First competition

the lawman

Playing my first official competition tomorrow morning as a GUI handicapped member. It's a two person team open in Rathcore.

I'm just arriving for my tee hoping the club has my GUI card! Do I need the card or will my number do? Any tips would be welcome.

Cheers

Tones69

Goodluck dude, cant answer your question though
Got my GUI card yesterday. decided to join up Carlow GC, played my first 18 holes today, beauty of a course! Shot 101, happy enough bar a 3/4 horrible holes, weather was shocking too. Should have my handicap by the end of next week hopefully

Fursttimer

the lawman wrote: »

Playing my first official competition tomorrow morning as a GUI handicapped member. It's a two person team open in Rathcore.

I'm just arriving for my tee hoping the club has my GUI card! Do I need the card or will my number do? Any tips would be welcome.

Cheers

Your number just. Some courses don't ask.

Best of luck

the lawman

Fursttimer wrote: »

Your number just. Some courses don't ask.

Best of luck

Cheers lads. It's my own course so I should be ok. They should have my card by now anyway.

Jul3s

You don't need your GUI card for any course, your number will suffice.

k.p.h

the lawman wrote: »

Cheers lads. It's my own course so I should be ok. They should have my card by now anyway.

If you have your number you can register on the gui website for golfnet and then check your hc also etc.

PARlance

good luck tomorrow

the lawman

ajcurry123 wrote: »

good luck tomorrow

Thanks aj. Played earlier and while I was a little nervous I ended up OK.

Played a two person team event with best ball on each hole and both balls on par threes. We shot a 46 which is just ok and also considering I was off 12 and the guy I was with was off 13.

Good experience and the lads were sound and helped me calm down!

PARlance

the lawman wrote: »

Thanks aj. Played earlier and while I was a little nervous I ended up OK.

Played a two person team event with best ball on each hole and both balls on par threes. We shot a 46 which is just ok and also considering I was off 12 and the guy I was with was off 13.

Good experience and the lads were sound and helped me calm down!

Well done Lawman, however, i dont like you anymore though... Starting off 12

the lawman

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Well done Lawman, however, i dont like you anymore though... Starting off 12

Don't worry aj I don't like me too! Im sure I'll drift out a little soon. What you playing off and what's your target?

My target is to stay at 12 till end of year.

PARlance

the lawman wrote: »

Don't worry aj I don't like me too! Im sure I'll drift out a little soon. What you playing off and what's your target?

My target is to stay at 12 till end of year.

Ah no, fair play that's a great handicap to be starting off on.

Have said that I'll wait till next year to join club/handicap etc, however am beginning to think that there's no real point waiting.
Played a few times last year (every month or so during summer)
This year, and in particular the previous two months, I've been getting some form of golf at least twice a week and thankfully the improvement is coming fast.
Broke 100 for first time last week with a 95 and I'm growing more confident that I can get in or around the 90-95 mark consistently over the next couple of months and hope to be scoring under 90 by end of year.

Might just bite the bullet and go get myself a handicap.

the lawman

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Ah no, fair play that's a great handicap to be starting off on.

Have said that I'll wait till next year to join club/handicap etc, however am beginning to think that there's no real point waiting.
Played a few times last year (every month or so during summer)
This year, and in particular the previous two months, I've been getting some form of golf at least twice a week and thankfully the improvement is coming fast.
Broke 100 for first time last week with a 95 and I'm growing more confident that I can get in or around the 90-95 mark consistently over the next couple of months and hope to be scoring under 90 by end of year.

Might just bite the bullet and go get myself a handicap.

Ring around clubs and I'm sure you get a deal considering there is only really 4 months of golfing weather left in the year. Try join with someone else that normally helps persuade clubs to do a deal.

I'm sure you'll be in the 80's soon just keep working on that short game!!

Good luck with it.