Finally broke 100 at my home course Wednesday. Down to a 30 hcap (was at 36 6 weeks ago) and shot 98 off the stick, 40 stableford points.

2 pars, 2 triples, one quadruple. 36 putts.

Still hitting the ball so bad tho, especially on the fairways. I guess my scores keep getting better on account of my wedge play.

G.A hcap after that round is now 24.4, so will be <30 for the first time.

List of goals I set since I joined in August:

[x] below 36
[x] below 30
[ ] 26 by 1 year anniversary of join date
[ ] <18 before the end of 2017
[x] shoot <110
[x] shoot <100
[ ] shoot <90

38-40--78

Was gonna take the day off but I had to see if I could back-up my 78 from yesterday. Did it on the tougher course today too.

3 birdies
7 pars
7 bogeys
1 double

11/14 fairways, 9/18 greens, 32 putts

Didn't hit the ball nearly as good as I did yesterday but I made some putts so it all evens out. The real test is when I play my money game Sunday morning.

Amazing how making some birdies lowers your score!

39 (par 35). 1 birdie, 1 double bogey.

Casual evening round. Didn't play notably well but not bad either.

77. Started off bogeying the first 4 holes and had a double on the back 9. Need to get the mistakes cleared up.

43-45-88. No birdies, 5 double bogeys. 4/13 fairways, 9/18 greens, 42 putts

I'm surprised it was only 42. Putting was just awful. With the long game some shots were good, some were awful. If there was some kind of adequate shot index today would have been right about 50%.

Tough greens, fast greens bad greens?

Greens are a little on the slow side, but that really wasn't a factor. Stroke was way off, never had a consistent idea how the ball was going to come off the face. Missed left, right, long. Missed at least six putts inside 4 feet.

29 stablford points would have been about 98.

Three horrible tee shots one hole where I forgot how to hit the ball completely and some poor putting and chipping ruined what was other wise an acceptable round.

3 pars, 5 bogeys, 7 doubles, 3 worse.

39-43-82

2 birdies, 6 pars, 8 bogeys, 2 doubles.

Putting when money is on the line is infinitely more difficult. 3 3-putts including missing one from about 2.5 feet.

39-46-85. 1 birdie, 3 double bogeys, 1 triple. 5/13 fairways, 7/18 greens, 30 putts.

Ball striking went AWOL mid-round. First three drivers of the day were so pure, then the rest sucked. Chipping and pitching continues to be a massive leak. Putting was better - I think I was getting my hands slightly ahead yesterday - but total putts kept down by 3 or 4 non-putts from the fringe.

Adequate full shot index 24/37 (64.9%)

i find it about 100x easier. i can't make a 4-footer in a casual round as often as i make 15 footers when it's for money

How are your stableford points assigned? Just curious as that number is much higher than it would be in the format I usually play.

T5 in golf and 2nd in pool. Not good enough for overall (only top 3 got paid), but got paid in the pool portion. Nother one next month. Need to score better in golf.

I was wondering the same thing. The way I know to score it would come out to -35 so obviously I'm missing something.

Full handicap 21 in my case, So stroke index 4 to 18 I get one shot 1 to 3 two shots.
1 point for a net bogey, 2 for a par etc.

Ah ok so it's net.

We handicap our stableford events a little differently. We do a quota system where lower handicap players have a higher quota. It's roughly your course handicap subtracted from 36 so a 10 handicap has to make 26 but a 20 has to make 16. Winner of the event is whoever has the higher point total relative to his quota.

We have a quota group at our club as well (called the Q group obv.). Never knew how that worked. I played with a guy who was 70 this past weekend in my regular group (he is a 14 cap). He said he used to play in the quota game until he shot 74 when he was 74 with 4 birdies. He didn't win a dime, quit playing with them after that.

Long story short, if your regular game has to use a spreadsheet to figure out who wins, it's too complicated.

If that's an accurate description, it favors the high handicappers immensely.

Yes it is accurate and yes it does favor higher handicappers, especially in 9 hole league play. Certainly easier for a guy who needs 5 points in a 9 hole match to luck in a 4 point birdie and a few bogeys to be +1, where a 13 has a lot more work to do.

To try to minimize sandbagging both the league and quota group that use this format at our club maintain a quota average. So your initial quota is calculated as above, but after a few rounds your quota is based on your performance in the quota matches. That way you can't pad your handicap with a bunch of casual bad rounds, then shoot lights out when money's on the line.

41-41-82

One of my courses is being aerated so I played a local public track. Had a free round there and they had just punched the greens < 1 week ago. Auto 2-putt was on, although I don't think I would have 3-putted.

1 birdie, 8 pars, 7 bogeys, 2 doubles

Hit the ball pretty bad off the tee. 3 consecutive holes I went pull, straight, push. Consistent.

40-36-76

Par 71; Slope 138 and Rating 71.7

doubled the first two holes and basically gave up on my round, then finished the front with 7 pars. started the back with a bogey, birdie, and then 6 pars. missed my 4 footer on 18 for par

If I ever get good at bunker play and short putts I'm pretty confident I'll reach scratch. Currently 4.9 index and falling.

42-40-82.

First time I've walked 18 in over 3 months. 8 bogeys and a double on a short par 5, took 5 to get down from a 30 yard bunker shot.

8/14 fairways (5/9 driver)
9/18 greens
36 putts smh 4 3-jacks

44 (par 37). No birdies, 3 double bogeys.

A couple sprayed drives and a fried egg bunker shot. Too many doubles.

Played terrible today, worst I've played in a couple months easy. Had a couple of bright spots but mostly ugly.

Was a 4 ball, best two ball multiplier today and I booked three mates in with me. We played off 14, 20, 23 and me at 29. Finished with a team score of 123, with the next nearest score being 90. Should be a lock to win it. On the fourth (index 2) we had the 20hcap drain a 30-footer for birdie and 5 points, with the 23hcap and myself within 15 feet putting for par (4points). First guy sinks his so we lock in a 20-point hole!
For the rest of the round, we all played pretty damn average individually, but still managed to pull out scores. With two players wiping 6, we still had 9 points after the other two of us make par. Great team play all round.

Individually, I shot 51-52-103 for 34 points (two wipes). Only hit one fairway with my driver - it was gross. Really strong wind turned my fade into a full blown slice.

3 pars, 36 putts - 12 of which were tap-ins within 1 foot.

Handicap continues to come down, and I'm seeing glimpses of what I'm capable of, but just not there yet. It is coming though!