Step in right direction

[Steviebhoy]

Played this morning at my course.

Shot 79 on par 71 so with my H/C of 15 would put me 7under.

Full course was winter greens which made it a little shorted than normal but much harder to putt as surface was bit bumpy! Think I could have maybe got a bit better if it had been on the greens.

If I can keep this up I can see me making my target of single figure H/C no prob

 

[bobmac]

Good score
Keep it up and you will be single figures by the summer

 

[USER1999]

I have never seen how playing well on a short winter course, on winter greens can equate to playing for your h/cap, off the back summer tees.

Nice score, but meaningless.

Sorry.

 

[thecraw]

I have never seen how playing well on a short winter course, on winter greens can equate to playing for your h/cap, off the back summer tees.

Nice score, but meaningless.

Sorry.

BAH HUMBUG!

Maybe what Stevie is happy about is the fact that he played well and was swinging well?????

 

[Putting_Green_Pro]

This means nothing. I played a comp (junior) but still with about 30 people and it was with winter greens and off the whites. Only 2 people didn't play cosiderably under their handicap. The winner was about a 27 on 9 holes

 

[USER1999]

Humbug maybe, and I did say nice score, but it is still meaningless at this point in the season.

Save it til the comps start.

 

[europeanldseries]

Tend to agree,

the course is a different proposition when you are playing for handicap and the ball does not stop on a sixpence.

I was very much the same in early season when I played a lot of golf, always thought that I was going to have a blinding year, best to be realistic.

Its good play but its not the same challenge as you will face in the Summer months when your scores WILL count.

k

Good though.

 

[mancity101]

Well done StevieBhoy
A good score is a good score and of course it means something...you can only play on the course as it is presented to you.....take no notice of the miseries on here, bitter and twisted because their best years wont happen.....take confidence from your score and keep those low scores coming.

 

[Steviebhoy]

Not bad in my eye for first round since away before xmas and on a course av never played before so not that bothered about comments as know its when medals and comps start that this is when the real story tells.

Hitting ball better than I could wish for this early in season and hope it keeps up

 

[Sneds]

Not bad in my eye

Did it not hurt? x

 

[USER1999]

Pleased with the way you are hitting it. That makes more sense. Good ball striking at this time of year, off sloshy lies, is a better reason to be happy than out and out scoring.

 

[mancity101]

not bad in my eye ---maybe its a way to keep your eye on the ball

 

[thecraw]

This means nothing. I played a comp (junior) but still with about 30 people and it was with winter greens and off the whites. Only 2 people didn't play cosiderably under their handicap. The winner was about a 27 on 9 holes

How does it mean nothing? It was a competition. They played the course the way it was set up and they had a good score into the bagain! That to me clearly shows it was meant something. If the course was set up for winter tees and winter greens then the SSS should also have been adjusted accordingly.

Incidently, what does a handicap cut do fot your game? It breeds confidence which feeds through your game which raises your game, so explain to me again how a competition can mean nuffin??????????????

Bloody stupid reply.

 

[mancity101]

This means nothing. I played a comp (junior) but still with about 30 people and it was with winter greens and off the whites. Only 2 people didn't play cosiderably under their handicap. The winner was about a 27 on 9 holes

How does it mean nothing? It was a competition. They played the course the way it was set up and they had a good score into the bagain! That to me clearly shows it was meant something. If the course was set up for winter tees and winter greens then the SSS should also have been adjusted accordingly.

Incidently, what does a handicap cut do fot your game? It breeds confidence which feeds through your game which raises your game, so explain to me again how a competition can mean nuffin??????????????

Bloody stupid reply.

spot on

 

[USER1999]

Ah, but if it was winter greens, then it is non qualifying, so no cut, no SSS, no point. Every one knows it is meaningless.

There was a junior comp on at my track last Sunday. 4 temps, so non qualifying. Never seen so many glum faces. Yep, they played, but just for the glory. Would have been a different atmosphere had it been qualifying.

 

[Putting_Green_Pro]

This means nothing. I played a comp (junior) but still with about 30 people and it was with winter greens and off the whites. Only 2 people didn't play cosiderably under their handicap. The winner was about a 27 on 9 holes

How does it mean nothing? It was a competition. They played the course the way it was set up and they had a good score into the bagain! That to me clearly shows it was meant something. If the course was set up for winter tees and winter greens then the SSS should also have been adjusted accordingly.

Incidently, what does a handicap cut do fot your game? It breeds confidence which feeds through your game which raises your game, so explain to me again how a competition can mean nuffin??????????????

Bloody stupid reply.

i was saying his scores means nothing as it is pretty much the same for everyone when they are playing in these conditions and that his scoring was nothing special

 

[Deleted member 1147]

In what way is playing 7 under your handicap nothing special?
Whatever the conditions, course or weather, that is a good result.

Well played Stevie!

 

[USER1999]

So seven under round a crazy golf course, (including the obligatory bogey on the windmill hole) is a good result?

Since we don't know if anyone else played, 7 under might have been standard scratch?

I don't see how anyone can predict a 6 shot cut over a season based on one round of golf on a shortened track. Golf is not like that.

 

[Parmo]

What is the scratch of the course? you don't work out your handicap off par.

It is a good score but playing on your own or in a friendly there are no pressures.

I shot a gross 78 (8 over & 49 points) in a comp playing off 21, SSS65 so a net 57. Only dropped two shots

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It is a good score and I'd be focussing more on the ball striking in wet conditions and the fact you obviously kept it in playoff the tee and hit the temporary greens or chipped and putted well.

I have a certain understanding of what murph is saying and not sure it was actually meant the way it comes across. It is obviously easier to score on a much shorter course and so it is probalby hard to read too much into the score. However the truth will come when you paly back on a fully open course but if you're swinging that well there is no reason you can't repeat the success.

Like I say take the positives away without necessarily getting over excited.