Inconsistency be thy name....

[Shanks McHookington]

3 under front 9, 11 over back 9. Beat that for a collapse.

Strangely enough, I managed the complete opposite.

+11 front nine, +3 back nine.

A chip in birdie on a long par 5 at 9th just kicked me on... its amazing how something like that can change your game. Shame it doesnt happen enough. Its normally the other way around. A rubbish hole and the heads down and the confidence's gone and the swearing starts and the thought of taking up a new sport begins.....Just me?

 

[patricks148]

Strangely enough, I managed the complete opposite.

+11 front nine, +3 back nine.

A chip in birdie on a long par 5 at 9th just kicked me on... its amazing how something like that can change your game. Shame it doesnt happen enough. Its normally the other way around. A rubbish hole and the heads down and the confidence's gone and the swearing starts and the thought of taking up a new sport begins.....Just me?

Me too, terrible front 9 in my first comp of the year, 2 over back... no birdies

front 9 was just one of those round where nothing goes right, good drive bounces 20 yards right into a pot bunker, plugged in the face if said bunker when you get to it. good puts lipping out, even hit a flag and bounced off the green into a bunker... and yep plugged in the back lip, so had to come out backwards into heather...;(

I'm taking the positives from the round, i struck the ball really nice and hit some good shots..shame about the 0.1 back

 

[Bomber69]

Me too, terrible front 9 in my first comp of the year, 2 over back... no birdies

front 9 was just one of those round where nothing goes right, good drive bounces 20 yards right into a pot bunker, plugged in the face if said bunker when you get to it. good puts lipping out, even hit a flag and bounced off the green into a bunker... and yep plugged in the back lip, so had to come out backwards into heather...;(

I'm taking the positives from the round, i struck the ball really nice and hit some good shots..shame about the 0.1 back

Patrick Old Boy One Must Try Harder:whoo:

 

[Jay Gee]

Me too, terrible front 9 in my first comp of the year, 2 over back... no birdies

front 9 was just one of those round where nothing goes right, good drive bounces 20 yards right into a pot bunker, plugged in the face if said bunker when you get to it. good puts lipping out, even hit a flag and bounced off the green into a bunker... and yep plugged in the back lip, so had to come out backwards into heather...;(

I'm taking the positives from the round, i struck the ball really nice and hit some good shots..shame about the 0.1 back

Just a question, could you not have declared it unplayable and dropped it further back in the bunker or would that not have made much difference? Sounded like a tough situation.

 

[patricks148]

Just a question, could you not have declared it unplayable and dropped it further back in the bunker or would that not have made much difference? Sounded like a tough situation.

I doubt it would have made much diff, 5 rather than the 6 i signed for, but when its not your day... its just not your day.

 

[patricks148]

Patrick Old Boy One Must Try Harder:whoo:

Mmm, one must. But in my defence, its the first time this year i didn't man a game mid week, like i said taking the positives, struck the ball Ok, lessons are starting to pay off and got my draw back with my irons, whic i had lost with the new GI irons

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Anyone else have a weird round this weekend?

Yep, I hit it sideways and scored 41 points.

Not a clue how

 

[thecraw]

Greig I think your reading way to much into this. I don't often agree with justone but I have to back him up 100% here. We never play a "perfect" round of golf. The fact that you made so many birdies is a positive. Doubles and trebles are usually down to poor decisions and bad course management. That's more than likely the area where you'll shave some shots and appear more consistent.

I'd focus on the positives and build on them. Use your handicap as a benchmark for your ability not what you believe you msy be capable of!

 

[JustOne]

Greig I think your reading way to much into this. I don't often agree with justone but I have to back him up 100% here.

Ouch! That's just mean




Greig, I'm sure we all wish we could consistently score +7 when playing off 11, what you might want to try and do is consistently score +15 which would be about right for your h/cap. I'm sure we would also like to always be consistent enough to par every hole and not chuck doubles and triples in there but even when you get to the stage when you don't make so many doubles and triples the bogeys hurt just as much because by then you'll be playing off 6 h/cap and wondering why you don't birdie every hole.

Whilst I agree with the sentiment of your post (wanting to be more consistent) that is in fact the whole point of having a h/cap - it's a measure of your ability to get the ball in the hole.... consistently.

In your OP you said that your round started with promise - off 11 h/cap and being 7 over at the end I'm still trying to figure out at what stage you didn't feel it had 'promise'.

 

[Bomber69]

Ouch! That's just mean




Greig, I'm sure we all wish we could consistently score +7 when playing off 11, what you might want to try and do is consistently score +15 which would be about right for your h/cap. I'm sure we would also like to always be consistent enough to par every hole and not chuck doubles and triples in there but even when you get to the stage when you don't make so many doubles and triples the bogeys hurt just as much because by then you'll be playing off 6 h/cap and wondering why you don't birdie every hole.

Whilst I agree with the sentiment of your post (wanting to be more consistent) that is in fact the whole point of having a h/cap - it's a measure of your ability to get the ball in the hole.... consistently.

In your OP you said that your round started with promise - off 11 h/cap and being 7 over at the end I'm still trying to figure out at what stage you didn't feel it had 'promise'.

Wow...................

There is some truth in this :thup:

 

[GreiginFife]

Ok, score good. Inconsistency bad.

And on that note. I am out.

 

[bobmac]

The frustration comes from how the score was compiled, not what the final score was. I totally get that.
Potentially, you could be Cat I if you were more consistent.
What I would do in your situation is work out what caused the bad holes and see if a pattern appears.
Was it down to bad driving, missed greens or mistakes in the short game ?
Then work out a way to make sure it doesnt happen again by either changing your course management or practicing your short game more as a chip and a putt can often save a bad hole.