Wrap your head around this. I had 29 putts with a 4 putt and a 3 putt

42-40-82

Not too bad considering I had 3 doubles and a triple on the card. Was also my second 18 of the day. When the boss wants to play, you play!

New wedges are securely in the bag now. Took about 2 1/2 rounds to get comfortable. I don't think I missed a single green when they were in my hand. Was hitting em close today, just not close enough for easy birdies.

39-42-81

1 birdie, 2 doubles

Shot about the absolute worst I could today. Just made nothing on the greens. They were rolling a good 1.5 slower than they normally are. That screwed up my green reading big time.

39 - 44 = 83

Fell apart in some brutal 25 mph + wind that just kept changing directions and randomly sitting down or gusting up. Got to love pulling the club I think is correct hitting the shot I think is fine and being 25 yards short.

Brag:
Was a 22 HC in December and now a 15.1

Yesterday I tied my best round of 86.

Today 82!!! 38/44

First round in low 80s and first 9 in 30s.

No birds, 1 double (3putt) and 1 dumb triple on the easiest hole on the course, a short par 3.

9 FIR
6 GIR
32 putts

6343 yards 70.3/121

Congrats! I am also a 15HC and my best round is also an 82. I've been hovering around 15 for a couple of years now. To what do you attribute your rapid drop from 22 to 15 in a few months? New swing, lessons, short game work, etc.?

38 on the front is very impressive, shows the 70s are very attainable. Keep it going!

I'm on my way back up. Was as low as a 4.0 on October 1st and now I am trending to an 8.2. Swing change is more than half of that but I just can't seem to score any more. Plus the 1 or 2 triples+ a round does it too.

And :thumbup mitch!

I suck at golf. Worst strokes gained T:G (-10.8) of the year but best SGP (+3.6) of year for an awful 79.

I was a 18, hurt my back so I had to take 1yr off. When I came back I skyrocketed up to a 22. I’ve been playing a lot so it’s been dropping due to:

Course management, 3w off of the tee= more FIR, relaxing heartbeat and reducing tension. Playing 2-3x per week. As far as the swing: I learned what the difference between sliding and rotating feels like.

The ultimate practice routine thread helped me a year ago. Lately playing with good players has helped me a ton. Also, gambling on golf helps add pressure and you learn to perform under pressure

If anyone can be arsed, would you mind explaining what all the strokes gained stats mean and how they’re measured?


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Those strokes gained are from game golf vs a scratch golfer. They base it on all the people who use the system.

The basis is the same as the pga tour strokes gained but those are based off pga players.

Strokes gained putting is easiest to explain. These aren't exact but just examples. Basically say you expect(scratch golfer) to 2 putt from 33 feet. So if you 2 putt you have zero strokes gained. Now say you have a 25 foot putt. You would expect to have 1.7 putts. If you 2 putt you would lose 0.3 strokes, if you make it you gain 0.7 strokes.

The rest is kind of like that. Say a 390 yard hole a scratch golfer should make a 4. Say I hit a great drive 300 yards in the fairway. Now I have 90 yards and would expect to make a 2.8 from there. I took 1 shot so that means 3.8 compared to 4 so I would gain 0.2 strokes in the off the tee category. Now say you hit it crappy, 240 yards to the rough. Now you have 150 from the rough and would expect to make 3.3 from there. So add the one you took and it is 4.3 so you would loose 0.3 on that tee ball.

It is sort of complicated but it very much tries to eliminate other variables. My numbers come from game golf so I don't do much to get them.

Hopefully that wasn't too complicated

I can't believe I still can't get out to golf yet here in NJ. More snow predicted Sat, with high temps in the low 40s all weekend. Ah well at least there's The Masters to watch. This weather absolutely sucks!

38-41-79
71.3/129/6600y
11/14 FIR, 11/18 GIR, 34 putts

FSGA fourball event at my local course. Our net was a 68, good for 4th/5. Winning score was 65. Finally happy that I had a good tee to green day today. Never really scared the hole for any birdies. A lot of the time I was lagging them up there to preserve par. I think we used two holes from my partner today and had the same score on 4-5 more.

Thanks for taking the time to explain - it’s still pretty confusing and I’m not digesting it all that clearly! I might have to do a little more research.

I’m curious since I follow a lot of professional golf as a fan, and I’d love to understand the stats a little better.

As for measuring my own strokes gained stats... that can wait.


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in a par 3 contest. All holes were 70-90 yards with tucked pins. 1 birdie, 1 bogey, 1 double (lol).

ABCD shamble tomorrow, low 2 net of 4. So basically being the A player I hit my drive then watch all the old **** sandbaggers make a net birdie.

I shot 114 today, with a 2 on my card. Lol.

Playing the tips at a nearby course with a LOT of water and really heavy rough


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Got in a decent amount of golf on vacation this week. 18 Sunday, 27 Monday and Tuesday, 18 on Wednesday. Scorekeeping was not at all accurate and not worth fighting, it was nice to be out. Did shoot a legit (afaik) 84 at Mid Pines on Wednesday.

Ball striking not bad for early season, especially driver. Chipping and pitching was very poor, need a total revamp. Putting also not good.

How did you like it? If you have played Pine Needles how did it compare?

I would say my game was pretty solid today. In our shamble our team shot a -31 113 and 3rd place (-32 won it). Handicaps were:

A (me) - 7
B - 13
C - 16
D - 20

The 13 seemed a little high of a handicap to me but he dd have some blow-up shots that could make it legit. He could hit the ball a ways though so not all of the pressure was on my tee shot.

I self birdied 3 of the par 3's including 2 closest to the pins for $200. I was closest on a 3rd one but was beaten late.

Driver was ON today, only 2 bad swings. Highlight of the day was having 196 into the green of a 520y par 5. Was playing a solid 15 mph downwind.

I'm a big fan of Mid Pines. Have probably played it six or seven times now. It's not as long as Pine Needles (only played there once), there just isn't as much property. Good mix of holes and elevation change. Typical Donald Ross greens, puts a lot of pressure on your short game. It's very well maintained.

Rebounded after yesterday’s gong show with a pretty tidy 90 at my home course. Short game wasnt all that great, left a few chips a little further from the hole than I should but other than that i hit the ball quite well. Only real bad swing was my 7ir off the tee on 17 that I sprayed right leading to an ugly double.
Highlight was my first birdie in a long time on the tough 9th hole - haven’t made a 3 there since Boxing Day 2016!
Drilled a low baby cut to the bottom of the hill, piercing the narrow fairway, left 89m uphill into the wind to a front middle pin (~20m steepish uphill, very hard green to stick to and has a crazy diagonal back to front slope.
Knocked down my 50*, hit it pure and stuck it 12’ below the hole. Cup and a bit worth of break up the hill, committed to my read and hit a really strong put to the middle of the hole. Felt damn good!


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37-37-74 on my par 72 74.4 home course. Legitimately hit 11 putts the way I wanted, and got 0 to go in. Had 5 lip outs.

Bought a new driver, got my 3 wood tipped half an inch, and got 3 new wedges and loved how they all played yesterday. Could have easily shot a 68.

Got my first round in this weekend. 45 degrees and windy but I just wanted to get out there. Swing was actually not too bad. Hit some solid irons, erratic with the driver but swing felt good. Putting and chipping was atrocious. Got par on 18 to break 100, moral victory.

Warm and absurd wind. 105 yard difference on back to back holes(both flushed) into the wind then waiting for a crazy downwind gust(15 and 16). Didn't make any putts.

Been a while since I played in that much wind. Weather had it at 35 mph sustained at its peak while I was on the back. Flags were bending past 45 degrees on gusts. I really love playing in that much wind, so much fun, especially since it was like 73 degrees.


38- 38 =76
30 putts no 3 putts
8/14 FIR
11/18 GIR
3 birdies 3 doubles and a bogey

https://www.gamegolf.com/player/ntan.../round/2082447

SG: + good

T: +0.44
A: -2.96
S: -1.55
P: +0.02