Shooting your age

[Imurg]

We had a guy who did it in a comp at the age of 86. Everyone was so pleased for him.

chrisd - you must be really crap if you haven't done it yet at the age you look ....

Pahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Respect to you Jim, shooting your age is one of golf's major achievements for us amateurs :thup:

 

[williamalex1]

Well played your eminence aka Jim , 80 net i take it

 

[ForeRighty]

In 9 holes I could

 

[rosecott]

Well played your eminence aka Jim , 80 net i take it

Watch it Billy - gross.

 

[Captainron]

Hope I Live to a ripe age. Only chance I've got. Good shooting by the OP

Not many folk live to 106 mate.

 

[williamalex1]

Watch it Billy - gross.

Only jesting old pal, i know what your capable of

 

[shortgame]

Does it count if Alzheimers kicks in and you can't remember how many shots you've had? 🙏

 

[chrisd]

We had a guy who did it in a comp at the age of 86. Everyone was so pleased for him.

chrisd - you must be really crap if you haven't done it yet at the age you look ....

I've had plastic surgery to try and look like you Shark, thus how it ended - I still look the younger 😁

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Touche mon ami :rofl:

 

[USER1999]

A guy at my club has just done it for the second time. 79. He did it before, a couple of years ago.

 

[Orikoru]

A guy at my club has just done it for the second time. 79. He did it before, a couple of years ago.

That brings the interesting question of what exact age makes it the pinnacle achievement. i.e. your man there has done it with a worse score, but he's older, so is it more or less impressive? Is it more impressive to be a 70 year-old shooting 70, or a 90-year-old shooting 90? I'm not sure. Food for thought anyway.

 

[USER1999]

That brings the interesting question of what exact age makes it the pinnacle achievement. i.e. your man there has done it with a worse score, but he's older, so is it more or less impressive? Is it more impressive to be a 70 year-old shooting 70, or a 90-year-old shooting 90? I'm not sure. Food for thought anyway.

Defo a 53 year old shooting 53!

 

[rosecott]

Thread resurrection.

I did it again yesterday, shot 1 better than my age and got a 2-shot cut.

 

[USER1999]

May I be the first to congratulate you. Fantastic achievement.

 

[chrisd]

Thread resurrection.

I did it again yesterday, shot 1 better than my age and got a 2-shot cut.

Well done Jim!

 

[Backache]

That brings the interesting question of what exact age makes it the pinnacle achievement. i.e. your man there has done it with a worse score, but he's older, so is it more or less impressive? Is it more impressive to be a 70 year-old shooting 70, or a 90-year-old shooting 90? I'm not sure. Food for thought anyway.

I suspect amongst good golfers the former is far more common, physical performance tends to fall quite steeply in the 80's.
I suspect for the good in golfers who remain physically fit there is a 'sweet spot' in the mid to late 70's.

 

[Leftie]

Well done Jim.

Didn't realise that you were so old. Still, all those decades of practice have paid off

 

[ExRabbit]

Congrats - how old?

 

[rudebhoy]

My late FIL did it a couple of times in his 70s.

Sadly I never got to see him play as he was crippled with arthritis when I got to know him, but I've been told he was a hell of a player.