Which would you prefer (low score or consistency?)

[jack1]

Mistake free golf every time for me. I constantly play rounds where, like last week i have a smattering of pars, a birdie, a few bogeys and then - wait for it BLOBS! The blobs anoy me so much because they come out of nowhere. There may be one per rond or there may be three. A good drive, a decent second.....but hold on although it was a great strike it has wandered of line and when i get up there it is in a bunker, up against the fence, in a hazard etc etc. The rest is history as they say.

 

[roccokj]

Well looking at it from another point of view, no round is perfect so thinking about it this way ideally for me I would prefer to have a low score.
Although long term i would prefer to have the consistency

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I don't mind scoring badly if I've hit the ball poorly but the thing that frustrates me is when you have a great ball striking round and are only fractionally off hitting greens or can't buy a putt and so don't score as well as you've hit it.

 

[golf_bug]

great question!

You can have a round where you consistently duff your approach shot but chip it stone dead for easy pars - that's consistency isn't it?!

For me the prospect of shooting a low score is what keeps golf interesting. The perfect round (relatively speaking) for me may only happen once (it may have already happened!), but I always believe I can do better, even if I am playing like a tool at the moment!

 

[TRS30]

I would say that they go hand in hand the majority of the time, consistency will breed low scores and visa versa.

If I had to choose one, it would be low score.

 

[JustOne]

I'd consistently like to shoot low scores.... not sure that answers the question though