How many really good shots do you hit in a round?

[evahakool]

After hacking it around for a gross 85 the other day which playing off 18 is pretty good for me, whilst I played some good shots and the putting was good I felt I only played one shot that I felt was a real proper golf shot.
After playing a par 5 rather poorly I found myself with my 5th shot 10 yards behind a green side bunker with the pin 10 yards on, hit a perfect shot that landed softly and rolled into the hole for a par.
Now for me this kind of shot is a rarity and it felt great hitting what I would call a proper golf shot.

Out of the 4 par 3s that I parred I didn't hit one green but managed to scramble well.

So I suppose it shows you can come in with a decent score with just playing steady golf.

How many lets call it proper golf shots do you hit if you have a good round?

This is question is probebly not for you low guys

 

[patricks148]

shot 40 points on Sat in our roll up, not a single good shot in there... i few with good results, but not good shots IMO

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I also shot 85 on Saturday, which is a personal best. From those shots, I'd say that there were two "great" golf shots.

 

[Hacker Khan]

3 or 4 at best. Some days none.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Dropped 1 shot on Sunday but felt like I didn't hit a bad shot ( dropped shot was when a second shot hit the flag and knocked it off the green )

But no hard fast rule - hit the ball well and shot in the 80's hit it poorly and played better than HC

 

[turkish]

The difference is how many were awful shots... I had an absolute nightmare yesterday and felt as if I had never picked up a club... think that's the difference between a high handicapper and a mid you will at least get it round most holes

 

[Khamelion]

Very occasionally I'll hit an iron shot, right out the sweet spot, it sounds like a proper golf shot, feels like one and when you get your head up it's flying like a proper golf shot in the direction you intended. Alas, me making those shots are about as rare as rocking horse poop.

 

[palindromicbob]

All it takes is one to keep you coming back, I'd say I usually hit 1 or 2 that feel like really good shots and keep me coming back for more.

Last time I played 2 shots really stand out.

One was a greenside chip. Was about 5 yards from the hole the ball was about 2 feet below the green. Had to options. The safe putt or a riskier high chip landing just on the green to feed down. Any further and it was goning to fly past. Choose the riskier and pulled it off exactly how I had pictured it and managed to hole the chip.

The other was a hybrid from a bunker. Contact was so clean I didn't feel like I'd hit the ball at all.

 

[evahakool]

I also shot 85 on Saturday, which is a personal best. From those shots, I'd say that there were two "great" golf shots.

See you play at Prestonfield ,played there last year , my daughter lives in Edingburgh and I visit a few times in the year ,maybe get a game with you sometime.

 

[guest100718]

Ultimately its where the ball ends up that matters. I hit good shots that have finished poorly and bad ones that have finished well.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

See you play at Prestonfield ,played there last year , my daughter lives in Edingburgh and I visit a few times in the year ,maybe get a game with you sometime.

Anytime mate, just let me know

 

[Piece]

Does a knifed wedge that ends up, somehow, very near or in the hole, count as a good shot?!

 

[guest100718]

Does a knifed wedge that ends up, somehow, very near or in the hole, count as a good shot?!

Yes. In the same way that a well struck wedge that spins back off the green and down a hill is a bad shot

 

[Jimaroid]

I usually have 2 or 3 standout shots per round that I try to memorise. Good example yesterday after a 3 wood off the tee on a short par 4. I stood around waiting for a green to clear and, as per the unwritten rule of waiting, proceeded to duff the 3 wood about 50 yards left and into rough. Ball was sat up so a 9 iron out and into the centre of the fairway left me 60ish yards to the pin. 56 degree wedge to 2 feet and putt for par. Lovely stuff.

That was the only good wedge I hit in that round, don't remember the others...

 

[Slab]

I'm struggling with what's a proper golf shot

if its a shot executed as a pro or scratch golfer would with a result to match i.e holing a bunker shot, 40ft birdie putt, split the fairway at the limits of your distance etc then its much less than 1 a round

but if its shots that are as good as it typically gets for me i.e based on my own expectation of the shot before I hit it, so up & down from a bunker shot, 40ft par putt, split the fairway for a reasonable distance, then a small handfull

 

[Foxholer]

3 or 4 really good ones per round is pretty normal for me.

Last round there were 5.

 

[garyinderry]

very few. I will probably hit quite a number of pretty decent chips and pitches to save myself.

10 holes yesterday.

3 gir
3over. not bad considering I didn't play all that well and missed a 2 footer for birdie at the last. :angry:

 

[Region3]

I must have lower standards than most. I played yesterday and not counting putts I'd say I was really happy with at least a dozen of them.

 

[patricks148]

the 18th on Sat just about summed up the whole round.

Blocked tee shot in the edge of the whins, chipped out sideways, smothered 2 iron, slightly thinned PW in the hole for a birdie

 

[StrangelyBrown]

the 18th on Sat just about summed up the whole round.

Blocked tee shot in the edge of the whins, chipped out sideways, smothered 2 iron, slightly thinned PW in the hole for a birdie

:rofl:

Similarly, I had a slightly hooky tee shot off the 12th on Saturday, followed by another pulled 7i that hit the middle of a tree and came back the way, about 20 feet further on than I had played from. I then grabbed a 6i and put it to an inch from the cup. Absolutely brilliant strike, right out of the middle, high soaring flight, landed 10 feet away from the pin, and finished here...