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Trying to Break 80 Club

81 today on a par 72 local muni. Was +3 at the turn. Shot pretty bad on the back 9 today. Slow play killed any momentum I was trying to make. Took 6 hours to play 18!!! I would have skipped holes to jump a few super slow groups but I wanted to see my score. Maybe next weekend.

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So, this weekend at Pittsburgh turned out to be a good week for golf.
38/38 76 on a par 70 course on Thursday. 79 on Friday in Ohio. Sunday was a 39/42 81 with two triple bogey holes on the back. This is hands down the best stretch of golf I have ever played.


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Spivey said:
So, this weekend at Pittsburgh turned out to be a good week for golf.
38/38 76 on a par 70 course on Thursday. 79 on Friday in Ohio. Sunday was a 39/42 81 with two triple bogey holes on the back. This is hands down the best stretch of golf I have ever played.


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Starting to feel a little sandbagged, Spivey! Haha, that's some really good golf you've been playing recently!
 
Shot 87 despite only sleeping 8 hours since Thursday night due to a foster puppy. Hit my irons great but driver was lost.
 
81 yesterday. Two bad tee shots and a three putt cost me my 70s round. But it was one of those rounds that I still felt good after. Tough course that I had never played before.
 
inthehole said:
Finally did it today ... I'm 50 years old, been playing 4-1/2 years now, and shot 79 (37/42 at Pocono Manor East). Seems I've been chasing it for the last year or so, have had sub 40 - 9 holes, but couldn't keep it together for an entire 18.

Funny part is that there was nothing stellar, putting was decent - really concentrated on the 2-3 footers and made all those (but made nothing over 5 ft). I guess the bottom line was there were fewer than usual mistakes. No bad lag putts for a change, only 1 OB shot (hybrid approach on a short par 5 - got greedy, leaned on it trying for an eagle chance, backfired), chipping above average, approach shots on or fairly close to the green, tee shots in play. 10 pars, 1 birdie, 1 double and the rest bogs.

Just curious if I'm above or below the learning curve of most that have managed to break 80 ...
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My guess is a lot, if not most, golfers never break 80, so I'd say you're well ahead of the learning curve.

In my limited experience it seems as though your chipping really goes a long way in determining your best scores.

Congratulations!
 
UglySwing said:
My guess is a lot, if not most, golfers never break 80, so I'd say you're well ahead of the learning curve.

In my limited experience it seems as though your chipping really goes a long way in determining your best scores.

Congratulations!
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I'd have to agree. I believe I saw somewhere that the amount of "golfers" that even hit in the 80's are something like 10-15%. Now you have to imagine they are counting every single person to ever play a round in that stat, but it's still a very low percentage.
 
UglySwing said:
My guess is a lot, if not most, golfers never break 80, so I'd say you're well ahead of the learning curve.

In my limited experience it seems as though your chipping really goes a long way in determining your best scores.

Congratulations!
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Thanks ! And agree on chipping - my wife gives me hell, but I spend a lot of time over the winter chipping into a recliner with big "X's" in painters tape on it as targets - really helps my chipping !
 
Finally, my first sub-80 round in about 20 years*.

After a bogie, bogie, double-bogie start, I birdied the down-hill par 3 fourth hole. I then parred the next 9 holes, four of which I was able to get up and down. I finished bogie, par, bogie, par for a solid 77. I do not think I have ever parred 9 holes in a row before.

Most of my bad shots were "good misses" which helped me to get up and down on more than half of the holes where I missed the green. Putting was excellent, and I got a lucky bounce on a drive that could have gone OB.

The icing on the cake was my two-man team won the little tourney we have on Sunday mornings, and I had a closest to the pin.

*Most of the 20 years I only played three or four times a year.
 
Shot a very loose 81 on a very short retirement community par 70 course today.
 
Damn...there's a lot of guys shooting, or almost shooting, in the 80's here.

I'm going to start hanging out in this thread, and hope some of your mojo rubs off on me.
 
I finally did it today and got a 77. Had 4 birdies on the round and never had more than 1 in a round before. I guess its time to sale the clubs and stop on a high note right?
 
Lynchburg14 said:
I finally did it today and got a 77. Had 4 birdies on the round and never had more than 1 in a round before. I guess its time to sale the clubs and stop on a high note right?
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Congrats! That sounds like a fantastic round you had.
 
Played 2 rounds this weekend and saw the good and bad each day. Saturday was cut short at number 16, but I was already at 90 for the round. Driver was all over the place and my putting was awful. Sunday was polar opposite. Played a course I haven't seen in 4 years. Driver was spot on after the 3rd hole and my putting was fantastic on the back 9. Shot 7 over on the front with 7 bogeys and 2 pars. Made a small set up change on the 10th hole with my irons and was at 1 under on the back through 7 holes. To that point I had 2 bogeys, 3 birdies and 2 pars. Pulled my tee shot on the par 3 17th and proceeded to chunk my chip and 3 putt for a double. Had a birdie chance on 18, but lipped out.
 
I nearly did it again yesterday...was +5 heading to the 16th tee but mentally checked out after winning my match. I finished at 83.
 
Shot 39 in the front, putting well. Ate at the turn and just checked out. Made an 8 on one hole just not focused. Ended with 83. I suppose I'm taking some of the good golf for granted.
 
Finally did it, first time ever breaking 80 last Friday. Shot a 79, 40-39 @ my home course. I didn't really drive the ball well & put myself in some trouble off the tee that led to 2 doubles. My short game was like nothing I've ever seen before, I think I was more shocked than my buddy I was playing with. I hit 7 greens which is pretty good for me, but I got up and down for par 6 times including a stretch of 4/5 holes. Even tossed in a birdie on a par 3 down the hill, soft little PW to about 20 feet & made the breaking putt fall right in the center. This game is fun! Atleast I know it's in there now, just a matter of repeating that process.
 
Griz0613 said:
Finally did it, first time ever breaking 80 last Friday. Shot a 79, 40-39 @ my home course. I didn't really drive the ball well & put myself in some trouble off the tee that led to 2 doubles. My short game was like nothing I've ever seen before, I think I was more shocked than my buddy I was playing with. I hit 7 greens which is pretty good for me, but I got up and down for par 6 times including a stretch of 4/5 holes. Even tossed in a birdie on a par 3 down the hill, soft little PW to about 20 feet & made the breaking putt fall right in the center. This game is fun! Atleast I know it's in there now, just a matter of repeating that process.
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It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it.
 
I am officially out of the trying to break 90 club and am now focusing on breaking 80. For the better part of last year I could never get under 92. I went and took and lesson and some small things clicked and for my past 4 rounds I have broken 90. Yesterday I had a chance to break 80 as I was plus 6 through 13 holes. Then the thought creeped in my head that I have a chance to break 80.

After that I shot plus 7 over the next 5 holes. I ended the day bogie bogie bogie double double for 85. The mental part got to me for real. I never posted in the trying to break 90 thread but I followed it. I probably won't post much in here, but as of today I am following this thread.
 
jdb1911 said:
I am officially out of the trying to break 90 club and am now focusing on breaking 80. For the better part of last year I could never get under 92. I went and took and lesson and some small things clicked and for my past 4 rounds I have broken 90. Yesterday I had a chance to break 80 as I was plus 6 through 13 holes. Then the thought creeped in my head that I have a chance to break 80.

After that I shot plus 7 over the next 5 holes. I ended the day bogie bogie bogie double double for 85. The mental part got to me for real. I never posted in the trying to break 90 thread but I followed it. I probably won't post much in here, but as of today I am following this thread.
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DO NOT ADD UP YOUR SCORE TILL THE END!!!

i can't stress that enough, that was the only way I was able to do it, I would keep getting so close and think, if I just go par bogey bogey I could do it and always kill my round. Just write down your score hole by hole and pay no attention to the card.
 
Plin said:
Shot 39 in the front, putting well. Ate at the turn and just checked out. Made an 8 on one hole just not focused. Ended with 83. I suppose I'm taking some of the good golf for granted.
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Food at the turn kills me, every time.
I changed my eating habits around the course - cracker or granola bar on the front and on the back, usually over a two or three hole stretch.
My game has thanked me (at least, that is my claim)!!
 
jitzy said:
DO NOT ADD UP YOUR SCORE TILL THE END!!!

i can't stress that enough, that was the only way I was able to do it, I would keep getting so close and think, if I just go par bogey bogey I could do it and always kill my round. Just write down your score hole by hole and pay no attention to the card.
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You know I should really know better because that's what I started to do when I wanted to break 100 and break 90.

I would just play and put whole scores into the card instead of plus 1, 0, -1. I was too lazy to add up 4+5+3+6+4 until the end of the round lol. I will have to go back to that again.
 
Walked 18 today in 97 degree heat. Shot 47 on the front. I was hitting the ball solid all day but I couldn't putt on the front. Shot 39 on the back for my first time shooting 9 in holes in the 30s. Putted really well on the back. Pretty solid 86. No birdies on the round but mainly pars, bogeys, and even a triple on a par3 ?

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Spivey said:
Food at the turn kills me, every time.
I changed my eating habits around the course - cracker or granola bar on the front and on the back, usually over a two or three hole stretch.
My game has thanked me (at least, that is my claim)!!
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Robman was on the same idea at the tournament. Maybe I should start trying it.
 
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