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biggest handicap drop in one season?

  • 08-05-2010 1:29pm
    #1
    Ogie16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭


    Just wondering what has been the biggest drop in handicap you've experienced in one season?


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  • #2
    BUACHAILL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭BUACHAILL


    For myself two years ago went from 17 to 9 , hadnt played much golf at all and had been in my club 3 years, decided to give it a full bash and think i did well for someone who hadnt played at all as a kid !!

    anyone else


  • #3
    irish_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 568 ✭✭✭irish_man


    this guy i know dropped from 19 to 4 in one year!


  • #4
    Hacker111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭Hacker111


    19 to 4 is astronomical... I started to play seriously last year and take regular lessons, dropped from 18 to 13 May 09-May 10...... hope to get to 10 by end of season but more serious work required.... booked into Dave Pelz in 2 weeks...that shud help...


  • #5
    DonkeyPokerTour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭DonkeyPokerTour


    Surely I win, I dropped from 15.5 to 15.4 in 1 year. Thats gotta be some sorta record :)


  • #6
    Hacker111
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭Hacker111


    The record will come if you double the drop from last year to this..... :D


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  • #7
    aster99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭aster99


    irish_man wrote: »
    this guy i know dropped from 19 to 4 in one year!

    that seems amazing. what was his secret??


  • #8
    f22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭f22


    aster99 wrote: »
    that seems amazing. what was his secret??

    Youth, talent and quite a bit of hard work I'd guess!


  • #9
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    irish_man wrote: »
    this guy i know dropped from 19 to 4 in one year!

    That's impossible, I just phone my club pro and he said it's impossible too. Lies!! :)


  • #10
    scrubber72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭scrubber72


    dont think its a lie. Think about it. Some guy playing a lot of golf but doesnt have a handicap joins a club and hands in 3 poor rounds for a handicap in this case 19. He may be an actual good golfer and had he been playing in lots of comps he would get cut. I know this cause it exactly what my brother did.


  • #11
    johnny_rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭johnny_rambo


    When I started playing (14 years old) I was off 28. One year later I was off 7. For junior golfers its definitely possible to knock a lot of shots off your handicap.


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  • #12
    3DataModem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    I have a cousin who started playing twice a day from essentially nothing. Within a dozen cards he was on a sub-18 handicap. Within a year hey was scratch, then shortly afterward, pro.


  • #13
    irish_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 568 ✭✭✭irish_man


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    That's impossible, I just phone my club pro and he said it's impossible too. Lies!! :)

    nope its not lies
    he was in 4th year in school, grew a few inches got stronger and he lived right beside the golf course. he played 18 holes every day after school for most of the school year.
    if you were playing the same course every day you would know exactly where to hit it and what to hit. its not impossible

    every read Dream On by John Richardson?
    he shot 103 and in less than a year he shot a level par round


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