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2019 Golf Goals
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I have a few
- Get back to hitting the ball as I did during the summer when I scored 90 twice.
- Finally break 90 and hopefully more than once.
- Get out to my first Boards Society event.
- Get my 20 handicap down to the teens
- Win a competition at some point. 2nd place and 3rd place this year were only a shot or two away from victory.
- Play a round without a triple bogey
Just re-read this thread and forgot I posted my goals.
I've gotten 2,3,5, and 6 all done and in the one round. If I can do it again in a non-placing round then I'll have all 6 done.
In truth, with placing involved, I don't really count it. Can't seem to break 90 without an asterisk beside it
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OffalyMedic wrote: »Playing nearly a round a week and sometimes more so my goal is going well. New goals are:
1. Keep playing average once a week and hopefully more
2. Win a medal (done on Saturday) ✓
3. Win a gross (also done Saturday)✓
4. Break 80
5. Improve GIR and Putting
6. Get to 10.1 or less (previous best)
7. Play 2 scratch cups
8. Win a Boards Outing
Think they are good goals for now
Break80 will be happy to hear he's a goal of yours 0 -
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kennethrhcp wrote: »Break80 will be happy to hear he's a goal of yours
I think we achieved that on the drive to St Andrews...
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very up and down year for me last year. modest goals for this year
1) get myself down into the teens handicap wise. Currently off 24 and just too inconsistent. Nothing a few lessons probably wont solve but just need to find the time. Driving is the big issue for me. Developed a wicked slice during the year and just haven't been able to work it out.
2) represent my club in competition (bit of work to do, but have a knack for matchplay)
simple goals really
few lessons done and drive is starting to come good again. still no move in the handicap as i havent managed to play a qualifying round yet. But fingers crossed the digits start to drop.
And possibly linked to the above improvement, goal number 2 will be coming to fruition tomorrow in a local derby match between Beaverstown and Donabate Golf Club.0 -
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spacecoyote wrote: »Probably some carry-over from last years goals (which weren't achieved
)- Get to Single Figures (currently 11.6)
- Improve number of Up & Downs (at around 20% currently)
- Get to the majority of Boards Society Outings & Make the Jug Team
- Try retain the Boards Society Captains Prize (think maybe I'd be the first to do that )
- Win a home club competition
Update from me too.
Have hit 9.3, back to 9.4 now, so looking like it wont last long though
Up to 27% for scrambling
Will get to 5 outings with Boards, but Jug might be a struggle at this point
Still fancy my chances for captains
Won a home club event, and almost won 2 in a row, which is what got the handicap down.
Hopefully can consolidate the handicap & hold on to it till the end of the year0 -
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I have a few
- Get back to hitting the ball as I did during the summer when I scored 90 twice.
- Finally break 90 and hopefully more than once.
- Get out to my first Boards Society event.
- Get my 20 handicap down to the teens
- Win a competition at some point. 2nd place and 3rd place this year were only a shot or two away from victory.
- Play a round without a triple bogey
I'm adding to my list as I've hit all the above. Don't think I was all that ambitious really.
New goal is break 85 without placing. I hit 85 with placing earlier in the year and i've had rounds that had the potential.
Win a boards outing. Castleknock and Dooks are my two chances 0 -
1) Get down to single figures from my current handicap of 10.3
The last time I played off 9 was back in 2010 so it would be good to start and finish the decade as a single digit handicapper.
This certainly has not gone to plan.
I started the qualifying season well with a couple of cuts and was down to 9.9 by mid May. I was striking the ball well and felt that single figures was inevitable.
Instead my game has gone backwards. Almost every game since then has been in the 27 - 30 points range and I have only hit the buffer twice in the past 21 rounds.
Handicap is now back to 10.9 and it is only the 10 x 0.1 limit that has stopped it going back to 11.8 0 -
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I guess the season is just about done for everyone now? Qualifying is finished on my home course anyway. So, how did everyone get on?
My list:
Play more boards events, only made a few last year - made 5 in the end, but boy was it worth it
Qualify for Jug team - yep, looking forward to it!
Level par 9 holes on home course - managed to go one under for 9 a couple of weeks ago
> 3 birdies in a competitive round - yep, had 4 in that round above - I've done it twice
Like bigchap; stretch goal would be CAT 1 (9 now) - not quite; got to 5.9 - started the year on 9 so going well!
A separate mini goal I had was to birdie every hole on my course (in competition). It took a surprisingly long time - 57th round where I finally got the last one ticked off the list (a par 3 that's not that hard, just wouldn't go in!)
Have started thinking about next steps and goals for 2020. To start with I'm going out to get a golf specific fitness assessment/plan next week to give me something to work on over the winter months...0 -
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Mantis Toboggan wrote: »Off the back of a really poor year. Goals are similar to last year.
Get to single figures - currently off 12
Practice more and play less competitions
Get lessons
Figure out a putting stroke
Play more strategically around the course
Hope to get around and play a few links courses
Get back to shooting low 80`s or even brake it
Easy..
Unfortunately another poor year for me :mad:
Singles figures a long way off - moved out to 13
Did get 2 lessons, worked out a decent chipping game.
Putting was very poor especially on the faster greens, got a new putter - no improvement.
Playing more strategically is a work in progress, getting better at it but all my instincts are to go for everything.
Barely played another course apart from my own all year.
Low 80's...no chance :pac: best round all year was 85 - worst 96.
Will wait until the new year before deciding goals for next year although with a baby on the way just getting a couple of rounds in will be a success.Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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I never contributed to the thread earlier in the year.
I did have one goal this year and that was to improve my handicap, maybe pick up a few prizes.
Started at the year at 11.7. It wasn't long before I was at 12.7. Indeed if more than 1 shot increase was still allowed, I probably would have been all the way out to 13.4 I think. I was hitting it well, but not really scoring save for a few casual & society games.
Finally put a couple of rounds together recently.
Handicap is now 11.6...……. I won't say goal achieved just yet as hopefully there is more golf to play, but it is looking good
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1. Play more.
2. Score 36 points or more. Highest so far has been 32.
3. Get cut. Never been good enough to get cut before so a cut of any description will do.
Looking back now, they weren’t the most ambitious of goals although at the time they looked pretty much impossible for me to achieve 😎
Anyway, achieved all of the above, with bells on! Have played approx 40 rounds between comps, society and casual so that’s petty much double the previous year!!
Scored 39 points three times even managing to scratch the 18th on two of them
Need to sort out the mental stuff!!
Four cuts from from 20 to 17. Back to 18 now and not playing great unfortunately. Hopefully another cut before the year is out.
Next years goals will be a little bit more ambitious 0 -
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Try and play a small draw that goes out a yard or two but comes back to centre by the time it lands, especially off the tee
Oh right, you could have just said learn to draw the ball haha
I actual thought you were planning to run some kind of marketing campaign to promote a draw you were running In order to get get rid of an excess child 0 -
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spacecoyote wrote: »Probably some carry-over from last years goals (which weren't achieved)
- Get to Single Figures (currently 11.6) - Finished year at 9.6. Hit single figures briefly. Couldn't hold on to it though
- Improve number of Up & Downs (at around 20% currently) - Finished at 22%, so not great. Went to a short game lesson a few weeks ago, so hopefully will pick up
- Get to the majority of Boards Society Outings & Make the Jug Team - Made the Jug team & won our match, but had to rely on a Captain's pick
- Try retain the Boards Society Captains Prize (think maybe I'd be the first to do that ) - Finished as Runner-up, thought I had managed it, except for that bloody Alanm fella
- Win a home club competitionPicked up a couple. Won a gross prize. Won my class in the Captains prize & one of the medals. Won our club swap with New Forest. Was also on the team that won the final day of our winter league
End of year update. Pretty good overall0 -
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