Who has had a great season then?

If i'd answered this question 6 weeks ago I'd have descrided as excrement. Now I'll revise that to average at best.

Targets this year were, to get a win, qualify for my 1st Club Championship 36 hole final, and to get down to Cat 1 (5.4 Would've done)

How it went, well I changed jobs which severely cut into my practice time as I went to workin 5 days a week instead of 4. plus working later and further away made the range harder to get to of an evening. As a result my form nosedived, just managed to scrape into club championship final day with the 2nd worst qualifying score, collected to many consecutive 0.1's back.

The low point being having the 2nd worst round in club champ finals day during the opening 18 holes. Then somehow managed to do well in the 2nd 18 holes. Big turning point for me was that day, I decided I was letting work get in the way of my personal life and my enjoyment as I was working more and spending less time doing what I enjoy and I don't just mean golf.

AS a result, hace changed my hours at work and looking for something nearer to home. Switched to a Belly Putter and got back down the range, which has resulted in:

Winning a Medal,
Shooting 2 x PB's (a 74, then beaten with a 73)
Qualified for our Clubs last major the Medal Winners Cup (which is next week our closing comp of the season)
More importantly turned the handicap around and cut 2 whole shots down to 8.

Going to continue from what i've learnt and aim for Cat 1 next year and try to build on that and goto some forum meets.
 
My target was to get my handicap down to 18 from the 24 I started on in August 2011. I am pleased to say I reached that and am now at 17. I also won my first golf trophy in my last competition before surgery on hand has ruled me out for +/- 1 month.

Overall very happy with the season, and looking forward to getting back out on the course and hopefully reducing my handicap some more.
 
my 2nd year playing golf and overall its been ok, handicap from 28 to 21
won 3 comps, 2 as individual and 1 team. Had an ok run in the Volvo pairs with a fellow forum member. Played at some great courses - Woburn, FoA, Woodhall Spa

I would have liked the h.c down a bit more and had too many comps cancelled due to water on the course but overall I am fairly happy.

Hopefully next year will see me down to teens, play more courses and possibly a little jaunt overseas :D
 
Great No, enjoyable yes.

I didn't have a specific goals only to get back to enjoying my golf.

Got a new swing, more work to do but getting there.
Shot a gross 69 around mt home course which is a par 71.
made some of the club teams, due to consistant play and got to play Royal Dornoch, Western Gails, Barassie and next week Skibo for the club.
Got my handicap down from 9.3 to 7.0 in competitions and only gone up 0.2 all year.

Was part of a winning team for the local Big Texas Scramble comp and was the maj contribitor even though i was the highest handicap by 5 shots and got no strokes.

Only regret is not getting the chance to play more in more comps when i was in form due to clashes with team comps.

so next year hope to set a goal for myself of getting to 5 which all my playing partners think i'm more than capable of.
 
My first season has been a good one, handicap down from inital 34 to 21, my original target, failed to get down to my revised target of 18 but that was being a bit optimistic I think, I struggled mid season before picking up again at the end. I have played some nice courses and a couple of great ones. Played for the club a few times and generally integrated my self at the club.

I have won 8 singles competitions including one major as well has winning 3 pairs too, one of which was also a major.


Ready for winter comps now but roll on next season.
 
Pretty good for me, I think.

* Handicap reduced from 10 to 7
* Won a monthly medal
* Won club championship (scratch)
* Won club singles knockout (handicap)
* Regularly shoot best gross in club medal comps
* Won two individual opens
* Second in the Highland Open week
* A clutch of other prizes from opens
* mainly enjoyed it!

Only fly in the ointment is that I've gone into a bit of a slump - not currently playing well and treading water with the handicap for the last couple of months. Bonus is that I seem able to buffer more often than not on the lower handicap even when having a bad day.

Only one qualifier left for me - the medals final. Would be a good boost to finish even with just a 0.2 cut but would probably settle for buffer again the way I'm playing at the moment.
 
This season has quite literally been a washout. Have been severely restricted in terms of comps by the amount of rain and consequent course closures.

I only really had one target, which was to get to single figures. Didn't manage that, but did play some not bad golf from time to time. Just rarely managed it in competition. I qualified for the matchplay stages of the club champs, which was a bonus, and I only had a couple of horror shows but apart from that, the best word to describe the season is 'meh'.

I'll be concentrating on ball striking over the winter, then a short game blitz before next season starts. Same target as this year, with hopefully a bit more summer in which to achieve it.
 
Fader said:
Qualified for our Clubs last major the Medal Winners Cup (which is next week our closing comp of the season).
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You don't play at Ealing do you sir? It's our Medal Winner's Cup next weekend which I've just about scraped in to.


My year was ok. First one back after 4 years away. Was given a 10 handicap to start and managed to get down to 8.8 quite quickly but have now plateaued.

Won a medal comp with a gross 75 and had a couple of 37's and 38's in stableford's but nothing outrageous. Won the Captain's comp, although it was a team event and my 39 points was severely helped by my partners 45! Played in quite a few club team matches which has been enjoyable.

Mostly enjoyed just being around a golf club again and meeting some people down in scary London!

Next year's aim is a solid 5 or 6 handicap and to get to a few of these forum meetups!
 
Target was to get below 9 and get into the club's team golf and also to break 80 in competition and i've done all 3!

Also managed to win our matchplay season long competition which is my first board competition win on my own! Looking forward to next year and hope to get to cat 1 :)
 
jimbob.someroo said:
You don't play at Ealing do you sir? It's our Medal Winner's Cup next weekend which I've just about scraped in to.


My year was ok. First one back after 4 years away. Was given a 10 handicap to start and managed to get down to 8.8 quite quickly but have now plateaued.

Won a medal comp with a gross 75 and had a couple of 37's and 38's in stableford's but nothing outrageous. Won the Captain's comp, although it was a team event and my 39 points was severely helped by my partners 45! Played in quite a few club team matches which has been enjoyable.

Mostly enjoyed just being around a golf club again and meeting some people down in scary London!

Next year's aim is a solid 5 or 6 handicap and to get to a few of these forum meetups!
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No not Ealing, down at Deangate Ridge in Kent. Though would like a jaunt upto Ealing at some point heard good comments from a friend that's played it recently. Good luck in your final though
 
FairwayDodger said:
Pretty good for me, I think.

* Handicap reduced from 10 to 7
* Won a monthly medal
* Won club championship (scratch)
* Won club singles knockout (handicap)
* Regularly shoot best gross in club medal comps
* Won two individual opens
* Second in the Highland Open week
* A clutch of other prizes from opens
* mainly enjoyed it!
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Club champion playing off 7...........thats great but you've got to be a bandit or all the scratch players didnt play.
 
Tommo21 said:
Club champion playing off 7...........thats great but you've got to be a bandit or all the scratch players didnt play.
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I'm the lowest handicap. Only a handful of us are single figures.

Def not a bandit - have played around 40 qualifying rounds this year so handicap is pretty accurate.
 
Great year for me.

Settled at new club and think the improved test has helped me towards my goal of being off of 3 with 2......something being an actual.

Beat that target and have snuck into the 2 handicap bracket (2.4), which is, by far, the lowest I have ever been.
 
As I am very demanding, I can say I'm happy, but I'm never satisfied. I think I can always do better.

--> This year, I got my handicap down to 8,8 from 12,0. My goal being single figures, when I reached hcp 9, I thought that wasn't good enough, and messed up 4 comps trying to get to 8 then suddenly changed my mindset for yesterday's last comp and shot 38. Pretty happy with that. Played in a total of 13 comps with 7 cuts, 2 x 0,1 rises (below the buffer zone :S ) and 4 scores in the buffer zone. Without that bad period this month, I think the season has been quite good.
My goal for 2013 is to get to 5 or 6. We'll see what happens!
 
Spooky!

Was going through my year earlier today and was gobsmacked to realise I've only played half the golf I played last year. Only 8 qualifiers, and about double non-qualifiers/fourballs. Handicap went from 5.2 to 5.9 BUT had 4 very good rounds in the year, unfortunately not in qualifiers. Had a round with 6 birdies in it, and broke par. Shot level par a couple of times. Had a cracking round in Leeds last week. Gave 2 shots, and the guy parred them for half's... 7&5 win.

5 qualifiers left in the year to get back to Cat 1.
 
Not great but enjoyed it immensely this season, came down 0.5 playing in over 20 qualifiers but hoped to come down 3 shots.

Qualified for our 36 hole handicap comp and made the Scottish final of the Volvo Matchplay.

Lastly having joined the forum in Jan I've attended a few meets and played some nice courses I probably wouldn't have considered or had the chance to play, plus ive met some chompers along the way (you know who you are ;) ).

My clubs are going in the cupboard in Nov and Dec and weather permitting I'll get going again in Jan 2013.
 
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