Scouser
Tour Winner
Did you play safe ....
take risks
or a bit of both.
Was it your best round because it was a PB or other!?
take risks
or a bit of both.
Was it your best round because it was a PB or other!?
Your best round ever.
- Thread starter Scouser
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PB of 37 out(+2) and 30 back in (-5)= 3 under of a 5 handicap
still lost the medal to a nett 62, theres always someone with a better score
still lost the medal to a nett 62, theres always someone with a better score
sawtooth
Tour Winner
My best round was in 1995 it was 74 gross (net 58) playing of 16 in the handicap club championship at my club. Unsurprisingly it was good enough to win the comp and to this day remains the only time that my name is on a major board at the club. Its still the best score I've had in competetion play.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I don't think you can decide before you play if you'll take risks or play safe ALL the time. You have to take each shot on its own merits and weigh up the pros and cons at the time.
Paul_Stewart
Tour Rookie
Gross 63 at Sunbury. Just played my normal game and made a bunch of putts.
Had another good round going there a few weeks back and was -4 through 10 and started to play defensively knowing I had three easy birdie holes ahead. Parred them all and wound up with a 65 on the par 68 course.
Moral is, play your normal game. You have to know when to attack and when to defend (God I sound like a Kenny Rogers track writing that)
Had another good round going there a few weeks back and was -4 through 10 and started to play defensively knowing I had three easy birdie holes ahead. Parred them all and wound up with a 65 on the par 68 course.
Moral is, play your normal game. You have to know when to attack and when to defend (God I sound like a Kenny Rogers track writing that)
GB72
Money List Winner
Tee to green I play the same game, I take risks but I have fun. The really good scores come when the short game is on fire and the longer putts start dropping.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Define safe? I would never play a shot I wasn't confident I could pull off more often than not so you could say I don't take risks but I don't consider myself a safe player, just a player who gives himself the best chance to score as low as possible.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Given that I have a handicap, I play my best golf if I am hitting fairways and greens. My best is three over, which I have done three times. It isn't risk taking, but grinding out the pars which get results at my level. If I happen to hole the odd putt, brilliant, but pars are the thing.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
One of my best rounds was my 39 points in the last stableford. Not my lowest round and not even brilliant golf as I only scored on 15 holes but given the fact my confidence in the short game has been shot this year and I didn't feel in control of the swing I found a way to make a score even though I wasn't playing well.
What is playing safe though. Isn't it just another form of course management. There are shots I'd take on in a casual game I wouldn't take on in a medal. Are they risky? Possibly not but its more a case of protecting a score in medal play where any mistake is punished
What is playing safe though. Isn't it just another form of course management. There are shots I'd take on in a casual game I wouldn't take on in a medal. Are they risky? Possibly not but its more a case of protecting a score in medal play where any mistake is punished
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Hello fellow scouse,
Last year was the first year I thought my game had "stagnated". Playing off 9 my previous best was 1 over par on my home course.
Anyway, I hit a 4 under (off the yellows). I putted out on all greens, as I had 3 birdies in the first 6 holes, so made sure it was a genuine score.
Believe it or not, whenever Ive shot low, it has not been spectaculer golf tee to green, but most action was on the putting green, where everything seems to go in.Generally just in play, or got up and down a lot.
I dont know if it is a course record off the yellows, as they only have course records up in the clubhouse, off white or red tees.
Last year was the first year I thought my game had "stagnated". Playing off 9 my previous best was 1 over par on my home course.
Anyway, I hit a 4 under (off the yellows). I putted out on all greens, as I had 3 birdies in the first 6 holes, so made sure it was a genuine score.
Believe it or not, whenever Ive shot low, it has not been spectaculer golf tee to green, but most action was on the putting green, where everything seems to go in.Generally just in play, or got up and down a lot.
I dont know if it is a course record off the yellows, as they only have course records up in the clubhouse, off white or red tees.
granters
Q-School Graduate
I managed a few under par rounds but one sticks out.
My front nine was as follows
1-birdie
2-birdie
3-par
4-birdie
5-birdie
6-bogey, with a 3 putt from 4 feet!
7-birdie
8-birdie
9-bogey, with a 3 putt from 10 feet!
I then parred every hole on the back 9 for a 67. Will never forget the front 9, it just shows that no matter what you always feel like you've left shots out there! My birdie putt at the 6th lipped out and ended up 3 feet past on the worst green on the course and i missed the return.
Then at 9 i had a straight 10 footer to go out 6 under and managed to leave it 4 feet short and miss the par putt. It'll be a long time, if ever, i go out like that again. It was simply a case of the putter being red hot, apart from the 2 holes mentioned.
I was always pretty good at hitting fairways and greens and 2 putting for par. It's putting that stopped me from being a really good player in the end
My front nine was as follows
1-birdie
2-birdie
3-par
4-birdie
5-birdie
6-bogey, with a 3 putt from 4 feet!
7-birdie
8-birdie
9-bogey, with a 3 putt from 10 feet!
I then parred every hole on the back 9 for a 67. Will never forget the front 9, it just shows that no matter what you always feel like you've left shots out there! My birdie putt at the 6th lipped out and ended up 3 feet past on the worst green on the course and i missed the return.
Then at 9 i had a straight 10 footer to go out 6 under and managed to leave it 4 feet short and miss the par putt. It'll be a long time, if ever, i go out like that again. It was simply a case of the putter being red hot, apart from the 2 holes mentioned.
I was always pretty good at hitting fairways and greens and 2 putting for par. It's putting that stopped me from being a really good player in the end
TonyN
Money List Winner
This is exactly how my PB went.
I shot a +3 at Leasowe after a short break from the game. Went back to basics with the intention of playing safe,safe,safe. Only when I was forced to take a risk, was I fortunate to be lucky.
It was just my day. Still lost by 1 stroke, but I was very, very happy
d2cko
Assistant Pro
My best round was probably a 72 I shot at The Ashley Wood GC in Dorset (Par 70). Not because is was a great score but because of what it meant. It was the second round in a 36 hole scratch medal with quite a strong field and I was in the final group sharing the lead with 2 others. My 72 on a blustery day was good enough to win by 4 shots!
I've had a few sub 70 knocks but only in minor comps or medals. My best round this year had to be the second round in our Club Champs, shot a 70 (+1) after going out with a 3 shot lead to finish with an 8 shot winning margin. Although I was -3 after 13 I dropped a few shots on the way in but it was still enough to see me to my 4th Club Championship
D2
I've had a few sub 70 knocks but only in minor comps or medals. My best round this year had to be the second round in our Club Champs, shot a 70 (+1) after going out with a 3 shot lead to finish with an 8 shot winning margin. Although I was -3 after 13 I dropped a few shots on the way in but it was still enough to see me to my 4th Club Championship
D2
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Had a 68 on a par 68 course - my lowest total
Had a 69 on a par 71 course - my lowest to par
Had a 71 on a par 70 a few weeks back. In my opinion the best round I've played. I just hit the ball so well and with a tad more luck on the greens would have been 3 or 4 under. As Murph said, it's the grinding out of pars that really makes a score at our level.
Had a 69 on a par 71 course - my lowest to par
Had a 71 on a par 70 a few weeks back. In my opinion the best round I've played. I just hit the ball so well and with a tad more luck on the greens would have been 3 or 4 under. As Murph said, it's the grinding out of pars that really makes a score at our level.
Scouser
Tour Winner
Thanks for the replies. They make interesting reading but what I find really interesting is there is no talk of monster 350 yrd plus drives or making impossible shots. Food for thought about how people go about their golf and for planning future rounds as the theme seams to be steady and consistent
Mungoscorner
Journeyman Pro
Have shot level par rounds in competitions on several occasions at my previous club,but two memorable rounds that stand out,would have to be a level par at Beaudesert in an open am am in 2004.I'd never played there before,and was only asked to play the night before after another member of the team dropped out.I simply turned up,and did what my mate who'd played there many times told me to.
Another memorable round would be a 3 under par 70,at Finham in a winter alliance,in less than favourable conditions.
Another memorable round would be a 3 under par 70,at Finham in a winter alliance,in less than favourable conditions.
Neil20
Club Champion
I think it depends on your aims at the time of the start of the round.
The very low rounds for mid handicappers and below are going to come from days you took on a few shots and succeeded. The high rounds are going to come from near identical days.
If those are days where a low score was needed then these are great rounds.
For me, I wanted to contend for the Nett at my club champs and decided to take on nothing at all for the whole of day one. After two huge downpours (I suck in the rain) I shot a 71 Nett. Nothing astounding, but there wasn't a triple on my card and I didn't hole much with the putter. It's the best round of golf I've played, though not the lowest.
Played a very similar round day two but really I needed to take a few risks and probably didn't take enough. Was a little scared of some putts that I should have gone after if I wanted my name on the board.
71 Nett again, and although pleased, it was nothing like as good a round because it didn't fit the situation I should have been playing to.
The very low rounds for mid handicappers and below are going to come from days you took on a few shots and succeeded. The high rounds are going to come from near identical days.
If those are days where a low score was needed then these are great rounds.
For me, I wanted to contend for the Nett at my club champs and decided to take on nothing at all for the whole of day one. After two huge downpours (I suck in the rain) I shot a 71 Nett. Nothing astounding, but there wasn't a triple on my card and I didn't hole much with the putter. It's the best round of golf I've played, though not the lowest.
Played a very similar round day two but really I needed to take a few risks and probably didn't take enough. Was a little scared of some putts that I should have gone after if I wanted my name on the board.
71 Nett again, and although pleased, it was nothing like as good a round because it didn't fit the situation I should have been playing to.
d2cko
Assistant Pro
Well I have had some crackers in matchplay, which is where I tend to play my best golf.
Playing at the Army GC in Aldershot I birdied the Par 3 8th and then drove the 360yd Par 4 9th and holed the putt for my only ever back to back 2's. Ended up winning 5+4 and I was 4 under at that point.
Playing the Red Course at the Berkshire I was -6 through 12 winning 7+6.
Those were probably my best matchplay rounds it's shame they didn't finish really.
I also just remembered a 70(+1) I had last year at my home course, doesn't sound all that but considering I shot 41 on the front 9 it makes it a bit more interesting I suppose.
D2
Playing at the Army GC in Aldershot I birdied the Par 3 8th and then drove the 360yd Par 4 9th and holed the putt for my only ever back to back 2's. Ended up winning 5+4 and I was 4 under at that point.
Playing the Red Course at the Berkshire I was -6 through 12 winning 7+6.
Those were probably my best matchplay rounds it's shame they didn't finish really.
I also just remembered a 70(+1) I had last year at my home course, doesn't sound all that but considering I shot 41 on the front 9 it makes it a bit more interesting I suppose.
D2
jammydodger
Tour Winner
I've shot 67 gross twice (par 72) but I havnt taken the poll. My reason is that it wasnt a case of taking risks or playing safe because when I went for the shots it didnt feel like I was taking a risk. I was right on my game and just trusted my swing.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
I think it's different for me.
All other things being equal I know if I play ok I'm going to have 8-12 pars and maybe 1 or 2 birdies. For me it's limiting the damage on the other holes to bogeys.
My bad rounds are when I have 2 or more doubles or worse.
