I always find if you big yourself up too much the golfing gods will soon bring yo, as the song goes "Straight back down to earth"
play golf and what will be will be.
play golf and what will be will be.
not wanting to sound at all negative .. but you seem to be striving for a single figure handicap by playing in far to many comps .... give them a rest and start trying to enjoy yourself a little ..... stop putting so much pressure on yourself .....
You could've hit the nail on the head there. I made the claim that within a year and before H4H this year I would be in single figures, perhaps subconsciously I put myself under to much pressure to try and succeed and playing every week in comps probably didn't help.
You could've hit the nail on the head there. I made the claim that within a year and before H4H this year I would be in single figures, perhaps subconsciously I put myself under to much pressure to try and succeed and playing every week in comps probably didn't help.
Sorry Dave but I just have to ask.
Do you know how you were given a handicap of 17.1 with the three cards you put in?
If it was the Nordman set up, par 72, your 3 cards would be 82 (+10), 83 (+11), 85 (+13)
If it was the Crombie set up, par 68, your three cards would be 82 (+14), 83 (+15), 85 (+17)
So if we assume it was the Crombie then he's taken your worst card, I thought it was normally your best?
It was the Crombie my three cards were scored from.
Ironically, this season I shot an 86, but it was through a spell of bad weather and was on the Crombie, off 18 at the time I played to handicap. The frustrating thing was that the weekend before and there after were playing the Nordmann. Had my 86 been on the Nordmann I would've got cut, guess this season was just not meant to be.
Sorry Dave but I just have to ask.
Do you know how you were given a handicap of 17.1 with the three cards you put in?
If it was the Nordman set up, par 72, your 3 cards would be 82 (+10), 83 (+11), 85 (+13)
If it was the Crombie set up, par 68, your three cards would be 82 (+14), 83 (+15), 85 (+17)
So if we assume it was the Crombie then he's taken your worst card, I thought it was normally your best?
It was the Crombie my three cards were scored from.
Ironically, this season I shot an 86, but it was through a spell of bad weather and was on the Crombie, off 18 at the time I played to handicap. The frustrating thing was that the weekend before and there after were playing the Nordmann. Had my 86 been on the Nordmann I would've got cut, guess this season was just not meant to be.
I'm presuming Richy means
With cards of 82 (+14) , 83 (+15) , 85 (+17)......par 68, SSS 68
Then normally you would recieve the lower number of those, ie a 14 h/cap
Also seems strange to give you 17.1
Think my club normally allocates a full number as a start handicap
Being my first HC, I thought what I was given was the norm, admittedly I did think it was a little high, especially after reading some of the posts within the forum on handicaps, but not being 100% sure on how HC's were worked out I figured it must be correct.
No matter, just means I'll get 2 strokes on the stoke index 1 holes for the time being
Getting to and staying in single figures is not all that easy. There are plenty of guys in and around the low teens trying to make that jump. I thought one of my good pals back home would easily get it done (as they say on TV). He's had some low rounds in practice, shot some decent comp scores but didn't get past 10.something.
If you are on 18 and want to move in the right direction, I would concentrate on driving and short game. These will help you out the most. I wouldn't waste months of the off-season trying to groove a tour standard iron swing. My two cents.