How did you score in your last round? - 2021

Mantis Toboggan · 09-05-2021 6:13pm

First comp back yesterday, teed off at 7.30 in a Gael with torrential rain, rain eased at times but the 18 holes was a complete slog especially as I didn't play particularly well.

18 points on the front 11 on the back.
93 strokes
7/14 FIR
3/18 GIR
36 putts.

GIR lowest ever possibly just couldn't adjust to the wind and ball just wasn't travelling as far in the rain. 4 doubles on the back 9 was bleak. No adjustment to the handicap.

rickis tache · 09-05-2021 6:42pm

87 strokes for a nett score of 75.
1 birdie
7 pars
5 bogeys
4 dbl bogey
1 triple bogey.
34 putts.

Really tough conditions with a 2/3 club wind and very heavy showers. Had to carry bag too which I really felt over the last 6 holes.

willabur · 09-05-2021 8:46pm

27 points 11/16
Super tough conditions. Wind was there all day long with rain for first hour. Played some pure stupid shots at times, especially front 9. Pulled it together somewhat on the back 9. Managed to chalk in my longest drive ever, 347 yards wind assisted.

Poor score aside, super enjoyable round of golf. A few hero shots came off which always makes it worthwhile

blue note · 10-05-2021 9:24am

25 points yesterday off 16. It was a mix of tough conditions (huge wind), some rusty golf (4 bad three putts), and some brutal golf (5 lost balls from the tee on 3 holes).

One interesting thing I noticed is that even though I was submitting a card I played differently to playing in a comp. Basically I hit driver on 3 holes (5 lost balls) when I pretty much never would in a competition in that wind (unless I was playing crap anyway). I didn't intend to until standing on the tee.

Motivator · 10-05-2021 10:28am

Still on practice mode until the competitions kick back in so I decided to brave the elements yesterday and play in the gale force wind.

16 points on the long 9 holes on our course yesterday was serious going. Our index 2 is a dogleg par 4 which normally if I get a good drive away it’s a 7 iron to the green. Yesterday I gave my drive everything and I had to hit a 5 wood to the green and was still short. Windy conditions, while obviously unpleasant, are a serious test of golf and to walk off with 16 points for 9 holes I was delighted.

A very good score on those 9 holes when conditions are ideal is 20/21 points so to be anywhere near that in terrible weather is a great confidence boost. I hit two bad shots in 9 holes and the rest I was happy about. My putting is terrible but the greens seem to be changing every day due to wind, rain, sun or dew so there has been no two days the same since we’ve got back playing. The things I was worried about last week - my alignment and my driving - seem to be improving each hole I play so I’m confident of making a real run at things this summer and looking to get my handicap right down. I think I’m capable of losing 4 or 5 shots definitely before September and that’s purely based on how well my ball striking has been. I’ll need to sort my putting but I think seeing some consistency with the greens themselves will bring that improvement on and the rest is just practice.

token56 · 10-05-2021 2:42pm

Playing off 24 I had 37 points in my last round. I wouldn't mind but I started great and had 12 points after 4 holes being 1 over but fell apart in the middle of the round.

My biggest issue is just that lack of consistency and concentration throughout the round. I know I can do a lot better.

Lefty2Guns · 10-05-2021 2:51pm

Won my first competition at the weekend.

38 points on a windy Arklow course.
18 Front
20 Back

Delighted with my first win.

coillcam · 10-05-2021 3:52pm

Got a front 9 in this morning with a few mates for a friendly fiver four-ball. Had 2 GIRs and ended up with 3 pars. Didn't record the round as I didn't need to putt each hole in this format but it should have been the mid 40s.

Will definitely need to spend some time at the range dialing in my distances as I'm now quite often hitting 1 club past the hole/landing area. One of the lads said I'm striking more consistently and rotating through impact better. Largely just from playing more often.

I fully understand that there isn't linear progression in scoring over time and expect a plateau is on the way. Nonetheless, I'm loving the newbie gains. Three pars in an 18 hole round was a dream last winter never mind 9 holes.

IAmTitleist · 13-05-2021 10:16am

Playing off 8 i shot +16 last night.

Absolutely demoralising.

Drove the ball about as well as i ever have, irons were good. Chipping and putting were a joke, confidence on the greens is gone. Putting is usually my strongest point.

Golf is stupidly hard.

Neewollah · 13-05-2021 9:40pm

72 strokes....1 over par off 6

3 birdies,
4 bogeys,
11 pars.

41 points

Feel like i left an under par slip with 2 three putts but driving the ball great. Irons were still a bit hit and miss and putting needs a bit of work but happy all round.

15-05-2021 3:41pm

29pts off 23, putting killed me today, too many doubles and 3 putts

redzerdrog · 15-05-2021 8:59pm

I had 42 putts today, 42 putts!!!

91 strokes and 42 of them were putts

Yes 42 putts

coillcam · 15-05-2021 9:44pm

Shot 98 today which would have been 31 points.

5 pars
7 bogeys
1 double
5 triples or worse.
35 putts

This is my best 18 hole score by 1. However I'm a little dissapointed as I really blew up a few holes and had a great chance to shoot close to 90. Had 5 GIRs and 5 pars which are also new personal bests.

Neewollah · 15-05-2021 10:21pm

Shot 77 today off 6 for 36 points.

Playing really solid.

0 birdies,
13 pars,
4 bogeys,
1 double.

No real luck on the greens. 34 putts with no 3 putts. Lipped out a few times for birdie.

Delighted with my driving all round but 2 ended up in the water today which did a bit of damage.

tommyombomb · 15-05-2021 10:46pm

redzerdrog wrote: »

I had 42 putts today, 42 putts!!!

91 strokes and 42 of them were putts

Yes 42 putts

Mad stuff isnt it. Putting is becoming a real problem for me recently. I am shooting around 105 to 110 recently and floating in the 40s also.

Only positive is my chipping is improving so definately will be breaking 40 putts soon.

Wichita Lineman · 16-05-2021 4:21pm

Nett 73 off 18 in our first strokeplay event of the season. Delighted with that as I've had 4 very poor rounds recently. Light at the end of the tunnel!

Mantis Toboggan · 16-05-2021 5:37pm

89 strokes, 34 points off 15.

1 birdie
3 pars
11 bogies
2 doubles
1 triple

10/14 FIR
5/18 GIR
36 putts

Very good off the tee, hit alot of fairways, most in a longtime but didn't take advantage. 9 bogies in a row so I was consistent. Two poor lay ups on 2 par 5's cost me big time. Disappointed to scratch the last. Slowly improving though, hopefully get level 2's and a cut soon.

dconnolly81 · 16-05-2021 7:09pm

Had my best ever round today 76 gross playing off 10. Left a lot of birdies out there but will not complain hopefully its a sign of whats to come this season

16-05-2021 8:18pm

Much better round today, 41pts off 24, lag putting very poor again and had 41 putts so alot of room for improvement. Driving and approach play in general much better, missing in the right places.

rickis tache · 16-05-2021 8:30pm

Another round with the whole bag used.
32 points off 13 from the tips.
16 out and back.
Still think there's a huge score coming..... hopefully soon.

willabur · 16-05-2021 9:16pm

2 rounds to report

73 shots, 7 over - 40 points
85 shots, 19 over - 28 points

First round no birdies, no double bogies
Second round, 4 birdies, 7 scratched holes

Golf is a mad game

Salvation Tambourine · 17-05-2021 9:50am

My goal for 2021 is to consistently hit under 100. I'm relatively new to golf, started playing properly in the last couple of years. I've not natural swing though so very much learning as I go. I've my first lesson on Wednesday so hopefully that'll help me.

I've played two rounds in 2021. 99 & 95 strokes, 37 & 41 points off of 29. Played Silloge both times so a forgiving enough course.

I've another round to play on Friday so hoping I can knock a couple more shots off as I duffed a few that I really had no excuse in doing. Slowly getting there. One more round over 36 points and I'll drop the handicap down.

mighty magpie · 17-05-2021 11:19am

Decent weekend.

Saturday finished +2 for my best round yet at home course (have two level par rounds at previous course, never hit +1)

41 points, Tied 3rd overall and got my category prize. 23 points on our tougher front 9.

2 Birdies
13 Pars
2 Bogeys
1 Double (duffed driver and wedge on 10 when sitting -1)

9 GIR
6 up and downs
28 putts (missed 2 x 4 footers)

Sunday +8 for 35 points.
Disappointing round as i was level through 6 and ahead of handicap with 4 to play.

Handicap index down to 6.1 then 5.9.

ClutchIt · 17-05-2021 12:18pm

Shot 89 on Sat. First round under 90. Delira.

willabur · 17-05-2021 2:08pm

ClutchIt wrote: »

Shot 89 on Sat. First round under 90. Delira.

were you aware your last stroke was to break the seal? or were you blissfully unaware until you totted them all up?

KevH1984 · 17-05-2021 3:10pm

First strokeplay event of the year over the weekend, 76 gross off 2. Was a bit of a mad round, never hit a fairway until the 15th which is very unlike me. Putting wasn't great either, made 1 putt over 5 feet all day. Somehow was level par playing 13, drive pushed right in to trees. Gap there to either lay up 60 yards short or take on the hero shot with a big slice to get it towards the green. Of course the hero shot was hit, came off the trees and OB right. Kicking myself afterwards, I'd always try hit the shot if it's on. Big lesson there, take your medicine at the right time and looking back there was zero value trying to hit the shot I did. Bogeyed the next too as I was thick.

All in all had 1 birdie, 2 bogeys 1 treble and 14 pars for +4. In hindsight if I shot any better it would have been robbery. It was not all bad however as my chipping and pitching was excellent, got up and down 7 or 8 times due to my bad driving. I've a feeling a really low score is on the cards shortly once my driver and putter behave a little bit better.

Kiith · 17-05-2021 4:13pm

Been a pretty mixed bag since i have been back. Driving very hit and miss till i think i figured something out at the weekend, and my mid range irons are good. Long irons and short chips around the green have been very poor. Mostly high 20/low 30 point rounds, with a whopping 22 in my first competition.

Did shoot 85 strokes on Saturday morning though, which is the first time playing to my handicap since the restart.

blue note · 17-05-2021 4:42pm

Oh boy. Usually I come in from my rounds feeling I didn't strike the ball too badly in spite of my terrible score. Not the case yesterday. 22 points overall. I shanked two 9 irons on the first tee. And the round largely continued like that.

I parred our index 1 at least. First time in competition for me so at least there was a positive in the round. And on the 16th hole (after me slicing my drive OB my partner offered me swing advice. He said I wasn't rotating. Which made perfect sense - I meant I was coming from out to in and hitting down extremely steeply on the ball, so there was no room for being off on my timing. I was also coming up about a club short all day and again it added up - if I wasn't rotating I wasn't getting the power into my swing. And I played the last two holes perfectly. Nine iron to about 10 feet on the 17th, 3w and wedge to about 12 feet on 18. Shaved past the hole on both to miss the birdie but at least finished with a couple of pars.

It's such a funny game though. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong and it absolutely killed me. It wasn't a huge thing, certainly wasn't a huge thing to fix. So in spite of the fact that in those conditions the worst I'd fear that I'd score would be high 20s and I came in with 22, I'm not completely crestfallen.

That said, I got back into the game a year and a half ago. They gave me a handicap of 14. After some very up and down rounds I went out to 15, but then I strung together a half dozen decent rounds. I came down to 13 and pretty much assumed I on my way back to where I was when I put the clubs into the garage back in 2014. Then I had about 10 rounds where I was either in the buffer or got .1 back. I went back to 14. The new handicap system came in and recalculated me as 17. And if I don't get my act together I'll be off 20 before I know it. And entirely deserve it. I played with a 32 handicapper yesterday who took less shots than me.

ClutchIt · 18-05-2021 2:54pm

willabur wrote: »

were you aware your last stroke was to break the seal? or were you blissfully unaware until you totted them all up?

Blissfully unaware thankfully! Though my last stroke was a 2 inch putt after missing a 4 footer

macslash · 19-05-2021 4:15pm

Won my first competition at the weekend with 39points. Won on BD aswell! Wasn't expecting it, but delighted to get my maiden win. Only started playing properly last year. Goal for the rest of the year is to reduce the HI, slowly and surely!!

willabur · 19-05-2021 5:39pm

ClutchIt wrote: »

Blissfully unaware thankfully! Though my last stroke was a 2 inch putt after missing a 4 footer

ha, I am glad it was for 89

youcancallmeal · 19-05-2021 8:44pm

Shot 87(37 points) off 17 in my first competition since September. Nearly all good tee shots bar 1 hole. Chipping and putting quite good, did half an hour practice before tee time which helped I guess. My irons from 4 to pw are a complete lottery, chunks, thins, slices and a full on shank where I lost my only ball of the round. Need to get iron lessons I think to try and find some consistency.

finglashoop · 19-05-2021 9:05pm

11 points on the front, was ready to get back in the car
21 on the back

front was atrocious off the tee off the fairway and on the green.

8x 3 putts overall. 6 on the front. putter was stone cold. for pace and read all day

we were a two behind a groups of fours. as soon as the pace picked up so did my game. really struggle when waiting on tee boxes

Wichita Lineman · 20-05-2021 10:51pm

Had 29pts after 13 holes today

and then the heavens absolutely opened and it lashed on us. I ended up with 32pts for the 18.

coillcam · 22-05-2021 2:17pm

Shot 90 today (Course HC 22 / WHS HC 19.9). I think it was 41 points on the Golf Ireland app.

6 pars (new PB)
8 bogeys
2 doubles
2 triples
2 penalties (1x OB from the tee and shanked a 2nd on par 5)

Absolutely over the moon. This is 8 shots of improvement over my previous best score (98 last week). I didn't leave too many shots out there.

I got fitted for a new driver TSi3 with a stiff shaft last week (previously using reg on the old driver). It's completely changed my confidence from the tee. Definitely longer and straighter. More importantly, my misses are much less punishing.

I checked my HC on the Golf Ireland app after uploading this score and it dropped to 13.6 which is laughable. I still haven't enough scores recorded for it even out accurately. In a month I've gone from 21.1 -> 19.9 -> 13.6. I guess I won't have a chance to place in a comp for a while :pac:

The new target for 2021 is to break 85 and consistently shoot in the 80s.

dconnolly81 · 22-05-2021 3:13pm

After shooting my best ever score last weekend 6 over off 10 I played on Wednesday 1st competition of the year and went out and won that with 37 points 9 over. Thought i was gone after the shocking front 9 was 8 over (15 points) then hit the back 9 and went 1 over (22 points) was fairly shocked that that won it was expecting someone to come in with 40 odd points. Down now to 9.1 a cut of .5 . Going in the right direction so happy out

dan_ep82 · 23-05-2021 9:04am

My best non casual round so far this year, had a 79 in a casual which was my best round in years, playing partner wasn't a GUI member so couldn't submit it unfortunately. I had an 89 and a 97 (

) aswell over the last few weeks that did count.

Some parts of my golf are really good at the minute relative to me but others still are not what they were compared to 2019/2020. My short game isn't quite as sharp with no real greens to practice on apart from the 15 minutes before tee'ing off.

Lesson Monday to see what I'm doing wrong as I'm still having quite a few toe strikes and heavy iron shots.

swededmonkey · 23-05-2021 8:54pm

An incredibly frustrating round this week. Started with 16 points for the first 6 holes and felt great and then the wheels came off with 5 points for the next 6 holes finishing with a poor 31 points.

My biggest issue was there wasn't one thing that was costing me scores. Just bad decision making a lot of the time

rickis tache · 23-05-2021 9:22pm

27 points off 12.
Played in a 2ball and I just got bored.
Decent start par, bogey,bogey but the we were let play through by the group in front. Cracking drive left with a short iron only to slice it into a green side bunker against the lip with no shot. Then thin it over the green to long grass and lost. Didn't bother to drop a ball and walked on to next tee. For whatever reason I gave up then. 3 more scratches and no chance of getting back on track.
Still going to play in the morning though.

Wichita Lineman · 24-05-2021 7:54am

35 pts off 19 yesterday which was yet another one of my rounds of two halves in that I had 22 on the front 9 then fell apart with 3pts in the next 4 holes before recovering over the final 5. One of these days it will click for 18 holes!

martinkop · 24-05-2021 9:28am

39 off 16.
Started very well, 23 on the front. But game went then, really struggled with all clubs bar putter on back 9. Surprised i managed to get 16 pts. Chipping is brutal, so bad I used a putter on 17th from 40 yards out :eek:

Inter club practice starting this week so that should help sharpen the game.

Ivefoundgod · 24-05-2021 9:33am

First round submitted as part of handicap process Saturday. Shot 93 which I was ok with but a lot of really stupid shots dropped, couple of 3 putts and fluffed chips were frustrating. Lost 4 balls, 3 off the tee and one of which was on a par 3 which is really not good. My driver was all over the place generally with a two way miss at times. I hadn't sliced a ball off the tee since we got back golfing but I had 2/3 wild slices today which was both annoying and confusing. Positives were my irons were going pretty well, didn't hit many GIR due to poor driving but was almost always up there around the green so had chances for par on most holes.

Long way to go but hoping to be able to break 90 fairly regularly by the end of the year and look at trying to break 80 next year if I can manage that.

Salvation Tambourine · 24-05-2021 9:59am

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

Kiith · 24-05-2021 11:51am

25 points on Saturday. 18 on the front 9, 7 on the back. Absolutely fell apart after playing some good golf. Long irons are killing me.

Gonna try get a lesson this week, then spend some time on the range to try and figure it out.

blue note · 24-05-2021 12:00pm

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

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.

DuckSlice · 24-05-2021 12:28pm

Second round after a lesson, working more on having the club face closed on the downswing to encourage me to rotate more and stop me flipping the club.

Last week I had 26pts for 15 holes. Played all sorts of rubbish, didnt hit one fairway. Was OB twice, couldnt get the speed of the greens or hole a putt. Expected after a lesson i suppose when the feel is completely different.

Saturday was the complete opposite on the greens, and approach play was improved a lot and chipping was fantastic.
6/14 FIR
6/18 GIR
27 Putts
75(+4) off nine.

Delighted with how i played, iron shots felt so much solider and pure.
Need to work on the swing changes from the lesson more this week. I know this could be a lucky round and not too much to do with the lesson because its probably the 27 putts that got me the good round, but im feeling positive of beating my PB which is 74(+3) this year.

Lefty2Guns · 26-05-2021 8:38am

30 points yesterday.

15 front
15 back

Poor course management on a few holes led to scratches.

Salvation Tambourine · 26-05-2021 9:24am

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.

I reckon I'll play a couple more rounds and then pop it into some sort of calculator and see what comes out. Cheers for the advice though

Frisbee · 26-05-2021 11:00am

30 points yesterday. 13/17.

Running theme since coming back.

Putting & short game - Great
Driver & Woods - Ok
Irons - Ball goes backwards

Just can't get the irons fixed, have had a few lessons and have been hitting the range a lot but it's just not getting any better.

youcancallmeal · 26-05-2021 9:11pm

38 points off 17. Could've been a lot more but I scratched the first and last holes due to terrible chipping, also missed 3 shorts putts. Holed out from 100 yards on index 1 for a birdie which was nice. Game is in good shape and mostly consistent, hoping to get down to 14/15 by end of the summer

How did you score in your last round? - 2021

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