golf_addict73
Aug 13 2007, 07:28 PM
Well....once the summer started I was told by my parents that i had to either join a cheap tiny junior tour with no competition or get lessons once every week from the Head pro at my home course(I also work there). I decided to take up the offer on the free lessons and have been progressively lowering my scores(I was scratch before I started the lessons). The last 4 days have been the best i've ever played in my life and almost broke my personal best(67) 2 of those times.
The scores are as follows
68-Friday
76-saturday
69-Sunday
70-Monday
total of -5
I'm not one to brag or talk my game up unless someone else mentions it but i feel that everyone here takes Joy in hearing when fellow golfers are on a hot streak. I am now a +1.2 and I believe that my average scores have gone from 75.4 to at least even par throughout the summer. I'm going to be a senior in Highschool this year and hope these scores will carry over to our conference matches and the state tournament this spring.
cloudlx
Aug 13 2007, 09:45 PM
Those are awesome scores! I wish I had taken up golf much younger, enjoy it- it gets a little more difficult the older you get!
HoosierGolfer
Aug 14 2007, 07:59 PM
Great to hear you have hit new lows. I also have played my best ever this year. At 45 years old it is hard to get the scores down much. I have been a single digit for many years but was stuck around 7 or 8 most of the past ten years or so.
A couple of years ago I hooked up with a PGA professional instructor that was in his mid seventies and had been teaching for nearly fifty years. He changed a few things in my game and helped me with my putting which I really needed. I have made it down to a 3.9 index right now and I'm pretty happy with that.
My putting had never been solid but he helped me get on the right track and it has turned around. Keep working hard. Work on the short shots and your putting. That is the secret to low scores.
Good Luck!
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