Snowman's Journal, quest for 80s...

+ves and -ves of round 6.

+ves

+ 6 pars!! Therefore managed to par 1/3 of the course.

+ Tee shots were again very solid 9/13 fairways hit.

+ Irons were a lot better than last time.

+ Made some pretty tricky putts.

+ Handicap dropped .5 of a stroke to 23.

+ Nearly got on on 2 on a par 5.

+ Chipping was pretty good.


-ves

- Too many 3 putts again (5)

- Only 4 GIRs.

- Wedge shots poor today

- Need to let go more and forget about bad misses etc.

- Need to address a putt as a putt, rather than a putt for birdie or for par etc. It's a ball, a patch of grass a putter and a hole.

- Putts/GIR was 2.5 again, I am robbing myself of birdies and pars with poor putting.

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Personal bests:
18 holes - 92 (+21 02/08/06), 92 (+20 24/06/07)
9 holes - 43 (+7 02/08/06), 41 (+7 24/06/07)
Putts (18) - 30 (04/09/07)
Putts (9) - 12 (02/08/06)
Fairways - 11/14 ((02/08/06, 24/06/07), 10/13 (09/06/07)
GIR - 4/18 (09/06/07, 24/06/07, 03/07/07, 12/07/07)
Pars in one round - 7 (24/06/07)

Lifetime birdie count - 7 Latest - 03/09/07 - 15th hole Champlain 126 yard par 3
Lifetime eagle count - 1 Latest - 15/06/08 - 4th hole Canadian G&CC 9 hole 481 yard par 5

good shootin snowman
wait till you are 44 in and out!

by course handicap do you mean your handicap adjusted by slope rating?

Cheers, very pleased with the 44, and excited as I still got 44 with 2 3 putts and some terrible pitching. I'm getting closer as I am now scoring consistently in the low 90s.

Course handicap is a thing we have here in North America.

My stroke index (handicap) was 23.5 before the round. You then have to work out what your handicap is for the course (depending on its difficulty).

The slope rating for this course was 117 (113 is considered average).

So (117/113) x (23.5) = 24.3 (round that down to a whole number = 24).

What this does, is to allow for the difficulty of the course when awarding strokes. My par for the day would therefore be 71+24 = 95.

Likewise when I play at a more difficult course (with a 126 slope rating or whatever) my course handicap would be higher.

What this does is allow people to play a bunch of courses with differing difficulties and have a better expectation of what would be a good score for them (i.e net par).
A 24 handicap should not expect to shoot low 90s on a 130 slope rated course.

It also aids in the awarding strokes between players for matchplay.

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Personal bests:
18 holes - 92 (+21 02/08/06), 92 (+20 24/06/07)
9 holes - 43 (+7 02/08/06), 41 (+7 24/06/07)
Putts (18) - 30 (04/09/07)
Putts (9) - 12 (02/08/06)
Fairways - 11/14 ((02/08/06, 24/06/07), 10/13 (09/06/07)
GIR - 4/18 (09/06/07, 24/06/07, 03/07/07, 12/07/07)
Pars in one round - 7 (24/06/07)

Lifetime birdie count - 7 Latest - 03/09/07 - 15th hole Champlain 126 yard par 3
Lifetime eagle count - 1 Latest - 15/06/08 - 4th hole Canadian G&CC 9 hole 481 yard par 5

Thanks slats. Can't wait until I have the consistency to hit 2 good 9s in a row. I am getting there though.

Yes, course handicap is exactly that (explained in more detail above).