Shooting your age.

[Brian 222]

I'm 81. Shot 85 yesterday.
Will that be as close as I get ?
Best chipping round in a long time. Missed all 4 par 3's but close enough to chip to within 2 feet and 4 one putts.

 

[IanM]

Hopefully not! Keep at it, that's good golf regardless.

I know a few guys who can shoot their age, it's very inspiring.

 

[Imurg]

I'm nearly 63 and I haven't got a cat in Hell's of shooting my age nett let alone gross......

 

[Neilds]

Need to get a bit older yet - only 55

 

[Orikoru]

I've definitely shot my age over 9 holes.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I hope to do it one day at my par-70 course.
80 when I'm 80 would be very pleasing, I think.

 

[IanM]

I hope to do it one day at my par-70 course.
80 when I'm 80 would be very pleasing, I think.

I think you’d be a prime candidate for achieving it!

 

[Voyager EMH]

I think you’d be a prime candidate for achieving it!

Thanks.
My 68 off the yellows playing with you and GG26 two years ago came 5 years too soon.
Trouble is, with each passing year, it gets harder and harder.

 

[Springveldt]

Thanks.
My 68 off the yellows playing with you and GG26 two years ago came 5 years too soon.
Trouble is, with each passing year, it gets harder and harder.

Sounds like you just need to go out and shoot 65 this weekend, how hard can it be?

 

[Orikoru]

Thanks.
My 68 off the yellows playing with you and GG26 two years ago came 5 years too soon.
Trouble is, with each passing year, it gets harder and harder.

But it also gets easier at the same time doesn't it?

 

[Old Boy]

My regular PP managed a 76 round our course a couple of years ago.

He was 77 at the time, the age I am now but I can only dream of such a score. Even in my forties I only ever managed a 78

 

[rulie]

I turned 80 in February and have shot my age twice so far this year (par 72, 6350 yards). It is satisfying when it happens.

 

[D-S]

We were contacted a few years ago, not long after WHS was introduced, by a local club who were looking to increase the handicap of a player, He was off 3 or 4 and they were looking to move him to 8 or 9. I had a look at his record and thought that it didn’t look too bad for a 3 or 4 handicapper but his scores were drifting upwards - I then noticed his date of birth, he was 89. (edit he was 92)
Almost every score on his record was considerably beneath his age with the best one being 14 under his age off the white tees at his fairly tough 6600 course - a phenomenal achievement.

 

[D-S]

We were contacted a few years ago, not long after WHS was introduced, by a local club who were looking to increase the handicap of a player, He was off 3 or 4 and they were looking to move him to 8 or 9. I had a look at his record and thought that it didn’t look too bad for a 3 or 4 handicapper but his scores were drifting upwards - I then noticed his date of birth, he was 89.
Almost every score on his record was considerably beneath his age with the best one being 14 under his age off the white tees at his fairly tough 6600 course - a phenomenal achievement.

I haven’t checked his handicap record for a few years but just had a look and last year he shot his age again last year, off a course 6200 yards long, 95!

 

[ManinBlack]

This is my ambition this season, at the age of 79. Two of my mates have done it. One shot 78, aged 84 & that included a double hit, which was illegal then. The other shot 69 at Allendale, which is a very short course. My problem is lack of length & a poor short game. I can have rounds where I just miss a par on multiple holes where, honestly, with a bit better short game I could be 7 or 8 shots better. Never seem to get a birdie in competition either, which makes all the difference. Looking at it pre round I need 8 pars & 10 bogeys, which is not too much to ask. However multiple near misses & the odd careless disaster wrecks my card &, before I know it, I've shot 90 again. Frustrating, but I won't give up.

 

[kp17]

Speaks volumes of the sport in general at how that is even still a possible goal.
Would be a great thing to achieve.

 

[Yorkshire Hacker]

I shot a 74 aged 71 three years ago. Although it was my best round by a fair margin, I still feel that another 74 is possible. Forever hopeful Yorkshire Hacker!!

 

[AAC]

I am getting just about to the 'prime' age to do this, 70 next year. However my best ever gross score is 71 and most recently 76, therefore much work to do. I still think that I am fit enough to do it but fitness is a diminishing commodity.

I used to play with a chap who was in his early 70's at the time, I guess I played a dozen rounds with him and he never shot more than 68 on Par 70/72 course(s). He had however been a 2 handicap or better for more than 50 years, he was a real education to play golf with.

 

[nickjdavis]

One of the guys I played with today is 70 and shot a 69....unfortunately that was just the front nine.

 

[fenwayrich]

Acouple of years ago, a friend of mine hd a 77 at ahe 78. He came in the clubhouse, everyone was very complimentary except one chap who insisted it shouldn't count because he played off yellows!