Kiith wrote: » Played 5 holes tonight, lost 5 balls.Started on the 10th, sliced it onto the 9th fairway. Lost a ball on the 2nd shot trying to get back into play. Onto the 11th hole, sliced it onto the 9th fairway. Lost a ball on the 2nd shot trying to get back into play. Also lost my 2nd ball after shanking it over the green. 12th hole, sliced it onto the 15th fairway. Lost a ball on the 2nd shot trying to get back into play. Skipped to 15 as there was a 4 ball on 13, sliced my drive onto the 12th hole and couldn't find the drive. Called it then, but played the 18th hole as its on the way back, stuck it to 8 feet with my 5 iron, 2 putt for par. Got a 99 on the way home though, so it wasn't all bad :pac:
blue note wrote: » Why don't you just keep track of your scores and use the new handicap system to calculate a handicap for yourself? You don't have to do it exactly, I wouldn't bother overcomplicating it to be honest. But after 3 rounds I think you take your lowest score and use that as your handicap. So if it was +20, give yourself a handicap of 20. The more rounds you play, you'll use the average of your lowest x amount of rounds. I think after 4 it's the average of your lowest 2 rounds minus one. You can look up the table. There are adjustments for the course you're playing and conditions and format, but don't overcomplicate it for yourself. Although it might be worth adjusting any huge scores to a triple bogey, just so you don't have a 12 giving you an extra couple of shots on your handicap.
Salvation Tambourine wrote: » Played three rounds since we've come back. All in Silloge, I'm not a member anywhere and it's a public course. It's not a difficult course and it's fairly forgiving. My goal this year was to consistently shot under 100. So far I've shot 99, 95 and 92 so I'm making great progress. 44 points in my last round, 27 of those on the back nine. I had been playing off 29 but a friend suggested I drop to 25 and see how that goes. Playing again this coming Friday so hopefully more improvement. I am a little concerned that I'm only really playing an easy enough course but it's all about improving the swing and fundamentals for now