How many Greens in Regulation do you EXPECT to hit?

[louise_a]

We have 6 par 3s I have hit 5 of them in regulation, yesterday I hit 4
We have 6 par 4s I have hit 2 of them in regulation, yesterday I hit 1
We have 6 par 5s I have hit 5 of them in regulation, yesterday I hit 1

So I have hit 12 in reg, 6 yesterday was a very good return, I have hopes of being able to reach the one par three and the one par 5 I haven't hit, but the 4 par 4s I haven't hit are too long for me.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Don't get too tied up in stats.
I'm 14 handicap.
My last game I played really well on the first 9 and only hit 2 greens. Second 9 I played awful and hit 3 greens.

BTW a missed green is what it says on the label. Fringes do NOT count.

 

[Kellfire]

Handicap 19.5 - I'd expect to be on the green on around 6 greens, and we have 8 par 3s.

 

[markyjee]

Playing off 9 I'm hitting 40% (7 or 8) going by golf shot stats, if fringe was included it would add about 2 or 3 more.
Best performance was 66.7% (12) so far this season.

 

[kid2]

I would expect to try and get on them all....If i dont have the bar high enough for myself then i will never strive to get better....That being said i was 2 over last weekend because of wayward tee shots but i hit 9 GIR's last weekend and was on the fringe of 3 so if i can add that then it was 12.......

Ball striking with me has got much better and my dispersion has come way down from a few swing changes...So all in all im happy out...
I just hope that i can take the little run of form into our Captains Day tomorrow.:mmm:

 

[Crow]

Handicap 11
Average this year 6, best 10.

 

[spawn_ukuk]

at least half i think

 

[FairwayDodger]

Well, I hope to hit > 50% but think I tend to manage 8 or 9 on average. Usually with another 2 or 3 just off.

I heard that 12 GIR and 30 putts is the expectation for a scratch golfer..... which doesn't sound too hard, does it? :lol:

 

[RGDave]

I heard that 12 GIR and 30 putts is the expectation for a scratch golfer..... which doesn't sound too hard, does it? :lol:

Easy mate!

If that's true (which seems sensible, no argument) then if I hit 6 and have 32 putts, I should be off 8.

Hmmm.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Hit a lot of GIR's today (not sure how many) but the quality of the strikes left a lot to be desired. The ball got where it was suppose to but not in the manner intended. To be honest I'd have preferred a stronger ball striking round and taken my chances on hitting a similar number of greens

 

[FairwayDodger]

Easy mate!

If that's true (which seems sensible, no argument) then if I hit 6 and have 32 putts, I should be off 8.

Hmmm.

Of course it also assumes every green is hit in regulation + 1. But for a scratch golfer I'd say that's quite likely; even I probably hit around 16 greens no worse than reg + 1.

Obviously it's easier to say than achieve but it was my club pro who mentioned it to me so I'm giving it some credence.

 

[palindromicbob]

For me I often hit them but the ball doesn't like to stay there .

At my home course my usual results (ie: more than 50% of the time)
1 par 4 - no
2 par 4 - yes
3 par 3 - no
4 par 5 - no
5 par 4 - no
6 par 5 - no
7 par 4 - no
8 par 4 - no
9 par 4 - yes
10 par 3 - no
11 par 4 - yes
12 par 4 - no
13 par 3 - no
14 par 4 - no
15 par 5 - yes
16 par 4 - no
17 par 3 - no
18 par 4 - yes

No wonder I'm 22 h/c. Par 3's are a real weakness. Don't know why I can hit a 7 iron from the fairway to a green from 150yards but as soon as I play the same shot from a teebox all hell breaks loose.

 

[MashieNiblick]

12 h/c and off the yellows I'd expect to hit at least 2 of the 4 par 3's, all 3 of the short par 4's (2 under 300 yards, 1 just over) and at least one of par 5's (both under 500). So looking at 6. Which I think is about what I tend to average.

I did read an article about golf stats (by a member of the USGA handicap research team) that said that a player's GIR stat has the strongest relationship to their scoring as compared to other stats like fairways hit or putts per round, and that over time a player's average score will be about equal to 95 minus 2 x their average GIR stat (might be interesting for those who keep stats to check if it's right). This was based on analysing about 800 rounds of golf by 100 golfers.

The author therefore concluded that the best way to improve your score is to improve your GIRs. Each additional GIR on average = 2 shots off your average score. Don't know if that's a brilliant insight or a statement of the bleedin' obvious.

 

[palindromicbob]

I did read an article about golf stats (by a member of the USGA handicap research team) that said that a player's GIR stat has the strongest relationship to their scoring as compared to other stats like fairways hit or putts per round, and that over time a player's average score will be about equal to 95 minus 2 x their average GIR stat (might be interesting for those who keep stats to check if it's right).

I three putt most time's I hit GIR so nope. Isn't true.

 

[CMAC]

I EXPECT to hit them all but I know I don't.

 

[bignev]

Playing off 23 on my own course I now expect to hit all the Par 3s 3of the Par 4s and 2 of the Par 5s so thats half the holes, but I now spend a lot of time on my short game so have no problem with scrambling from just of the green.

 

[RGDave]

Of course it also assumes every green is hit in regulation + 1. But for a scratch golfer I'd say that's quite likely; even I probably hit around 16 greens no worse than reg + 1.

Obviously it's easier to say than achieve but it was my club pro who mentioned it to me so I'm giving it some credence.

No, I'm sure you're right.

The reason I'm off 12 not 8 with my stats is I keep forgetting to factor in the 4 topped/2 shanked/1 OOB.

That'll be the problem then....

 

[RGDave]

Playing off 23 on my own course I now expect to hit all the Par 3s 3of the Par 4s and 2 of the Par 5s so thats half the holes, but I now spend a lot of time on my short game so have no problem with scrambling from just of the green.

All the par 3s?

That's confidence for you.

 

[bignev]

If you dont have confidence you dont have nothing .
Mind you hope is probably a better word than expect if it did happen every round Id be lower than 23.:{