First round for handicap

[bozza]

Well went out and played in a comp at my course fo my first handicap card today. I was out with a older guy off 21 and another guy off 11.

The first tee i could hardly put my ball on the tee i was that nervous!

Didn't play the front 9 too bad, made some stupid misstakes and lost one ball but birdied a par3 and par4 and went round in 48.

Back 9 started ok, bogey, bogey, par, par and then it all went downhill. Had an 8 on the par5 when i was only about 20 yards off the green for 4. Then on the next hole a par4 i hit 2 tee shots oob, and ended up with an 11! Ended up playing the back 9 in 57 to go round in 105.

I was pretty happy cause i played pretty well, it was just some stupid mistakes that cost me some high scores.

Can't wait to get back out and put my next card in now, just a shame our course is [****] next sunday now cause there is a county match on.

 

[Gillespie16]

Nice One Bozza, It can only get better from here (hopefully)

 

[The_ACE]

2 birdies in a handicap round is fantastic, what is par by the way

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I wouldn't worry too much. These things happen especially in a medal round. Not much you can do if you carve two OB other than try and refocus (and maybe look at a different club selection next time) but don't get too nervous next time. You know what to expect. Just try and enjoy it and let the score take care of itself

 

[GeordieAggro80]

Nice 2 birdies. For handicap purposes it may be lower than you think as the 11 might only count as a double!!! 5 strokes off straight away! (i think)

 

[Imurg]

Yep the 11 comes down to a 6, the 8 to a 7 so that's a 99.
Any other triples? They come down to doubles too.
What's the SSS at your place

 

[bozza]

Yep the 11 comes down to a 6, the 8 to a 7 so that's a 99.
Any other triples? They come down to doubles too.
What's the SSS at your place

yeah if I adjust the other tripples down to doubles it gives me 94 on a par 71 with a SSS 71.

So am I right in saying the highest handicap I will get will be 23 if this is the best of my 3 cards?

 

[Garesfield ACE]

Bozza for my 3 handicap games I was nervous as hell in both 1st 2 games (which were also work society competition games ) even more pressure..I only partially relaxed in my 3rd and final game

My scores were 103,104 & 105....but I must have had quite a few shots taken off for scores that were OVER double bogeys...to get a 26 handicap

Keep it up

Kev

 

[G1BB0]

23 eh Bozza, nice one

just worked out my 103 from yesterday and it would be a net 99 removing triples which would be a hc of 28.... damn lol, just aswell it wasnt a hc card

just relax on the next round if poss and remember what you did wrong this time and play to your strengths

good luck for the next 2

 

[bozza]

Cheers, i just hope my good form lasts for another 2 weeks when the next comp is.

Went out with a friend today and played the front 9 well, gross 44 with 21 points playing off a 23 handicap.

I made the mistake of adding my score up after the front 9 and realised how well it was going and knew with another decent back 9 i could break 90 for the first time and tried to chase a score.

Ended up with only 11 points on the back 9 but if it had been for a handicap card i would have scored 92 after adjusting anything triple bogey or worse down to double so i suppose it aint too bad.