How many duffs in your average round?

[virtuocity]

As a beginner (<<< my bog-standard starting phrase/caveat to any thread), my main focus on the course is taking what I've learned at the range and trying to make a decent connection with the ball. Obviously, it's inevitable that there will be a few duff shots along the way with the ball going two feet in front of me or trundling 50 yards down the fairway.

Simple poll for my own knowledge really:

1. What is your handicap (roughly, if not confirmed)
2. How many duffs / COMPLETE mis-hits creep into your average round?

I'll get the ball rolling (pun)-

28 / 10

 

[duncan mackie]

10/0

 

[socky]

17 / maybe 1 or 2

 

[StrangelyBrown]

24 - 5 or so, mostly chips.

 

[JPH]

As a beginner (<<< my bog-standard starting phrase/caveat to any thread), my main focus on the course is taking what I've learned at the range and trying to make a decent connection with the ball. Obviously, it's inevitable that there will be a few duff shots along the way with the ball going two feet in front of me or trundling 50 yards down the fairway.

Simple poll for my own knowledge really:

1. What is your handicap (roughly, if not confirmed)
2. How many duffs / COMPLETE mis-hits creep into your average round?

I'll get the ball rolling (pun)-

28 / 10

27 / about 7 , ten if you include big slices off the tee

 

[HotDogAssassin]

I'd say the same as the OP.

28/10

 

[bladeplayer]

7 / with 1 or 2 thrown in some where in every couple of rounds ..

Never my own fault my i just add

 

[Slab]

24/ about half a dozen

 

[dufferman]

On Saturday just gone - 25 / 25....

but on a normal day, 25 / 6 or 7

 

[Rooter]

18/2-3 either delicate chips or off the tee for me is where it does usually go wrong..

 

[cookelad]

5/Depends how many green I miss!

 

[Wayman]

handicap 6 duffs around 2

 

[boondi]

Play off 7&duff maybe 2 a round and always round the green

 

[Stuey01]

18, and probably 3 or so. Usually a fatted iron, or a mishit fairway or hybrid 2nd shot on par 5.
I'm not counting an underdone wedge shot, as I didn't duff the ball, but I lose a couple a round here.

Still usually shoot 40 stableford points or close to it, I need qualifying comps to start again soon.

 

[patricks148]

7/the odd one or two

 

[stevelev]

21 and usually 3/4, my issues lie with taking on the wrong shot and ending up missing a green then cometh the duff

 

[StrangelyBrown]

21 and usually 3/4, my issues lie with taking on the wrong shot and ending up missing a green then cometh the duff

I can relate to that.

 

[timchump]

probably 2 or 3 for me and they would all be chips

 

[garyinderry]

very few actual duffs. somtimes i might not make the best contact but actual duffs are few are far between.



*please note that this is under normal dry conditions. the real number increases as the course saturates due to being a digger

 

[sawtooth]

10/1 (usually a chip)