Breaking 100

[Nick_Toye]

I've just completed my 3rd round of the season and 6 since I started taking up the game again.

I hit 99, my first ever sub 100 round. Included 3 pars and I definitely left some shots on the course too.

It was a par 69 and my handicap is 28, so it was a net 71 +2, my handicap is still 28, do I need to get under par really to start seeing an improvement in my handicap?

 

[Oddsocks]

To see any reduction in hc you need to know what CSS would have been that day,

For example our course is par 72, but most comps the CSS is 70, this means we effectively have to shoot net -3 to see any cut at all.

 

[Nick_Toye]

SSS is 68.

 

[Oddsocks]

SSS is 68.

Par 71"
SSS 68,
But what's CSS.... This is what hc are worked from, not SSS

 

[Oddsocks]

I've just completed my 3rd round of the season and 6 since I started taking up the game again.

I hit 99, my first ever sub 100 round. Included 3 pars and I definitely left some shots on the course too.

It was a par 69 and my handicap is 28, so it was a net 71 +2, my handicap is still 28, do I need to get under par really to start seeing an improvement in my handicap?

Working out that par is 69, I would expect CSS to be around 67 on average days with normal conditions,

With that in mind you need to be aiming for net 66 or below for reduction, ie gross 94

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Par 71"
SSS 68,
But what's CSS.... This is what hc are worked from, not SSS

With Par 71, SSS 68 I'd bet CSS is 67 more often than not

 

[Oddsocks]

I was thinking 67 to hawkeye

 

[Nick_Toye]

Ok it doesn't say on the scorecard. What does CSS stand for?

 

[Oddsocks]

Ok it doesn't say on the scorecard. What does CSS stand for?

Competition scratch score.

It can vary from day to day, for example if it was lashing it down and every one scored high, CSS goes up, or days when everyone shoots below hc, CSS goes down respectively

 

[Nick_Toye]

Right my handicap is not official, its through Today's Golfer website that calculates it etc...

 

[Oddsocks]

As a rule of thumb work on CSS being less 2 from par. Unless you break CSS you wouldn't see a drop.

 

[Nick_Toye]

Right so the Today's Golfer handicap calculator is wrong then because it goes on the SSS, and this does.

http://www.mygolfexperience.com/golf/uk/golf-handicap.asp

 

[Nick_Toye]

Regardless though, I am more than happy with my performance.

3 pars in there too. Some pretty awesome seve-esque saves from the trees too. Even getting my range in now with my club selection and more often than not I selected the right club, just the direction was off now and again.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

As a rule of thumb work on CSS being less 2 from par. Unless you break CSS you wouldn't see a drop.

Why less 2 from par?

 

[Oddsocks]

Right so the Today's Golfer handicap calculator is wrong then because it goes on the SSS, and this does.

http://www.mygolfexperience.com/golf/uk/golf-handicap.asp

Their not wrong by any means, their suitable for the casual golfer to keep an approximate unofficial handicap, but to have an "active official" handicap, any reductions would be via CSS, not SSS

 

[Oddsocks]

Why less 2 from par?

Most CSS I've seem average 2 less par in average scoring conditions unless we are going to bring course difficulty into play as another variable.

 

[Nick_Toye]

Ok well only been playing properly for 6 rounds, so I'm happy with using the SSS for now. When I settle down in a house though, I'm kind of floating around following a divorce, I'll more than likely settle into a club, and see where that takes me.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

At the end of the day forgetting the handicap issue you've broken a milestone. Get yourself sorted, join a club, get an official handicap and then enjoy getting it down. As for today, nice shooting

 

[Nick_Toye]

At the end of the day forgetting the handicap issue you've broken a milestone. Get yourself sorted, join a club, get an official handicap and then enjoy getting it down. As for today, nice shooting

Thanks very much, Definitely felt good. As a sidenote I left my Driver in the bag as I was hitting so well with my 3 Wood.

 

[Ian_S]

Isn't there normally someone comes on right about now to say "ha, I never realised breaking 100 was an achievement because I've always just been awesome"?

Great effort with the score. I remember my first sub100 round. Keep it going, and hope life settles down for you. You'll be threatening 90 before you know it.