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This question is only for those with a 17 and higher handicap

I am interested in finding out how many GIR's on average higher handicappers get during a 18 hole round of golf.

For me personally, I don't get a whole lot of GIR's, but I am getting more now than in the past simply because I have my driving game working decently for me and am hitting the majority of FW's on my tee shots. For myself I average only about 4 GIR's per round and my current handicap is at 19. I play from the middle (white) tees.

Oh, BTW, it would be helpful if you could post which tees or yardage do you normally play from
 
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I'm at 27 right now and The Grint tells me I'm at 13% (2.3 GIR) since I started using it in 2016, and 14% (2.6 GIR) for my last 20 rounds.
 
Very few. Even Par 3's usually leave me short. When your good drives are 150yds you have a lot of distance to make up. I keep reminding myself - Par is the number of strokes that an expert (scratch) golfer should have to get the ball in the hole.
 
I'm not sure whether I still qualify as a high handicapper or not. I shot 91 today on a very difficult course, but I'm in the 80's more often than not. I hit 8 greens today.
 
I don't know my handicap but right now I shoot in the mid 90s. I will shoot in the 100s on a rough day.. According to 18 Birdies, over my last 5 rounds I've hit 23% GIR. My scores are generally high because of blow up holes (double bogey or worse) and penalties (lost balls, etc). On mymy last round I shot 99 with 9 GIR (Ugh)

Addendum: I play from the White tees, which are one step below the pro tees About 6100 yards with 68ish rating) . I should be ayong closer, but my playing partner likes to play from there.
 
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I lack enough distance off the tee to get enough greens. I'm always left with a long 2nd shot so I hit about 20% on a round.
 
Maric said:
Very few. Even Par 3's usually leave me short. When your good drives are 150yds you have a lot of distance to make up. I keep reminding myself - Par is the number of strokes that an expert (scratch) golfer should have to get the ball in the hole.
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Just curious as to which tees you normally play
 
In my OP to this thread, I probably should have asked which tees do you normally play from. For me it's the middle (white) tees
 
I'm a 26 and arrcos has me at 14.2% GIR. Usually play the White tees.
I haven't played or practiced as much as I would have liked this year.
I have struggled off the tee with the driver which makes GIR tough.

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20.5 HC here and per Arccos, I manage a paltry 4.14 GIR.

Depressing numbers for sure.

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Antihero said:
20.5 HC here and per Arccos, I manage a paltry 4.14 GIR.

Depressing numbers for sure.

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. . . but I'm guessing your first putts are significantly shorter than mine and/or there are a few one-putts on your scorecard.
 
Hole19 shows me at 13% GIR. That sounds about right. I’m a 29.4 HC right now.
 
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. . . but I'm guessing your first putts are significantly shorter than mine and/or there are a few one-putts on your scorecard.
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Per Arccos my putting HC is 12.2, but approaches 21.8.

My sand Arccos cap is also 12.0.

My biggest issues are leaving greens short and pounding tee shots OB.

I still stink overall. And it's bad lol.

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. . . but I'm guessing your first putts are significantly shorter than mine and/or there are a few one-putts on your scorecard.
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Actually I did the math a tinly little bit wrong.

I hit 23.4% GIR.

This is actually closer to 4.2 and some change---not that it should matter much.

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I'm around a 10 handicap and I normally play from 6,500 to 6,700 yards.
I hit 50% FIR / 38% GIR / 33 Putts per Round.
 
luvagoodshot said:
This question is only for those with a 17 and higher handicap

Are am interested in finding out how many GIR's on average higher handicappers get during a 18 hole round of golf.

For me personally, I don't get a whole lot of GIR's, but I am getting more now than in the past simply because I have my driving game working decently for me and am hitting the majority of FW's on my tee shots. For myself I average only about 4 GIR's per round and my current handicap is at 19. I play from the middle (white) tees.

Oh, BTW, it would be helpful if you could post which tees or yardage do you normally play from
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I usually play from the whites, but if my playing partners want to play the blues I will.

My driving game is excelent for my handicap. I usually find the fairway or just off it. My average drive is about 230-240, but I have hit 280+ with wind or downhill. (my watch tells me these things)
My wood game is average.
My approch shot game from 160 in is Sub-Par. I struggle with looping the club and swinging across the ball sometimes. For that reason I go just left, or just right of the green almost always.

I probably have 2 GIR's in a round on average, but there have been rounds where I'm well rested and in the zone where this is up to 8+.

My chipping and putting game is good though, I've been practicing on getting up and down and my handicap is around 22 now and dropping rapidly as I play more rounds.

Whiskey
 
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I'm a 27 and I've hit 1.8 (9.7%) per round over my last 20 rounds.
 
I don't have an official handicap but I'm probably a 24-25.

The phone app where I track my play currently says I average 3 GIR's per round.

It also says that I'm hitting 47% of fairways and averaging 2.09 putts per hole (thank you Cure!)
 
Wiskey said:
I usually play from the whites, but if my playing partners want to play the blues I will.

My driving game is excelent for my handicap. I usually find the fairway or just off it. My average drive is about 230-240, but I have hit 280+ with wind or downhill. (my watch tells me these things)
My wood game is average.
My approch shot game from 160 in is Sub-Par. I struggle with looping the club and swinging across the ball sometimes. For that reason I go just left, or just right of the green almost always.

I probably have 2 GIR's in a round on average, but there have been rounds where I'm well rested and in the zone where this is up to 8+.

My chipping and putting game is good though, I've been practicing on getting up and down and my handicap is around 22 now and dropping rapidly as I play more rounds.

Whiskey
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Sounds like you are making continual and progressive improvements in your game. Kudos.
 
20.3 HC and hitting ~ 20% GIR and avg 2.0 putts per hole.

Mostly playing from whites or blues to shoot for 6,000+ yards, but recently my group started to play from the tips as well.

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