How long before you break 100.

[Lawrence22]

I was just wondering how long it took other people before they broke 100 for the first time. I have now played 12 full rounds since starting in September and have yet to come close. Parts of my game are definately improving but I am forever let down by a couple of nightmare holes. On Sunday it was an 11 at a long par4 (2 balls OOB) and a 9 at a par 3(1 lost ball + nightmare getting out of deep rough).
I also find if I have a good day with my long game my short game goes to pot or vice versa. It gets quite frustrating at times.

 

[Deke]

I managed to break 100 on my first ever round armed with a 6 iron,a lob wedge and a putter! Then I shot 100+ on my next 3 rounds despite having a full set of clubs and more experience! Only recently am I scoring 95-100 again.Not sure what you can get from that,but I am sure my scores will start slowly falling after my first lesson this weekend.

 

[Philm]

shouldnt take you too long dependant on how much you get out to play.

also id guess if you are still struggling to break 100 and are suffering an 10+ on one hole that just with more consistency you could easily break it.

But I would encourage you to pay for maybe a lesson per week and a round per week plus a range session for a month or maybe 2 and you will get the painful basics installed correctly.

I suffer from teaching myself consistency with a poor poor swing. I have broke 90 many times, just by having a decent short game. but I have an over the top swing.

It absolutely kills me off the tee, I think I will need another year of relearning an in to out motion cause I have so much practice behind me with this terrible technique.

I actually would swap what I can do now and my handicap of 20 to be able to return to hit my first ball. and I would stop phone a pro and get it right from the very word go. absolutely certain, it’s the most horrible feeling to face up to my problem ive hit thousands and thousands of balls this way and it adds up to a slight fade with the short/mid irons and a serious slice with the woods.

if you don’t want to fall out of love with the game then get a lesson or two and it will help you beat your mates anyways.

Phil

 

[patricks148]

It depends on how often you play, if you are only playing once a month prob a long time. But twice a week probably not long.

I think it took me about 4 or five rounds, But i'm still capable of shooting over 100 on my day

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

Four or five rounds and never hit over since but ive got a funny feeling its coming back soon

 

[Lawrence22]

Thanks for the replies guys. I generally get to play once a week on Sunday mornings. I try to get at least one range session a week too. Unfortunately though due to recent bad weather I have only had 2 rounds in the last 6 weeks. I have a voucher for a lesson with a pro. I intend to use it soon, was waiting till a leg injury clears up. Might try for it this weekend.
Only thing I have going for me at the moment is that my brother in law who I play with is even worse than I am.

 

[ADB]

How difficult is your course? Are there a lot of water/hazards/long carries? How penal is the rough? etc etc

It's difficult to judge your progress against anyone else as you cannot compare like with like, unless we all come to your course and have a shoot-out

Considering you started in September, the majority of your golfing 'career' has been spent in Autumn/Winter conditions which can have an considerable affect on ball run, condition of greens etc.

As the weather picks up *prays* and the course improves, you should see an improvement providing you are practicing correctly etc.

On the positive side, it will make it more satisfying when you beat 100 as you can appreciate how difficult it is to do so!!

Good luck

 

[Lawrence22]

The course I play on is 6000 yds sss70. There are 2 holes which you play over water, one is a 150yd par 3 and the second is at the par 5 18th which has a small lake protecting the green. There are other water hazzards on the course but you don't have to play over them, some are to the sides of greens or positioned to catch a wayward tee shot.
I think a decent golfer wouldn't class it as particularly hard.

 

[bozza]

Took me a good 6 months or so as i never had lessons and didn't really have the right temperarment for golf at first as i used to loose my rag if i hit a bad shot and let it bug me for another 3 or 4 holes and ruin them aswell. Now i have lessons and learnt to not loose it so much on the course when i hit a bad shot and try put it out of my mind i play alot more consistently. Whereas before when i first broke 100 i could go out the next couple of times and end up coming in with scores of around 120! Now i score around 97-104 and still don't really feel like i've played that well so to me it shows my game has improved and that i'm starting to get more consistencey.

But i'd deffo reccomend lessons as now i know my swing pretty well and know how to try fix my bad shots if things go tits up while out on the course....which happens alot!

 

[Imurg]

Don't take this the wrong way but maybe never is the answer. There are golfers who have been playing for years and they've never beaten 100.
That's not to say you wont!

It all depends on your skill level. Practice hard, play lots and it will almost certainly come.

 

[Region3]

I was just wondering how long it took other people before they broke 100 for the first time. I have now played 12 full rounds since starting in September and have yet to come close. Parts of my game are definately improving but I am forever let down by a couple of nightmare holes. On Sunday it was an 11 at a long par4 (2 balls OOB) and a 9 at a par 3(1 lost ball + nightmare getting out of deep rough).
I also find if I have a good day with my long game my short game goes to pot or vice versa. It gets quite frustrating at times.

No doubt I'm barking up the wrong tree, but just in case...

For each of the shots that cost you on the disaster holes, can you tell us what club you were using, where the ball was, and where you were trying to hit it to?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'd say that it is your course management that you need to look at. I'm guessing apart fromt he two or three horrors per round its pretty consistant. The best advice is to keep it in play as best you can and use your shots wisely. If you get into trouble get out the shortest route possible.

You may benefit from a lesson or two as well in case there is a major swing flaw holding your game back. At the end of the day don't put too much pressure on yourself to try and break 100 and if you play relaxed the swing will be smoother and the scores will come.

 

[DaveB]

Keep stats on where you're "wasting" shots and then base your practise at the range on these areas. Perform a risk assessment on each shot you make. If you're OOB on the same hole when taking a driver try a 3 or 5 wood or your "favourite" iron. When in trouble, rough or heavy lie take your medicine focus on getting out rather than tryin a 1 in a 100 "miracle" shot. Above all, keep playing, we're all pursuing that "perfect" round wherein we're happy with every aspect of our game, be patient, they don't come along very often!

 

[Garesfield ACE]

my 1st ever game last march was on my course on winter greens and hit 101.then scores started getting worse for quite a while mixed with going onto the normal sized course in spring/summer.went down to 115 area,then started improving with my driver a lot,and a little with a few other clubs.then got back down to the 100 mark before back on the winter greens towards end of year,where I am hitting on average 90-95.
Kev

 

[nowtfancy]

I played once a month ish for a year to 18 months without breaking 100, then played every week for 6 weeks & broke 100 by the end of it (21/9/09 @ Tapton, Chesterfield if you really want to know!)

That's still my favourite round and i reckon will be until i break 90. (any time soon that one surely! THREE TIMES i've shot 90 !!)

 

[Tiger]

Took me about six months and only been sub 100 once since. Main problem I've had us lack of practice time. The more you get on the course the better you get. Good luck with it and keep us posted on your progress.

 

[link80]

I started playing last february and have played 11 rounds, roughly once a month, and i'm yet to break 100. The wrong side of 100 that is. My worst score so far was a 99 and my best an 85. My advice would be whatever time you get to practice, concentrate mainly on your short game, if you can keep that consistant then when your long games not on, you will be able to save some shots and when your finding the fairways more often you'll post some good scores.

 

[Lawrence22]

Don't take this the wrong way but maybe never is the answer. There are golfers who have been playing for years and they've never beaten 100.
That's not to say you wont!

It all depends on your skill level. Practice hard, play lots and it will almost certainly come.

It actually pleases me to read this. When I pick up golf magazines and they are advising you how to break 90 and make it sound so easy. I was begining to wonder if my brother in law and myself were exceedingly bad.

 

[Lawrence22]

I was just wondering how long it took other people before they broke 100 for the first time. I have now played 12 full rounds since starting in September and have yet to come close. Parts of my game are definately improving but I am forever let down by a couple of nightmare holes. On Sunday it was an 11 at a long par4 (2 balls OOB) and a 9 at a par 3(1 lost ball + nightmare getting out of deep rough).
I also find if I have a good day with my long game my short game goes to pot or vice versa. It gets quite frustrating at times.

No doubt I'm barking up the wrong tree, but just in case...

For each of the shots that cost you on the disaster holes, can you tell us what club you were using, where the ball was, and where you were trying to hit it to?

The 2 out of bounds and the lost ball all because of really bad slices. One with 3 wood off tee, one with 3 hybrid off tee and one with 3 hybrid from semi just off fairway. My other major problem is from just off the green. I seem to either not hit it hard enough and come up short or else blade it and fly through the green. Putting used to be my main problem but I have improved considerably there.

 

[Lawrence22]

I'd say that it is your course management that you need to look at. I'm guessing apart fromt he two or three horrors per round its pretty consistant. The best advice is to keep it in play as best you can and use your shots wisely. If you get into trouble get out the shortest route possible.

You may benefit from a lesson or two as well in case there is a major swing flaw holding your game back. At the end of the day don't put too much pressure on yourself to try and break 100 and if you play relaxed the swing will be smoother and the scores will come.

I actually don't think that course management is a main problem. I think that my brother in law and myself are about the same level and the reason I am able to consistently beat him is that I know when to take my medicine. If I'm in deep rough I will use wedge to get back on the fairway. If I don't drive well on a par 4 I'll not even consider trying to make it in 2. Instead I will try and lay up leaving a nice 7i-W for the green.
I intend to take a lesson next week, hopefully get the bad slice cured.