Are you aware of your score during a round.

[Fyldewhite]

Yes, always if playing medal. Always know how many over/under "level 2's" when playing Stableford.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Don't care to know at all. Hard to not have a vague idea however, but I don't waste energy thinking about it as this could be better applied to the shot in hand. When I do dwell on it I don't enjoy it as much and play poor. Simple.

I find the game harder when I'm thinking about the score lots especially when playing great and find myself well under par. I take a mental time out in this case and just get back to being in the present and hoofing the ball at my target.

 

[Region3]

I always keep track of how I'm doing, and if I lose it I'll think about it for a sec so I know where I stand again.

I like the feeling of knowing I'm on a good score (if I am) and want to enjoy it while it's happening rather than afterwards in the bar.

It's also useful (to me anyway) to know if I need x to make buffer or get a cut particularly over the last 2 holes, as club and shot selection might depend on what I think I need to score.

You have to be able to forget about it when it's your turn to play though, which I think I do pretty well.

 

[duncan mackie]

You have to be able to forget about it when it's your turn to play though, which I think I do pretty well.

agreeing fundamentally with this statement I find it easiest not to know in the first place, then I don't need to forget it!

it's also no coincidence that I will generally 'score better' at matchplay and never even think about how well I'm scoring until I'm in the bar afterwards - I never put down scores on a card when playing matches of any kind now; only large bold + signs and little - ones from time to time!

any thoughts about scores before you have putted out on the final hole are, in my opinion, destructive and simply to be avoided.

 

[srixon 1]

I always know my total score to par all the way round.

I also keep tabs on my playing partners scores for each hole, but not their round total.

Also, those tour pro's that say they do not watch leader boards during the final holes of a tournament when they are in contention are either telling porky's or are just plain stupid.

 

[garyinderry]

Thoughts which go hand in hand with knowing your score..

"I am getting up and down like a legend today, lets keep, it going''

"can't miss a thing with this putter today, ill hole this one now too''

"driving it like a champion today, what's up with that, I wonder what I am doing, anyway happy days''

All these things that have gone on earlier in the round can have a positive effect on the rest of it.

 

[ForeRighty]

Always fully aware of score during a round and on certain holes I have certain expectations that can give you and lift or deflate you depending on outcome. This take each shot as it comes theory doesn't work for me

 

[Jake O'Reilly]

Personally I only play in comps, so I always like to know how I'm doing incase I need to take on shots over the closing holes to make buffer.

Interestingly, I find putting that bit of extra pressure on myself usually improves my score relevant to the rest of the round, as each shoots feels like it has more riding on it than the others, and so I give it more attention during my set-up and over the ball.

 

[Qwerty]

I don't consciously try to remember it. If the score is good its hard not to know where your at. Other than that I don't even think about it.

 

[patricks148]

I think its hard not to know unless you are getting a load of shots and can't count

 

[Lawrence22]

I always know my score, but I'd rather not know. When I am on the 13th tee with 27/28 points the nerves kick in and I generally make a mess of the rest of the round. I have tried not to count but I just cant, I'm constantly aware of where I am at. My regular playing partner never has a clue of his points.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I try not to know, don't add up at the turn etc. However, the better you get, the less bogeys you make, the harder it is not to have a pretty good idea how your score is looking.

I'll generally know towards the end of a round whether I'm well under, around buffer or well over handicap.

 

[North Mimms]

As long as I am playing possibly within buffer, I have a fair idea. I'll know that I've dropped a shot against hcp here, and got one back there etc.
If I'm playing rubbish, it becomes academic if I'm 8 or 10 over my hcp

 

[gdc]

Always know exactly what I am to Par even if i'm playing 9 holes on my own.

 

[bladeplayer]

Il always have a fairly good idea , id say 98/99% of the time i will know exactly where i am as i go along ..

 

[Deleted member 17920]

Medal and Stableford yes all the time I know what my score is, I have tried switching off and not working out my score but I cant switch off.

Matchplay and bounce games I have no idea what I am scoring as I treat each hole as its comes along. If I have had a good game I might work my score afterwards.

 

[Ian_Bristol]

Don't bother with keeping track as is it not going to make a difference on how I play.

 

[G_Mulligan]

I would suggest it is down to personal preference, if you know you know and no point fighting it as long as you don't let it effect your game. If you are overly focussed on scores and it does effect your normal play then it could be a problem to address and need to put something in place to help overcome the challenge of playing with a good score in the making.

Personally I don't correlate my score on each hole with the overall score, I can separate the two and not know what total I am accumulating. I think because I have never done it during the round it is easy to continue to do so. I think it would be difficult to go back if you are used to keeping track of scores because the quick easy maths would just happen. Best not to fight it and come up with a solution if it becomes a problem.

 

[upsidedown]

Yes always know where I'm at and have done so for long time now :thup:

 

[Vikingman]

Always tend to know the score because I work on 5 a hole.

If I'm a couple under level 5's then off 15 I'm around my handicap.