What's your golf handicap?

[AB]

Is there/has there ever been a PH Golf Society?

I play off 14. Best round probably an 81.

What about you?

[Adenauer]

My swing, ayefankyou

[Rawwr]

Rickets.

[Tycho]

I can play off about 12 without any practice and playing once every few months. Recon with a bit of practice and playing every other week I could get to 6/7ish.

[craggers]

8 - play about 4-6 times a year.

[chunkymonkey71]

being long sighted and having short arms...

[disco1]

Right, question on handicaps:

How on earth do you have single figure handicaps if you only play a few times a year? Handicaps are given out off the back of club sanctioned competitions with adjustments for weather/best rounds..etc...etc? If you're not a member of a club/play comps you can't have one shirley?

Or are we talking about assumed handicaps? If so I'm probably around 20

[Ron Burgundy]

9 , could be five if i have a round without a fk up

[sjc]

Was off 4 when I left my last club due to having the kids. Unfortunately in spite of the fact that I've played no mre than 20 rounds in the last 4 years,my bd mates still play me off that when we meet up for the weekends away/odd jolly etc! Still, gives them a laugh!

[Tycho]

disco1 said:

Right, question on handicaps:

How on earth do you have single figure handicaps if you only play a few times a year? Handicaps are given out off the back of club sanctioned competitions with adjustments for weather/best rounds..etc...etc? If you're not a member of a club/play comps you can't have one shirley?

Or are we talking about assumed handicaps? If so I'm probably around 20

Mine is an assumed handicap so I don't muller my playing partners who have proper handicaps.

[croyde]

About 60 if I'm lucky.

I spent last year practicing nearly every day and I have got thoroughly fed up with it.

Anybody want to buy my clubs?

[Tycho]

croyde said:

About 60 if I'm lucky.

I spent last year practicing nearly every day and I have got thoroughly fed up with it.

Anybody want to buy my clubs?

No thanks they sound like they're broken

Edited by Tycho on Tuesday 10th February 18:40

[croyde]

Ahhhh! That must be it

[steve z]

8 when I left my last club, but then had kids so now only play about 6 or 7 times a year and can play to about 14.

[Tycho]

croyde said:

Ahhhh! That must be it

Did you get any lessons to begin with? If not then it is so much more difficult to get decent scores IMO. I had a great teacher who stopped me getting many bad habits and I only used a 7 iron for the first 3 or 4 months of lessons. Then I had about 1 lesson a week and a session at the range practice. I believe it helped me build up muscle memory and I can hold a conversation when I'm swinging as I don't have to think about what I'm doing.

[croyde]

I had some lessons at the beginning by a Pro. he was very good in that he got me hitting the ball correctly and in roughly the right direction. I have spent hours and hours on various ranges where sometimes I'm ok and then I'm ste.

I have played on my local 9 hole in London thus very narrow fairways and I have got par once or twice on Par 3 and 4s but more often 6 and 8 to get in the hole and sometimes more.

I injured my shoulder last Nov through work so I have not attempted to play since then but upto then I was suddenly hitting everything left.

Oh and whether I used a 7,6,5 or my driver, distance was always the same with a good hit, about 130/150 yards.

I just think that some people are just naturally ste at golf and I'm one of them

[homicide]

Golf club and golf balls are definately my handicap!!

[CO2000]

sjc said:

Was off 4 when I left my last club due to having the kids. Unfortunately in spite of the fact that I've played no mre than 20 rounds in the last 4 years,my bd mates still play me off that when we meet up for the weekends away/odd jolly etc! Still, gives them a laugh!

How much have you slipped ? bet there's a good chance your still single figures.

I'm off 6.6 but after winter break (5 Months give or take) usually break 80 in the first round or 2 (Par 69) Your course managemant doesn't usually suffer with a lay off & that is what saves a good No of strokes per round compared to Dave "grip it & rip it" Driver (at every hole)

[GTO-3R]

I play off scratch, just getting back into it after a years lay off. Used to be a pro on the EuroPro & Challenge tour

[CO2000]

GTO-3R said:

I play off scratch, just getting back into it after a years lay off. Used to be a pro on the EuroPro & Challenge tour

Nice one, do you know/ever played with Paul McKechnie from Braid Hills ?

I played in a pro am with him last year - Nice Guy & a really nice swing.