than one occasion, it happens.
 
HawkeyeMS said:
Knowing your score and playing one shot at a time are not mutually exclusive. Knowing your score is fine as long as you don't let it overwhelm you or dictate the way you play. "Playing safe" because you are on a good score is just daft. If you're playing well and have been hitting your driver well all day, hit it again, why wouldn't you if it is the right club?

I know my score but it doesn't affect my shot selection and it isn't the reason I might hit a bad shot, bad shots happen, it's how you react to them that can be the problem.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, whether they know their exact score or not, has messed up the last few holes of a good round on more than one occasion, it happens.
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Everybody is different and works in different ways so some people might even work the opposite.

What im talking about is not always a conscious decision like shot selection as well, your mind can sub consciously encourage what it thinks is a safe swing or something different than your normal swing etc.
 
Birchy said:
Everybody is different and works in different ways so some people might even work the opposite.

What im talking about is not always a conscious decision like shot selection as well, your mind can sub consciously encourage what it thinks is a safe swing or something different than your normal swing etc.
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But even if you don't know your exact score you know when you are playing well so this could happen anyway. As you say though, we are all different, there is no right way
 
I think its great seeing how many different views of the way people play the game. Someone might take someone else's method onboard and shoot the best score of there lives, or quit and sell there clubs :)
 
HawkeyeMS said:
But even if you don't know your exact score you know when you are playing well so this could happen anyway. As you say though, we are all different, there is no right way
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Yeah I agree totally. I find it makes it slightly easier to keep focussed if I don't know exactly how well though etc.

Some people will probably struggle if they don't know their score as their mind is too busy wanting to know, we are all wired up different. I played with a guy once who counted his shots out loud and he got stuck in a bunker, that was a right laugh :D

Its worth trying different ways though even if just for fun to see how you react :D

I tried that 3 hole target method as well which has been talked about in the past and that worked quite well too.
 
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